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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Viet Minh attack Dien Bien Phu ended with a Viet Minh victory over the French. -
Geneva Accords
May-July 1954 Meeting in Geneva Switzerland to discuss a peace agreement between France and Vietnam. The country of Vietnam was split at the 17th paralell. An election to unify Vietnam was set to be held in 1956. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, a NAACP officer refuses to move for a white man on the bus. This leads to a movement called the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where African Ameican people refused to ride the public busses. It lasted 381 days. -
US Sends Aid to Diem
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The Eisenhower Aminstration promised military aid and training to Diem in return for a stable reformed government. Diem however didn't live up to his end of the bargan. -
Interstate Highway Act
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Authorized the building of a nation-wide highway network, a total of 41,000 miles of new road. This contributed to a decline in the use of railways to transport goods nation-wide. -
Diem refuses to go through with election
not exact date Diem, the Leader of South Vietnam refuses to participate in set elections due to his opponent being a National Hero and popular amung the peope of Vietnam. -
Vietcong Formed (National Liberation Front)
not exact date
A group of pro-communist people living in South Vietnam that acts as a terrorist group against the Diem regieme. -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower takes a Second Term
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term in office. -
USSR Launches Sputnik
USSR launches first satalite into space. This action starts the Great Space Race between the USA and the USSR -
Height of the Baby Boom
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One American infant was born every 7 seconds, a total of 4,254,784 people born that year. It was the biggest generation in all of the history of the nation. -
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Founded
President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded NASA largely in responce to the launch of the USSR's Sputnik into space. This program would eventually land a man on the moon. -
Ho Chi Minh starts supplying the Vietcong with Weapons
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Ho Chi Minh supported the efforts and goals of the Vietcong and began to use what was called the Ho Chi Minh trail to supply the Vietcong with weapons, supplies and men. -
Alaska Admitted to the USA
Alaska becomes the 49th state -
Hawaii admitted to USA
Hawaii becomes the 50th state in the USA -
60 Million Cars on the Road
By 1960 there were 60 million cars on the road in America, a 20 million jump in ten years from 1950 where there were only 40 million cars in the streets.
The car shown in the picture is a 1960 Chevrolet Impala, one of thousands of cars that the American public had the opprotunity to purhase from dealerships. It shows the advances in automobile technology and the growing demand for better cars and technology by the comsumerism happy public. -
Advertising on TV Expenditures Increase to about 2 Billion Dollars
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As more people started to watch and purchase TV's, the advertizing in America began to boom. In 1950 expenditures were only 170 million dollars, which increased to 1 billion in 1955, to 2 billion dollars in 1960 and continued to grow exponentialy. -
Civil Rights Act
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 stating that all American citzens are equal. -
First Televised Presidential Elections
Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy debates during the 1960 campaign was the first televised debate. This was benifical to Kennedy but not so much to Nixon. -
Alliance for Progress
1961-1969 (no exact date)
Helped Latin American countries improve their living standards. -
Eisenhower Cuts off Communications with Cuba
President Eisenhower cuts commincations with Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader, openly declared he was a communist and welcomed aid from the USSR. -
John F Kennedy Elected President
John F Kennedy is elected President over Richard Nixion by a narrow margin. He was 43 years old, the youngest a President had been elected, was a Harvard Graduate, plus the first Roman Catholic to be elected to office. -
Affirmative Action
Made companies hire more minority groups. -
Peace Corps
A program ran by volunteers that helped developing nations around the globe. The picture is trying to convey the idea that joining the Peace Corps will make you feel like a hero and an explorer. The text saying 'life...go" also adds more sense of adventure, almost implying a challange or bet to the reader about how tough they are. -
Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles go to the Bay of Pigs, and due to miscommunication they were met by 20,000 cuban troops. The exiles were sluaghtered or took prisoner by the Cuban forces. -
Use of Agent Orange
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Agent Orange was a mixture of two herbicides, 24-D and 245-T mixed with kerosene or diesel fuel along with dioxin. It was sprayed onto trees, crops and other areas to kill the plant life. It was used to deny the enemy cover and food -
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard was first American in space on the shuttle "Freedom 7". This acheivement helped push further space research. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall is built, seperating Communist East Germany and Democratic West Germany. The picture shows the Berlin Wall, one of the many large structures humans have built. It shows the ingenuity of the times and also illustrates the USA's obsession over keeping Cmmunism out of Democratic areas, even if it means spending millions on building a giant wall in a foriegn country. -
I have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. made his most memorible speech at the Lincoln Memorial. -
Diem and Brother Assassinated by US-supported Military Coup
By 1963 it was clear to the US officals that Diem had to be removed from office. However before they could act, a US-supported Military Coup, against the wishes of the Kennedy Administrations wishes, killed both Diem and his brother.
The picture is a snapshot of Diem's dead body took after he had been assassinated. It shows the wounds he had inflicted to his body, where he was assassinated, and how crude his killers were in killing him. -
JFK Assassinated
While riding in a parade in Dallas, Texas President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvy Oswald, a man who was beleved to have communist ties.
