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Cold War starts
A very long war that was between Soviet Union and America. Masny event occurred with in the Cold war. -
38th parallel
The 38th parallel is the imaginary line that divides north and south korea. It was divided at the end of WW2 because of dissagrement in government. -
Marshall Plan was proposed
The Marshall Plan was a european economic finacial recovery act. -
India won indepence from Britian
on this day India won independence from Britian witht he independence act of 1947. -
NATO
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This organization is a millitary alliance bace -
Korean war starts
Korean war began when some 75,000 soliders from North Korea poured across the 38th parallel. -
Cease Fire
Was between North And South Korea was a temporary stop in the war to ease tension. -
Eisenhower became president
Truman satepped down and eisenhower took over. He served for two terms -
Stalin died
Stalin was Soviet union Leader He was a dictator and killed many but died peacefully in his bed. -
Korean war ends
chinese forces forced south korea back behinf the 38th parallel. -
Vietnam won independence
Vietnam fought long and hard for there independence that they finally got in september. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union institutionalized its East European alliance system. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks rode the bus and in this time period when blacks would have to give there seats for blacks and sit in the back. But Rosa Parks didnt stand up she stayed seated and was taken to jail. -
Segregation on buses
Supreme court Ruled that Segregation on buses was un constituional. After the blacks fought for a year and refused to ride buses they finally ended segregation on buses. -
Little Rock Nine
govener called Arkansa national guard to prevent nine african American student banding them from going into an all white school. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial earh satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit. -
NASA
NASA's birth was created by national defense. Right after WW2 when the soviet union and America where involved in the cold war. -
Fidel Castro
FIdel Castro sets up a communist government in Cuba right after the Cuban revolution -
JFK
John F Kennedy took office after Eisenhower. JFKwas loved by everyone and was the youngest president to take office. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was built with in two days. Split Germnay into East and West. Dividing them was a brick wall and barbed wires. Many families where split up and didnt see each other for the next 20 years. -
EPA
The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963 signed into law by JFK. This was for part of his Frontier Program. This act stated that fair labor standards meaning that no matterwhat sex you are you should have equal pay. -
Assassinated
John F Kennedy was assassinated in Down town Dallas, Texas when he was visiting and then Johnson, his vice president, took office. -
Brown vs. Board
This stated that state laws establishing sperate public schools from black and whites unconstitutional. -
The Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act out lawed discriminatio basedon race, religion, national origin,color, or sex. -
Attack on Gulf of Tonkin
Was a fight between north Vietnam and America. It was a sea battle in the seas of Tonkin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized President Johnson to take any measures he needed to maintain internatonal peace and security in souteast Asia. -
LBJ
LBJ took office right after JFK was assassinatied. Was the 36th president of the United States. -
Vietnam
First U.S. troops arrive in vietnam -
Voting Rights Act
This act guaranteed African Americans the right to vote. This act was proposed by LBJ. -
Tet Offensive
Was on of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war. Was launched by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army Against South Vietnam and America. -
MLK Assassinated
Was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while he was standing on his balcony he was shot without warning. -
RFK
Robert F. Kennedy was assainiated. people belived that he would have defenatly won the presidantcial election. -
Nixon
Nixon becomes president. -
America landed on moon
Apollo 11 landed on moon and Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon. -
Water Gate Scandal
A couple of guys broke into the Water gate building. Nixon said he had nothing to do with it but later here was a recording of him saying he was part of it. House of Rep passed impeachement for president Nixon. -
The End for the U.S.
American troops are withdrawn from vietnam. -
Nixon's Resignment
Nixon became the first president to resign from office. This occured after the Water gate scandal. -
Vietnam War ends.
The capture of Saigon at the hands of the North Vietnamese Army ended the war. A year later North and South Vietnam became one again. -
South Vietnam Surrenders
South Vietnam Surrenders to the communist -
Vietnam invades Cambodia
Forces from Vietnam launched full invasion in Cambodia. Was a huge turning point for the first and only extended war fought between two communist countries. -
Regan
Ronald Regan became president. Was a former famous actor and former govener served for two terms. -
Vietnam Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. is dedicated. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He brought about massive economic, social, and political changes and helped bring an end to both the Soviet Union and the Cold War. -
INF treaty
It was a treaty between the soviet union and United states of america.To help get rid of all the nuclear weapons both countries had. -
Vietnam and Cambodia
ended fighting after a rough fight of two communist governments. -
Berlin Wall Falls
Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners. Finally everyone was unified after 30 years of division.Germany was reunited under a democratic government. -
Americas spending
America now has spent over 6 trillion dollars. -
The collapse of the USSR
after Gorbahev resigned as the USSR leader. The USSR collapsed and divided into 15 seprate regions.