We Didn't Start the Fire

  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman

    Was elected the 33rd president of the United States.
  • Red China

    Red China

    Communist controlled China.
  • Rosenbergs

    Rosenbergs

    A couple convicted with espionage, feeding information to the Soviet Union about bombs.
  • Panmunjom

    Panmunjom

    The talks of peace in the the Korean War
  • England's New Queen

    England's New Queen

    Queen Elizabeth II
  • Joe McCarthy

    Joe McCarthy

    Senator who conducts investigations looking for communist that had infiltrated the United States.
  • Campanella

    Campanella

    The first black Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rock Around the Clock

    Rock Around the Clock

    The first rock song.
  • Dien Bien Phu falls

    Dien Bien Phu falls

    Ho Chi Minh troops drove French troops out of Vietnam.
  • Disneyland

    Disneyland

    First Walt Disney amusement park
  • Alabama

    Alabama

    Bus boycotts sparked by Rosa Parks
  • Trouble in the Suez

    Trouble in the Suez

    The Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression
  • Little Rock

    Little Rock

    Troops have to walk the blacks to school to protect them.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    The first satellite launched by the Soviet Union.
  • California Baseball

    California Baseball

    When the New York Giants baseball team switched their team state form New York to Los Angles and became the LA Dodgers
  • Space Monkey

    Space Monkey

    The U.S. sent monkeys to space and returned them back to make sure that it was okay for humans to go to space
  • Hula Hoops

    Hula Hoops

    A plastic hoop made to go round and round the waist
  • U2

    U2

    U2 was a spy place to gather about the Soviet Union
  • Birth Control

    Birth Control

    A pill to prevent a women form getting pregnant
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    A failed invasion sent by John F. Kennedy meant to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro out of power
  • Ole Miss

    Ole Miss

    A black football player wanted to go there but the school did want any blacks to go to school
  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    An African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    The biggest music festival held in 1969
  • Ayatollah's in Iran

    Ayatollah's in Iran

    Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran in triumph after 15 years of exile
  • Crack

    Crack

    Also known simply as crack or rock, is a free base form of cocaine that can be smoked
  • Sally Ride

    Sally Ride

    The first American woman in space
  • China's under martial law

    China's under martial law

    A protest that forced China to go to martial law