US History Timeline

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  • Geneva Conference

    Held to try and restore peace in Indochina.

  • Dien Bien Phu

    The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Court ruling decision that desegregated the public school system.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.

  • France Leaves Indochina

    Defeated at Dien Bien Phu, France leaves indochina. On this day the last French soldier left Vietnam.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black studentd were admittted to a white school, the situation got out of hand, Eisenhower sent troops.

  • U.S. Troops Land in Lebanon

    U.S. Troops had to intervene because the politcal and religous tension caused a political crisis.

  • Greensboro Sit-Ins

    Non-violent sit ins that led to the desgregation of Woolworth's department store.

  • U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down

    Shot down while over Soviet Union airspace, coldwar.

  • The March on Washington DC

    Famous march for African American rights, Martin Luther King jr. gave his I have a dream speech.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Important legislation that outlawed many forms of discrimination agaisnt blacks and women.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gave President Johnson the right for conventional military force in Southeast Asia.

  • Malcolm X Assassinated

    Famous African American Muslim who spoke out on racism and discrimination was assassinated.

  • Troops Arrive in Vietnam

    Were need to help defend American air base at Da Nang.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Outlawed discriminatory voting practices.

  • Tet offensive begins

    Military campaign during Vietnam War.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    African American civil rights leader was murdered.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Outlawed discriminat housing, backed up the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Democratic Nstional Conventin

    Johnson announced he wouldn't be running for a second term.

  • Fall of American Embassy, Saigon

    The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.