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Vietnam War

By sjolivar21

  • 1949

    Communist where winning in China and took over.

  • 1959-1953

    Korean War-North Korea Invaded South Korea.

  • 1950's Key events

    Brown vs. Board of education decision on segregation of schools(1954)
    Arrest of Rosa parks and resulting Montgomery boycott
    Desegregation of central high school in little rock, Arkansas (1957)

  • Mid 1950's

    Focus on using legal system to break down barriers.

  • Late 1950's Early 1960's

    Focus on using forms of peaceful protest to desegregate (interrogate communist)

  • 1956

    Election of Kennedy vs Nixon

  • 1961

    Bay of pigs invasion

  • 1945

    U.S government had backed an independent Vietnam even though led by communist trained Ho Chi Minch

  • 1962

    Cuban Missile Crisis: U.S and soviet union agreed not to send missile until it is removed. Almost a Nuclear War.

  • 1960-1970

    Rise of black nationalism encouraged greater militancy and disagreement within African american community.

  • 1964-1965

    Two majors pieces of civil rights legislation ended widespread disenfranchisement of blacks in former confederate states. War on poverty to include medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps.

  • 1964

    Gulf of tonkin incident/resolution

  • 1968

    Tet offensive, assassination of MLK Robert Kennedy assassination.