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Joseph McCarthy-McCarthyism
McCarthy enthusiastically agreed and took advantage of the nation’s wave of fanatic terror against communism. Claiming he had a list of 205 people in the State Department who were known members of the American Communist Party -
The Korean War
The North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. -
The Birth of Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll music is born in the 1950's from a fusion of electric blues, country and gospel music.Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm record "Rocket '88," a chart-topper, and later considered by some to be the first rock and roll record, is released. -
Ku Klux Klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP. KKK is a secret organization in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired powers of blacks and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings. -
The First to Climb Mount Everest
After years and seven weeks of climbing, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953. These first people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. -
First Atomic Submarine Launched
The United States launched the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, in 1954. Nautilus could remain underwater for up to four months without resurfacing. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
•Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman
•First Atomic Submarine Launched
•Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
•Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile
• the law was changed. In the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by ruling that segregation was "inherently unequal." -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of north Vietnam and it's southern allies, Known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and it's principal ally,The United States. -
Warsaw Pact
A treaty of mutual defense and military aid signed at Warsaw on May 14, 1955, by communist states of Europe under Soviet influence, in response to the admission of West Germany to NATO. The pact was dissolved in 1991. More definitions of Warsaw Pact. -
Civil Rights Movement
The United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans.The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance -
Emmett Till's Murder
A 14-year-old African American teenager was brutally murdered by white men while visiting relatives in Mississippi.Till's murder is noted as a pivotal event motivating the African-American Civil Rights Movement -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott that would lead to the declaration that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional by a federal court. -
Suez Crisis
Was a diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations playing major roles in forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. -
Hippie Culture
They made their way to Northern California this year. The Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States. -
Sputnik
The Soviets launch the first artificial satellite called Sputnik. Americans believe that their schools have failed to provide enough good scientists to compete with their Cold War enemies. -
The "Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School.he Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. -
Laika Space Dog
The Soviets dominated the "Space Race" and showed this clearly when they launched the first animal in space. Laika was a stray off the streets of Moscow and died within hours of the launch. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.No one was sure how Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev would respond to the naval blockade and U.S. demands -
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace, Jr. was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat. -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, commonly known as Jack Kennedy or by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests and other such requirements that tended to restrict black voting become illegal. -
Immigration Acts Of 1965
Also known as the Hart-Celler Act.Abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States. -
25th Amendment
United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. -
Martin Luther King Shot
Martin Luther King shot and killed in Memphis at the age 39. King was shot as he stood on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict James Earl Ray later pleads guilty to the crime -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Ping-pong diplomacy (Chinese: 乒乓外交 Pīngpāng wàijiāo) refers to the exchange of table tennis (ping-pong) players between the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s. The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King" -
Vietnam War Ends
The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities (see Vietnam War casualties). -
The Accountability Movement
The Accountability Movement begins in the mid-1970’s as result of increased public pressure to hold the nation’s educational system accountable for declining test scores. The focus shifts from curriculum content to the development of assessment tools, -
Postmodernism
Post modernism questions the logic of simplicity and order, suggesting ambiguity. It consists of diverse and modern design. A lot of emotion is expressed through post modern art. Post modernism was influenced by Clement Greenberg. -
Jimmy Carter
In the third mile of a tough 6.2-mile race through the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland, Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion. -
Ronald Reagan/ Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents -
HIV/AIDS
Over time, HIV can destroy so many of your CD4 cells that your body can't fight infections and diseases anymore. When that happens, HIV infection can lead to AIDS, the final stage of HIV infection. -
Memphis
Memphis was a reaction to international style it blurred boundaries of design through highly decorative forms, bold colours and pattern.Draws on pop culture, mass produced objects, games, media products and sci fi. It was founded by Ettore Sottsass, an Italian designer. -
The Joy Of Painting
The Joy of Painting television series, starring Bob Ross, first episode was aired in 1983. During the show, the soft-spoken Ross taught his audience an easy technique of painting that included how to make "happy" clouds and "happy" little trees. -
Crayola Dreammakers
An Internet site that teachers can go to in order to find lesson plans, and ideas for creative projects. They can even print out letters to send home to the parents of students explaining the importance of art education. -
Digital Design
This movement embraced digital technology and design. This was out of the ordinary because technology enabled an ability to research hence art and design was never the same.It blurred the definition of artist, film maker, musician & animator etc -
Cold War
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments. -
The Fall of The Berlin War
The fall of the Berlin Wall - that unique moment in history when the most powerful symbol of the Cold War was peacefully made redundant, literally overnight. -
Technological Advances
The 1990s were a time of globalization which science and technology saw notable growth. The decade brought some of the greatest scientific findings and technological inventions in human history. -
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