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Immigration Begins
Immigration starts to be seen a lot in the United States. -
Founding of the UN
United Nations was first founded -
Containment Tested
Created to contain communism from spreading -
Arms Race
The race between Russia and USA to get nuclear weapons -
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Baby Boom
The increase in birth rate in the US -
Generation Gap
Different opinions and beliefs in generations of people -
Korean war
The war between North and South Korea -
Suburban Living
When people in the US started moving into the suburbs -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Boycott lasted 381 days -
Federal Highway Act
Had 400,000 miles of highway built -
Little Rock Desegregation
Nine black students were aloud to got to little rock school -
Kennedy's Election
Nominated for the democratic party,senator of Massachusetts -
Berlin Wall built
When the Berlin wall was first built -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US spy planes find Soviet missile base -
Freedom Marches
Martin Luther leads starts to lead Freedom Marches -
Kennedy's Assassination
The day Kennedy was assassinated when he was riding through downtown Dallas,Texas -
Johnson Declares war on Poverty
Johnson wanted to try to lessen the percentage of poverty -
Affirmative Action
Bans discrimination in work -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bans discrimination -
US Enters Vietnam War
The US started sending aid to south vietnam -
Woodstock
Youth music festival was a symbol of peace -
Nixon Wins 1968 Election
Richard Nixon won the election of 1968 he was a republican -
Standoff at Wounded Knee
FBI surrounds Wounded Knee because US government did not fulfill treaties
