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Cold War
Its the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War 2. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades. It was caused by political ,economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0 -
Korean War
Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers fro north Korea crossed the 38th parallel. The invasion was one of the first military actions of the cold war. In July the United States entered to support south Korea and american citizens felt america should enter against the forces of international communism. 5 million soldiers and citizens died during the war and the war ended in July of 1953. -
Vietnam War
Also known as the second Indochina war and the longest war in U.S. history. The war started in an effort to reunify Vietnam. The united states entered for the main fact that they feared a domino effect would happen around the world as a result of the spread of communism. Richard Nixon ended the war but only after invading Cambodia first. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Although it was known as "Brown Vs. Board of Education," it was actually five separate cases. Each case had its own unique facts but it eventually all led to if segregated schools were considered constitutional or not. On May 14, 1954 the supreme court decided that " separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional and schools became desegregated.
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Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a mass movement in which African Americans fought to secure opportunities and basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. The goal of the movement was to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. www.history.com/topics/black.../civil-rights-movement/videos -
Suez Crisis
Also known as the Tripartite aggression was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the united kingdom and France. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American Students who enrolled at an all white high school called Central High school in little rock, Arkansas testing a supreme court ruling that declared segregation in public school unconstitutional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vqQNiLoLLo -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated East and West Berlin during the cold war. This barrier divided families and kept families from jobs in the west. The purpose of the wall was to keep western "fascists" from entering East Germany. Its known today as on of the most powerful symbols of the cold war. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a thirteen day confrontation between the united states and the soviet union of nuclear armed soviet missiles on Cuba. In a TV address president Kennedy notified the citizens about the missiles and explained his decision to enact a naval blockade around Cuba and made it clear the U.S. was prepared to neutralize this perceived threat to national security. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwWW3sbk4EU -
Integration of university of Alabama
On this day Governor George Wallace stopped the blockade in to the university and allowed two African American students to enroll in the university of Alabama. On June 10 President Kennedy federalized national troops to force desegregation; and the next day the governor gave in and allowed the two students to enroll. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
JFK was fatally shot while riding through a motorcade in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. His assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald. After the Assassination vice president Lyndon Johnson took office and he kept allot of the same values that Kennedy had strives for as far as equal rights for all. -
Vietnam War Protest
Nearly 100,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to end the war in Vietnam. Many people didn't see a reason for us to be over there so more than 50,000 marched to the pentagon to try and stop the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk09F1fTs1E
