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Roosevelt's Corollary
addition to the Monroe Doctrine -
Scopes-Monkey Trial
made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school -
Herbert Hoover elected
President Herbert Hoover is elected -
Stock Market Crashes to start the Great Depression
sudden drop in stocks makes an impossible comeback, costing many people everything -
FDR elected
Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected -
FDR begins fireside chats
evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Eleanor Roosevelt becomes First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt becomes First Lady -
Rosie the Riveter image first used
Rosie the Riveter image first used -
Cold War begins
Cold War begins -
Brown v. Board
Brown v. Board of Education -
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends -
JFK elected
John F. Kennedy elected -
JFK assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald -
The Feminine Mystique published
The Feminine Mystique published -
Bull Connor uses firehoses
Bull Connor uses firehoses -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964 -
Griswold vs. CT
Griswold vs. CT -
Malcom X killed
Malcom X killed -
NOW formed
NOW formed -
Nixon revised Philadelphia plan implemented
Nixon revised Philadelphia plan implemented -
Richard Nixon elected
Richard Nixon is elected -
MLK killed
MLK killed -
Woodstock
music festival that attracted 400,000 people -
Vietnam draft begins
Vietnam draft begins -
Kent State Shootings
the shooting of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard during a mass protest against the Vietnam War -
Title IX passed
Title IX passed -
ERA sent to states for ratification
ERA sent to states for ratification -
Roe vs. Wade
Roe vs. Wade -
Nixon resigns
Richard Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal -
Ronald Reagan elected
Ronald Reagan is elected -
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first Woman Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first Woman Supreme Court Justice -
Geraldine Ferraro runs for VP
Geraldine Ferraro runs for VP -
Cold War ends
Cold War ends, Gorbachev & glastnost -
Bill Clinton elected
Bill Clinton elected -
Clinton impeached
After being charged with lying under oath to a grand jury, President Clinton is impeached -
World Trade Center Towers collapse
result of being struck by two jet airliners hijacked by 10 terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda -
Barack Obama elected
Barack Obama is elected -
Hillary Clinton runs for VP
Hillary Clinton runs for VP
