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Mccarthyism
An era under Senator Joseph Mccarthy. Mccarthyism is the fear of communism, It was a time when they made unfair allegations in order to restrict political critism. Numerous innocent people were accused of being coomunists. -
The Korean War begins
A war between the republic of Korea (South Korea) supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). It created the 38th parallel north it seperates North and South Korea -
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company that deals primarily in professional wrestling, They sometimes do movies and video games as well. They are the top proffesional wrestling company in the world. -
Puerto Rico becomes a commonwealth.
On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States. Puerto Rico is now a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States -
Brown v. Board of Education
The name given to five separate cases that were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools. It ended with the verdict of all school systems to be desegregated -
The Civil Rights Movement
It was a a long period of time when African Americans were fighting for equal rights in the United States. Brown vs Board of Education was the first major event, it segregated the schools. -
The murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was an 14 years old African American who got murdered for flirting with a white woman. The woman husband and her brother beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head, and then threw his body, tied to the cotton-gin fan with barbed wire, into the river. -
George Wallace the embodient of resistance to the civil rights movement
He was a four time governor of Alabama and four time candidate for president of the United States. Throughout all his years in office, Alabama rated near the bottom of the states in per capita income, welfare, and spending on schools and pupils. -
The Vietnam War
The longest war in the history of United States wars, it lasted 30 years. The war was an aftermath of the cold war, The conflict between ussr and USA. -
The "Little Rock Nine"
A group of African American students enrolled in little rock central high school in 1957. President Eisenhower sent out troups to go and escort them through the school -
The space race
Soviet Union successfully launched sputnik I. The space race was a competititon between Soviet Union and United States trying to out do one another in space exploration. -
Explorer 1
Explorer I first American satellite was launched. It was launched as part of its participation in the International Geophysical Year -
Hawaii
Hawaii becomes the 50th state in the United States. President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. To this day the United States flag has 50 stars due to their 50 states. -
The Hippie Culture
The hippies believed that life was about them being happy and not concerning yourself with what people think you should do. They championed free love and sexual liberation, hey also promoted the use of psychedelic drugs which they believed expanded their consciousness. -
John Glenn
On this day John Glenn, became the first austronaut to orbit Earth. He was also a senator of Ohio in 1974, in 2012 he got the presidential medal of freedom from Barack Obama. -
Assassination of JFK
John F Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He negotiated the first weapon treaty in history. He was assassinated on 11-22-1963 -
Vietnam War Protests
The anti-war movement began mostly on college campuses, members of the SDS organized teach-ins to express their opposition towards the vietnam war. On October 21, 1967, 100,000 protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial. -
Malcom X assassination
Malcom X was assassianted by blacks muslims on his way to an address.He was an Afrrican-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam movement. -
Martin Luther King, JR assassination
He was assissanated at the Loraine motel in Memphis.He was a 1964 nobel peace prize winner and he was a civil rights leader. -
The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
He was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He wanted to solve the problem of poverty and stressed the importance of work over wellfare. -
Woodstock 1969
It was a music and art fair held in Bethel, New York; it lasted from the 15 to the 18. The towns woodstock and wallkill did not allow the festival to take place but they used a farm to have the festival. they had a festival even though it was raining and it turned mudddy. -
The rise of Disco music
Disco is a club or party at which people dance to pop music. Disco is pictured as people who roller skates, has giant afros and bell pants. -
Kent State University
Four students were shot to death at KSU during a antiwar protest. Many campuses closed temporarily in order to calm down the students anger, some didn't open until fall. -
The Watergate Scandal
Burglars were arrested in DNC, they had been caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents. Nixon resigned on August 8 due to the fact that the court had evidence on him. -
The death of Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ was the 36th president of the united states and the 37th vice president of the united states. He signed the civil rights act of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965 -
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. It's known for making microsoft office and the Xbox systems. -
Apple inc.
Apple is a company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. Apple is the world's second-largest information technology company right after samsung. -
Activision
On 11-1-1979 Activision opened its doors as the first independent developer and distributor of entertainment software. Activision and LucasArts Entertainment Company has distribution partnership in the United Kingdom and 45 additional countries including Scandinavia, Central Europe, the Middle East and certain African countries. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days after Muslim students who supported the Iranian revolution took control of the US Embassy in Tehran. The Iranians released the hostages when Reagan was inaugurated. Jimmy Carter lost the electiion due to this crisis. -
John Lennon assassination
John Lennon was an English musician and one of the founding members of The Beatles. The Beatles are one of the most successful band in the history of popular music -
Ronald Reagon and Reaganomics
Reaganomics is the economic policies of Ronald Reagon, he tried deducting taxes and promotion of unrestricted free-market activty. Ronald maintained the free flow of oil during the Iran-Iraq war. He gave support to anti-Communist insurgencies in Central America, Asia, and Africa. -
Ronald Reagan assassination attempt
President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Mr. Hinckley was charged with 13 criminal counts related to the shooting, but he was found not guilty by insanity on all counts. -
HIV/ AIDS
It started as 5 sick gay men with weird infections and by the year-end there were 270 total reports and 121 of those individuals died. To this day there is still no cure for this tragic epidemic. -
Dell
Dell inc. is a private computer technology company that develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and related products and services. It's mostly known as schools computers from the 80s -
Challenger
Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. It is the worst accident in the history of the U.S. space program -
Midway Games
Midway Games is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher and developer. Midway hit bankruptcy in 2009 -
Exxon Valdez
Oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled more than 10 millions gallons of oil. It is the largest oil spill in us history. The Exxon Valdez was repaired and renamed the Sea River Mediterranean. -
The fall of The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989. The symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. After the Berlin Wall came down, East and West Germany reunified into a single German state on October 3, 1990. -
Persian Gulf War
Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War. Saddam Hussein was not forced from power and in 2003 George Bush demanding him to step down and he refused which led to the second persian gulf war. -
The Cold War
The cold war was political hostility between the US and Soviet union. They didn't engage in actual war, it was threats, and propangada.
