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End of WWII
The end of WWII was caused by Americans bombing Japan. -
Brown v. Board of Education decision
Brown v. Board of Education ruled that there should be no more segregated schools. -
Rosa Parks incident
Rosa Parks was on the bus sitting in the black section when a white man came on and demanded to have her seat. When she refused, she was arrested. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
This started because of the Rosa Parks incident. African Americans did not ride any buses for a year. -
Little Rock Nine incident
Little Rock Nine was a group of African American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. The incident was when the students were prevented from entering the segregated school, until President Eisenhower sent an armed escort for them. -
Sputnik launched
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satelite. It marked the beginning of the space race. -
U-2 Incident
The U-2 incident occured when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. United States then admitted that the plane's role was to be a covert surveillance aircraft. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs was an unsuccesful action by CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, which was encouraged by U.S. government, to overthrrow Fidel Castro. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the United States. After some unsuccesful operations to overthrow Cuban regime, the Cuban and Soviet governments began to build bases of nuclear missiles, with the ability to strike the U.S. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this letter in Birmingham Jail after being arrested fro his part in the Birmingham campaign. the letter is a response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen. The clergymen said the justice should be fought in court, not in streets. King says that without the street campaigns, true civil rights would never be achieved. -
March on Washington
This event was attended by 250,000 people and was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital. The people there suggested civil rights legislation such as: the elimination of racial segregation in public schools, protection for demonstrators against police brutality, a major public-works program to provide jobs, the passage of a law prohibiting racial discrimination in public and private hiring, a $2 minimum-wage, and self-government for the District of Columbia.
