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End of WW2
The end of World War two was because of the surrender of Japan. Japan surrendered because of the two atomic bombs that the united states dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Brown V. Board of Education decision
A landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that created state laws segregation for public schools for African American and white students unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks Incident
Triggered the national Civil Rights movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery Alabama on a public bus. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Opposed the racial segregation on the city's public transportation system by protesting socially and politically in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine Incident
A group of African Americans who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High school during segregation. Their first day of school National Guard would not let them in the school because the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, said they could not enter. President Eisenhower's intervention allowed the students to attend. -
Sputnik launched
First Earth-orbiting artifical satellite launched by the Soviet Union, which began the space race between United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
U-2 incident
This incident happened during the cold war wherre a U-2 spy plane of the United States was shot down by the Soviet Union airspace and the United States were Mortified telling the Soviet Union the purpose of their plane spying on the Soviets. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
An unsuccessful invasion by the CIA-trained force to invade southern Cuba, also supported by the United States government, in an attempt to overthrow Cuba. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
United States found out that Soviet Union was collaberating with Cuba, so United States tried to overthrow Cuba. Because of the actions of the United States, Soviet Union and Cuba built medium-range and intermediate -range missles that could destroy the United States. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
An open letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Birmingham, Alabama jail, where he was arrested for being part of the Birmingham Campaign, a non-violent protest oppsing Racial segregation in the government og Birmingham. -
March on Washington
a massive political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C. During the maech Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speach at the Lincoln memorial.