The portrait is of JFK that was relased by the White House in 1961-1963. It shows how people thought of him, the lighting show him as a very respectable man, being bright. He also has a very professional look to him but is also friendly looking, implying a sence of professionalism, but also of familiarity and a family like atmosphere about him. -
Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President
Due to JFK's assassination, Lindon B. Johnson the once vice-president, became the acting President. -
16000 US troops in South Vietnam
By the end of 1963, over 16000 troops had been sent by the Kennedy Administration. -
Johnson declares War on American Poverty
Johnson stated that he was "waging war" on poverty and believed that bold public action could help change the conditions for those who were poverty striken. -
Johnson's Great Society
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Johnson announces his Great Society in a speech at the University of Michigan. -
Economic Opportunity Act
Gave 1 billion dollars to funding youth programs. -
Walt Disney Dies
Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse and a Pioneer of animated films, dies of cancer. -
The First Successful Heart Transplant
In Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, Africa, Christiaan Barnard preformed the first sucessful heart transplant. The patient survived 18 days until he died of pneumonia. -
Tet Offensive
On the Vietnmese new year, Vietcong attack over 100 cities and 12 air bases. This attack lasted about a month. -
My Lai Massacre
A platoon under Lieutenant William Calley Jr. were ordered to find Vietcong rebels. Upon finding none, they were ordered to kill the villagers. Overall over 100 innocents were killed during the massacre. -
Johnson Withdraws
Johnson announces that he will not be running for office for another term. -
MLK Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray. -
Robert Kennedy Assassination
Shot by a Jordanian immigrnt who was against his supporting Israel. -
Immigration Act of 1965
No more than 200,000 people could enter the United States in one year. -
Democratic National Convention Riot
A protesting march turns violent when police start to beat, spray mace, and hit the crowd with nightsticks. The crowd fought back a much as they could, repeating the phrase "The whole world is watching!" -
Shirley Chisholm Elected to Congress
Shirley Chisholm becomes the first African American female elected to Congress. -
Richard Nixon becomes President
Richard Nixion is swarn in as the 47th President of the United States of America -
Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 mission to the moon is sucessful and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first two men of about a dozen who have walked on the moon. -
Woodstock
From August 15-18, the first Woodstock Music and Art Fair took place in Bethel, New York. It helped people to express and work out some of their feelings about the Vietnam war, the 'useless' war, helping them connect with other people who were in a similar situation. -
Kent State Shootings
4 students killed and 9 injured. They were protesting the invasion of Cambodia President Richard Nixon had announced the previous month. -
Pentagon Papers Released
<i>New York Times</i> published the first of a ten-part series on the Pentagon Papers. Given to Neil Sheehan in early 1971 by Daniel Ellsberg in hopes of shortening the war in Vietnam.
Social
The Picture is an exerpt from the New York Times Newspaper showing one of many articles about the Pentagon papers. The news of the Pentagon Papers brought Americans into a state of complete shock, revealing the horible truth behind so many Government lies and creating a wide varity of new conspiracies. -
Watergate Scandal
Five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. They were later found to have ties to the Republican Party and Nixon, who was forced to resign from office. -
Kissinger Claims “Peace is at Hand”
Henry Kissinger was Nixon's top negotiator in Vietnam. Kissinger had been meeting with a North Vietnam negociator, he eventually dropped his insistance for removal of North Vietnmese troops from South Vietnam. The picture is using play on words for peace is at hand for a bit of an ironic approach to what Kissinger said. It seemed almost to early in the war for peace to be at hand, so this peace signing hand and the humor behind it shows the almost ridiulousness about Kissinger's claim. -
Agreement made for Vietnam
United States signing for the end of US involvement and 'peace' for Vietnam. North Vietnmese troops were left in South Vietnam, which would ultimately lead to the seize of South Vietnam by the North. -
End of US Involvement in Vietnam War
Last of American Troops pull out of Vietnam and go home, Total of 58,000 killed and 365,000 wounded. -
Twin Towers Completed
The second of the Twin Towers was finished and the Towers were opened for bussiness. At the time, they were the world's tallest builldings. -
War Powers Act
Stated that the President must inform Congress within 48 hours if US Troops are sent into hostile area without a war declaration. The Troops coud also only be there 90 days unless Congress approves or declares war. -
President Nixon Resignes
Nixon resignes after the Watergate Scandal and Gerald Ford gets sworn in as President. -
Khmer Rouge seizes Cambodia
No exact date
Due to the US invasion of Cambodia, a brutal Civil War broke out in the country. The Khmer Rouge seizes Cambodia in 1975. During their reign of terror they are said to have killed almost 2 million Cambodians. -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnmese take over Saigon, leading to the South Vietnmese surrender. -
200th Independence Day for the United States
USA celebrates its 200th year aniversary. It was also the centenial for the state of Colorado. The picture shows 2 iconic symbols of the USA Independence Day, fireworks and our flag. The fireworks can be seen as a tribute to the war that brought us our freedom and the flag is a symbol of patriotism.
