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vietnam war
Vietnam War: Prolonged conflict between Communist forces of North Vietnam, backed by China and the USSR, and non-Communist forces of South Vietnam, backed by the United States. President Truman authorizes $15 million in economic and military aid to the French, who are fighting to retain control of French Indochina, including Vietnam. As part of the aid package, Truman also sends 35 military advisers. -
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koreab war
Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korean communists invade South Korea. -
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22nd admendment
Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, limiting the president to two terms. -
puerto rico
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth (July 25). First hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. on Eniwetok -
34th president
Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president -
the secret
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secret information about U.S. atomic weaponry to the Soviets -
McCarthy
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy accuses army officials, members of the media, and other public figures of being Communists during highly publicized hearings -
civil rights movement
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional -
emmits murder
Roy Bryant, Carolyn's husband, and his half brother J. W. Milam, kidnap Emmett Till from Moses Wright's home. They will later describe brutally beating him, taking him to the edge of the Tallahatchie River, shooting him in the head, fastening a large metal fan used for ginning cotton to his neck with barbed wire, and pushing the body into the river. -
race in space
was a 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States. -
rosa parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man. Rosa Parks' refusal to leave her seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and is considered the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement. -
technology
the first video tape recorder was invented.. -
eisenhower
Eisenhower's second inauguration -
little rock
The rock nine were nine african americans who sought to desgregate LittleRock Central High School. This led to the blossom plan. -
elvis
Elvis was drafted into the army -
the pill
Oral contraceptives ("the pill") introduced -
cuban crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, -
intregation
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
john f kennedy
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that afternoon and charged with the crime that night. Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) agreed with the conclusion that Oswald fired the shots which killed the president, but also concluded that Kenned -
beatles
North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attack U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam -
torpedo attack
North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attack U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam -
wallace
stand in the school house door, -
malcom x
Malcolm X advocated for both the establishment of a separate black community and the use of violence in self defense (rather than non-violence). -
lyndon johnson
The Great Society program became Johnson's agenda for aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime and delinquency, removal of obstacles to the right to vote. -
rights of voting
Voting Rights Act enacted. which allowed minorities to vote. -
hippie culture
Hippies primary belief was that life was about being happy. and only subsided in eco friendly enviroments. Hippies listened to folk music and psychedelic rock as part of their anti-establishment lifestyle and wore what they believed was part of the statement of who you were, included brightly colored, ragged clothes, tie-dyed t-shirts, beads, sandals (or barefoot), and jewelry -
MLK jr
n 1962, and organized nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
assassination of robert f kennedy
kennedy travelled down this pantry corridor and was fired with a pistol -
walk on moon
apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the moon -
woodstock
a 3 day event that involved drugs and hippie music -
scandal of watergate
nixon made three m ajor speeches pn watergate durig 1973-1974 -
decisions
decides roe v. wade will legalize abortions -
crisis of energy
rise in oil prices brought on by opec cartel. it signals end of long post war economic boom for the united states -
vietnam war
unifying the country of vietnam under a communist goverment and the united states -
apple technology
wozniak and steve jobs invented apple technologies like computers -
disco
a genre of dance , pop music that was popularized in dancing clubs in 1970 -
invasion
cater announces doctrine of military projecting persian gulf withdraws arms control treaty from senate consideration warmed up the cold war -
iran hostage
took over 65 americans hostage -
hiroshima
u.s. bombed a city called hiroshima to make the people in japan surrender. -
john lennon
had popular music -
reaganomics
he claim to be able to undue tax burden and mass social spending programs -
hiv aids
these symptoms was found around gay people community -
scandal
illegal wepons to trade for iranin aid -
falling berline wall
east germans climbed the wall and joined with west germans on the other side. -
treaty
U.S. and Soviet Union sign START I treaty, agreeing to further reduce strategic nuclear arms -
the beating
The acquittal of four white police officers charged in the 1991 beating of black motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles sets off several days of rioting, leading to more than 50 deaths, thousands of injuries and arrests, and $1 billion in property damage -
bill cliton
Bomb explodes in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6, injuring 1,000, and causing more than $500 million in damage (Feb. 26). After 51-day standoff with federal agents, Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Tex., burns to the ground, killing 80 cult members -
orders from cliton
President Clinton orders missile attack against Iraq in retaliation for alleged plot to assassinate former President Bush -
paula jones
Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, files a federal lawsuit against President Clinton for sexual harassment -
bombing
Bombing of federal office building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people -
mission
President Clinton sends first 8,000 of 20,000 U.S. troops to Bosnia for 12-month peacekeeping mission (Dec.). Budget standoff between President Clinton and Congress results in partial shutdown of U.S. government ( -
clifton
Clinton's second inauguration -
terriost attacks
U.S. launches missile attacks on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan following terrorist attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania -
school shooting
School shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., leaves 14 students (including the 2 shooters) and 1 teacher dead and 23 others wounded
