History

History 10 time line

  • Arms Race starts

    Arms Race starts

    When the USSR detonated there first nuclear arms it scared the american people and thus beginning an arms race
  • Founding of the UN

    Founding of the UN

    At the end of WW2 the UN was founded to help prevent war and conflict
  • Baby boom

    Baby boom

    When US solders came home from war they wanted to have familys starting the baby boom
  • Policy of containment

    Policy of containment

    This is when the USA tried to keep the Soviet communism out if other parts of the world
  • Generation Gap

    Generation Gap

    Due to the increases of pop culture many kids were separated from there elders in seance of music and faction
  • People move to sunbelt

    People move to sunbelt

    As more people retire they move to the warmer sunbelt which is Florida and the deep south
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    North Korea invaded south in an attempted to make them communist
  • Mandatory Bus boycott

    Mandatory Bus boycott

    Starting a movement in civil rights Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man and was arrested and jailed, but she was a leader in the civil rights movement
  • Highway act

    Highway act

    This act made thousands of high way roads and created a lot of jobs
  • Little Rock high school is desegregated

    Little Rock high school is desegregated

    When the supreme court of the USA made it illegal to segregate schools based on race in an attempted to desegregate schools little rock high school Eisenhower sent the army to escort the nine students to class without being harassed or anything
  • Kennedy was elected

    Kennedy was elected

    The first Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy was elected to office and will be the youngest president to take office
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    The wall to put up a wall to keep Communist inside of West Berlin and the rest of the western hemisphere
  • Cuban missile Crisis

    Cuban missile Crisis

    When the soviets stored missals in Cuba it was a big scare to Americans after 12 days the soviets withdrew there missiles from Cuba
  • Freedom Marches begin

    Freedom Marches begin

    In Alabama Dr. Marten Luther King JR. lead freedom marches to help advocate for civil rights and voter rights
  • Kennedy is assassinated

    Kennedy is assassinated

    While captaining in Dallas Texas Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Johnson declares war on poverty

    Johnson declares war on poverty

    Johnson thought the biggest enemy ageist the american people was poverty and he wanted to destroy it
  • Civil Rights act of 1964

    Civil Rights act of 1964

    The civil rights act of 1964 ban discrimination from voters
  • Vietnam War begins

    Vietnam War begins

    When the USA sent military advisers to Vietnam we became more and more involved in the war till we finally declared war
  • Affirmative actions

    Affirmative actions

    Affirmative actions helped equality based in gender in business and school and made good steps in economics and business
  • Nixon was elected

    Nixon was elected

    When Nixon was elected he would get us out of Vietnam but soon resigned due to scandal
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Woodstock stood for peace and freedom in a 3 day festival
  • FBI/NOW stand off

    FBI/NOW stand off

    When the FBI/ NOW stand off happened the NOW wanted the lands of wondered knee and money for loss lands and wanted the government to observe treats.
  • Immigration began

    Immigration began

    At the end of WW2 many people were misplaced because of there home were destroyed so they came to the USA