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Geneva Conference
PBS The Geneva Peace Accords were between France and Vietnam. The accords created a split of Vietnam at the seventeeth parallel. South Vietnam would be supported by the U.S. and be led under Ngo Dinh Diem, and the north was led by the communist Ho Chi Minh. -
Brown v. Board of Education
PBS Since Plessy v. Furguson, schools in America had been legally segregated under the idea of establishements that are "seperate but equal." Brown v. Eduacation was filed against Topeka, Kansas schools, by Oliver Brown. He claimed that this segregation was against the constitutions Equal Protection clause. So the "seperate but equal" facilities were ruled unconstitutional with the help of Justice Earl Warren. -
Rosa Parks
<ahref='http://http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1977881_1977887_1978221,00.html' >TIME</a> On a Thursday evening in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks sat in the first row of seats in the colored section of a bus. When the bus had gotten too crowded and a white person needed a seat she was asked to move. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and the police were called and she was arrested. -
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1956 Election
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In 1956. republican Dwight D. Eiisenhower and running mate Richard M. Nixon went against democrat Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. "I like Ike" showed true with Eisenhower winning in the electoral 457 to 73. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
History.State.Gov The Eisenhower Doctrice was approved by Congress in March, and said that any country could request that America aid them or assist them with the U.S. military forces if it was threatened by "armed aggression" from another country. -
Little Rock High School Desegregation
NPS After Brown v. Education's vertict, Little Rock High School still was segregated, so the federal court ordered them to comply. Yet General Orval Faubus defied this and sent the National Guard to prevent nine African American students entry to the school. President Eisnehower sent the 101st Airporne Division paratroopers to protect the students. Under their protection the "Little Rock Nine" finished out the school year. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
<ahref='http://http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/commission/creating-the-commission.html' >CivilRights</a> President Eisenhower signed the Civil RIghts Act of 1957 which was the first federal civil rights act since the reconstruction. It established the Civil RIghts division of the Justice Departement and the U,S Cicil Rights Commission to investigate any racal discriminations. -
1960 Presidential Election
JFK Library In the 1960 election democrat John F. Kennedy with running partner Lyndon B. Johnson went up against republican Richard Nixon and running mte Hanry Cabot Lodge. kennedy won in the electoral with 303 to 219. the popular vote was ver close with 49.7% to 49.5%. -
Bay of Pigs
JFK LibraryJFK Library With Castro in power in Cuba, the CIA developed a plan to train Cuban exiles for an invasion of Cuba and to ovethrow Castro. The plan hoped that the Cuban people and military would rally to the cause. Yet the invasion was a embarrasing failure. President Kennedy took full responsibility for the actions, which helped on his approval rating. -
Berlin Wall
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In 1961, a new symbol for Churchill's "Iron curtain." The soviets began to build a wall betweeen East and West Berlin to keep East Berliners from moving to the Weat as they had been doing since the Soviet takeover. People vandalized, and protested by the walls, although it would stand for almost three decades. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
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In Oct of 1962, American spy planes took aerial photos that showed Soviets secretly installing nuclear tipped missiles in Cuba. On the 22nd, Kennedy ordered a naval "quarantine" of Cuba and demanded removal of the missiles. For over a week, the world was the closest to nuclear war it would ever be. But then Krushchev's ships sailed away from the "quarantine" and made an agreement with the U.S -
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
AARP The U.S., U.K., and the Soviet Union signed a Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty which aimed to slow the nuclear arms race and limit radiation problems with the enviornment. -
March on Washington
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In 1963 more then 200,000 people gathered in Washington to protest for equal rights. This is where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. Most of this protest was for the high unemployement and low wages for African Americans. -
Birmingham Bombing
AARP Members on the Klu Klux klan in 1963 bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church killing four girls under the age of 15. THe church was an African American church and a meeting place for civil rights leaders. -
Kennedy's Assasination
AARP President John F. Kennedy was assasinated while riding through Dallas, Texas by Lee Harey Oswald. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the new U.S president on Air force One with Jacqueline by his side. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Visionary (Pic)Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 The Twenty Fourth Amendment was passed in 1964 and abolished the poll tax in federal elections. IN Mississippi black and white civil rights workers led a massive voter registration drive. -
Gulf of Tonkin
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In April of 1964, two U.S. spy ships were attacked in the Guld of Tonkin. Congress then approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the president power to wage war against North Vietnam without a formal declaraion of war. The Selective Service System began to draft men for military service. -
Freedom Summer
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Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 After the Twenty-Fourth Amendment was passed, volunteers both black and white, road together into Mississippi to register voters. Yet in June, one black and two white of the colunteers went missing. They late found their bodies beaten and buried.Twenty-one people were arrested including a sheriff, for the murder. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
PBS PResident Kennedy had introduced a new civil rights bill before he was assassinated, and now his succesor Johnson signed it in 1964. This act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, or religion in public facilities. This act also barred discrimination in hiring for obs, and established the Equal Employment Opprotunity Commission. -
The Great Society
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Lyndon B. Johnson had a hope for a "Great Society" which led to his aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, conservation, and other social reforms. -
Tet Offensive
PBS In more then 100 cities, attacks by the Vietcong surged through with continuing forces of supporting triios.Americans lost 2,500 men. This was a hard blow for the Americans because it showed them that the war was far from over, and the Vietnamese would fight hard till the end. -
Election of 1968
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In 1968, republican Richard Nixon ran with Spiro Agnew, and democrat Hubert Humphrey ran with Edmund Muskie. Nixon won with 301 to 191 electoral votes. -
Kent State
NYUAt Kent State University, demonstrators protested against Nixon's announcement of the invasion of Cambodia. The govener of Ohio called in the National Guard, and on May 4th the guards opened fire on the demonstrators killing four students and wounding nine. -
Jackson State Incident
USAToday In 1970 at Jackson State University, around 100 students gathered tofether to protest againt the Ohio shootings. Local and state police came, and when a protester threw a bottle near the police who then fired more then 140 shots at the protestors. Two students were killed, one from a nearby high school. -
Nixon and China and USSR
BritannicaNIxon visited both China and the USSR in 1970 to ease the tensions between them and the U.S. This also increased the tensions between China and USSR, since they did not know of the U.S. dealings with the other country. When Nixon visited Moscow, he signed ten nuclear arms limitations treaties. -
Watergate
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During the 1972 election, President Nixon's campaign commitee broke into the Democratic party's headquarters to bug the office. This scandal brought up many other tricks Nixon's team had played, and they were all brought to court. Even Vice President Agnew was found guilty for taking bribes, and was forced to resign. NIxon denied any knowledgeyet recorded tapes showed he did have knowledge. -
Paris Peace Accords
NYTimes(pic) Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
The Paris Peace Accords brought an end to the war in vietnam. The Vietnamese ceased-fire and the United States withdrew its troops. U.S. prisoners of war would also be released and would return home, many had been in Hanoi for up to 8 years. -
Nixon's Resignation
WhiteHouse(pic)Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
On August 8, 1974 Nixon decided to resign his presidency. He decide to do so after the Watergate scandal which involved his campaign team for the election of 1972. Vice President Gerald Ford assumed the presidency. -
South Vietnam Falls
BBCNewsWithout the U.S. help, the Vietnam war ended when the government of Saigon surrendered to the North Vietnamese. South Vietnam fell to communism, and the North Vietnam troops entered the city virtually unopposed. Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh city.
