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Yalta Conference
Meeting of the heads of government of the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss Europe's post-war reorginzation. -
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1945-1969
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Korean War
North Korea was trying to spread communism to South Korea. The United States helped the south to try and to stop the spread of communism. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president
Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president of the United States of America. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme court decides that racial segragation in schools is illegal. -
Interstate Highway Act
President Eisenhower starts to build a system of high speed roads that go across the country. -
Eisenhower Doctrine,
A speech made by President Eisenhower telling other countries that America will help any nation economically, that asks for it. -
Civil Rights Act
First civil rights legislation enacted by Congress. It made sure that all Americans had the right to vote. -
Sputnik is launched
Soviet Union launches first satilite into space which begins space race between Soviet Union and the United States. -
NASA is created
National Aeronautics and Space Administration is created in the United States to help us compete in the space race. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Unsucesuful invasion of Cuba by us trained troops to overthrow Castro in Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union had put necular weapons in Cuba that were able to reach the United States. The crisis ended when the Soviet ships turnd around once the United States set up a blockade around them. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington D.C. to over 250,000 people. -
Presiden Kenndy Assassinated
President Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, while in his balcony, by James Earl Ray. -
Richard Nixon is inaugurated as President
Richard Nixon becomes the 37th president of the United States.
