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Korean War
North Korea was communism and the soviet union supported them and North Korea was non communism and the USA supported them. communist forces went into the South,taking most of the peninsula. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBeiD6kGugE -
H bomb !!!
The U.S tested the first H bomb ,The year after that the Soviet union tested their H bomb. The arm race began from there. After a couple of years United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which didnt allow the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space or anywhere in the atmosphere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dUIq8gHgc -
Segregation
In 1954, many school systems were segregated in America .Schools werent the only thing that was segregated there was buses, bathrooms , sidewalks and many more. As civil rights movement kepted pushing for there rights they eventually made schools desegregate . The little rock nine were the first to go to a all white school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEQ1uG4PZcA -
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Vietnam war
The Vietnam War was a long, and cost a lot of money . More than 1.5 million young men were drafted during the Vietnam War. USA got involved in 1954. January 1973, the war ended with a signing called Paris Peace Accords. American troops would leave from South Vietnam and North Vietnam troops enter Saigon which made the conflict end . More than 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam. -
Little rock nine
In 1957, in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African American students went into Central High. There was a mob always outside the school, they didn't want those 9 innocent African American teens to enter a white school. President Eisenhower demanded and send troops to protect them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8g0TjQtXbE -
Sputnik I
Soviets launched the Sputnik I satellite into space. The U.S.A was fearing that the soviet union was going to dominate us . Congress approved of us to fund and create for NASA . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvPzUAeWZZY -
President Kennedy
He was the 35th President of the United States . The youngest president elected to the office. President Kennedy was assassinated. He made a many changes in America and was known for Cuban missile crisis and passing the civil rights. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Rider volunteers, seven black, six white. They were in a organization called CORE. The group were riding buses together into the South. The Two buses went from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8CAKAXR-AM -
Protest on Vietnam
Colleges and universities were all about antiwar activism.
TV news showed the people how scary the war was.
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Voting
In March 1965, MLK did a march on Selma, Alabama, to make Congress to pass voting rights laws.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
MLK was a leadership of the nonviolent civil rights movement. He also was a baptist minister and social activist . He got assassinated giving his speech in April 4, 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk -
Disco Music
Disco Music was a new way to have fun . The music brought different dance moves in the mid 70s. The disco ball was always in the night clubs . Disco music influenced in Motown, funk, soul music and many more . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaCnWNFbgug -
Hurricane Carmen
Carmen struck the
Yucatan peninsula of Mexico as a category 4 hurricane. Then it went across Louisiana. It was the most intensive hurricane storm in the 1970s . The hurricane killed 8 people and caused $162 million in damage. It took a while to repair the damage that was done .
