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United State History 1950-1990
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Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism
The 1950 events sharply increased the sense of threat from Communism in the U.S. -
The Korean War
Was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Ku Klux Klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP -
Malcolm X
After his parole he became a leader of The Nation of Islam. -
Armistice in Korea
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Rock and Roll Music
Rock and roll appeared and revolutionized musical tastes, at least among young people, and pretty much changed the world.This was very popular in the 50's. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Court stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race, and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land. -
SEATO Alliance
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), alliance organized (1954) under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty by representatives of Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and 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. -
Emmett Till's Murder
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Vietnam War
Was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. -
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. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). -
The Space Race
It was a competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to get to Space. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis was drafted into the Army. -
Popular Cartoon- Looney Tunes
Fact 1) it was originally aimed at adultsFact 2) when it was first aired it was censored Fact 3) From 1960 to the late 1990s, the Warner Brothers cartoons were distributed for U.S. television in four packages.Looney tunes was first popular between 1955 and 1960. -
Chevrolet 1960 Pickup
1) The 1960 model of the Chevrolet pickup was a redesigned model.2)It was the end of V8 Engine Era for the Chevrolet.3)One-ton, four- wheel-drive models were dropped from production and Chevrolet only produced four-wheel-drive 3-quarter- tons and half- tons. -
The Berlin Wall
Was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Integration in University of Alabama
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
Kennedy Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. -
Nike Inc.
The company was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. -
Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy
Was killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. -
Woodstock, 1969
Was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The U.S. got an invitation to play China at China and these were the first Americans to set foot in China since 1949. -
Richard Nixon/ Watergate Scandal
Break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. -
Elvis Presley
Called the King of Rock N' roll, Elvis was very papular among the people. Burning love is an example oh his good music -
Vietnamization
U.s Troops left Vietnam to go back to United States and let the war be finished by the South Vietnamese people. -
Nike
The company changed its name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike, Inc. -
Jimmy Cater
In the third mile of a tough 6.2-mile race through the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland, Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion. -
Jimmy Carter/ Iran hostage crisis
52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days, after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. -
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 -
John Lennon's Murder
He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City. -
HIV/ AIDS
First person to die because of AIDS was in New York. -
Assassination Attempt of Ronald Reagan
It happened 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. 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. -
HIV/AIDS
The origin of HIV and AIDS in the USA began in 1981, when the United States of America became the first country to officially recognise a strange new illness among a small number of gay men. Today, it is generally accepted that the origin of AIDS probably lies in Africa. However, the USA was the first country to bring AIDS into the public consciousness and the American reaction undoub -
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. -
Gulf War
The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, which subsequently led to direct military intervention by United States-led forces in the Gulf War. In 1990, Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi petroleum through slant drilling. -
Technoligical Advances
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