Mr.Roberson's Troublsome Project that kept me up all night so I wouldn't have a goose egg!
By yzeeyay
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1950's to the 1990's
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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy was a first term senator from Wisconsin who had won an election in 1946 after a campaign in which he criticized his opponent’s failure to enlist during World War II while emphasizing his own wartime heroics. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
The Cold War (1950-1953)
The Cold war was a war between the Communist and non-Communist forces of Korea. The North Korean troops invaded South Korea the 25th of June. America stepped in two days later after President Truman sent American troops withouts congress' aproval. And after three years of fighting The Armistice agreement was signed in July 27 of 1953. -
Civil Rights Movement
The African-American Civil Rights Movement or 1960s Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law. (Couldn't find an exact date) -
Brown V. Board of Education
The Brown V. Board of Educationwas 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. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation. -
Disneyland
Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the only attraction on the property; its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. The competition began on August 2, 1955, when the Soviet Union responded to the US announcement four days earlier of intent to launch artificial satellites for the International Geophysical Year.The Soviet Union beat the US to this, with the orbiting of Sputnik 1. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Several nights later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam took Till away to a barn, where they beat him and gouged out one of his eyes, before shooting him through the head and disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River. The trial attracted a vast amount of press attention. And the two men weren't found guilty. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a war between North Vietnam (supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other Communist allies) and South Vietnam (supported by the United States, and other anti-Communist allies), that occured in Vietnam,Laos, and Cambodia. After fighting for 19 years 5 months 4 weeks and 1 day all parties signed an agreement and the war ended. -
Little Rock Nine
The 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. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Couldn't Find an exact date) -
Death Of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson after he was called by Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death. Her death was ruled to be a barbiturate overdose. -
I Have a Dream
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Assasination of President John F. Kennedy
Born May 29th,1917 in Brookline, Ma. John F. Kennedy was America's 35th President. Former President John F. Kennedy was riding down the streets of Downtown Dallas when he was assasinated.President John F. Kennedy died at the hands of Lee Harvey Oswald after being shot at with a sniper. -
Vietnam War Protests
The movement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began small among peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campuses but gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest. -
Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy brother of former president John F. Kennedy was shot June 5th 1968 as he walked around in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel and died 26 hours later at the Good Samaritain Hospital. -
Woodstock
Woodstock was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to 18, 1969. -
Kent State Shooting
Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign. -
26th Amendment
On March 23, 1971 a proposal to extend the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age and older was adopted by both houses of Congress and sent to the states for ratification. The amendment became part of the Constitution on July 1, 1971, three months and eight days after the amendment was submitted to the states for ratification, making this amendment the quickest to be ratified. -
Walt Disney World
The resort opened on October 1, 1971 and, is the most visited vacation resort in the world, with an attendance of over 52 million annually. Designed to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955, the complex was developed by Walt Disney in the 1960s. "The Florida Project", as he called it, was originally to be built in hopes of differential in design and scheme from Disneyland with its own diverse set of rides. -
Richard Nixon (Watergate Scandal)
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occured as a result of a break-in at the Democratic National Comimttee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. which Nixon's representatives tried covering up it's involvment. -
Pac Man
Pac Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. It was licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway and released in October 1980.Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was an American politician and conservative spokesman who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California. Reganomics was a popular term used to refer to the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, which called for widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and the deregulation of domestic markets. -
Attempted Assasination of Ronald Reagan
The attempted assassination of United States President Ronald Reagan occurred on March 30, 1981, 69 days into his presidency. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. The most seriously wounded victim, James Brady, died decades later of complications related to his injuries. Brady's death was subsequently ruled a homicide. -
E.T.
The movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was a hit from the day it was released (June 11, 1982) and quickly became one of the most beloved movies of all time. Filmed and directed y Steven Speilberg. -
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation. With a 2.4-meter mirror, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra. The telescope is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble. -
Gulf War
The First Gulf War, which included Operation Desert Storm, was a military response to Iraq’s invasion and subsequent annexation of Kuwait, a small neighboring country with the world’s fifth-largest oil reserves. Led by the United States, Coalition forces began a massive aerial campaign on January 17, 1991, followed by a ground offensive, and liberated Kuwait from the army of Saddam Hussein. -
L.A. Riots
The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the Rodney King riots, were a series of riots, lootings, arsons and civil disturbance that occurred in Los Angeles County, California in 1992. They were the largest riots seen in the United States since the 1960s and the worst in terms of death toll after the New York City draft riots of 1863. The riots started on April 29 after a trial jury acquitted four Los Angeles Police Department officers of assault and use of excessive force on Rodney King. -
O.J. Simpson Trial
The O. J. Simpson murder case was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. The trial spanned from the jury's swearing in on November 2, 1994,to a veridict October 3, 1995. The case has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in American history. Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
the Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the bombing killed 168 people and injured more than 680 others. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16 block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, causing at least an estimated $652 million worth of damage. -
Olympic Park Bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 27 during the 1996 Summer Olympics. The blast claimed 1 life and injured 111 people, while another person died of a HEART ATTACK. It was the first of four bombings committed by Eric Robert Rudolph. -
The Columbine High School Shooting
The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting in Columbine, Colorado, the perpetrators, two senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher. They injured 21 additional people, with three others being injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair then committed suicide.
