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Period: to
1950 - 1990
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integrated public schools
Brown vs. BOE decision issued May 17, 1954 the US supreme court ruled that segregation of America's public schools was unconstitutional.
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vietnam war begins
the 2nd indochina war due to the US containment policy. The US joined this war to stop the spread of communism in the world. The US, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, China, and Cambodia all participated in the war. -
president john f kennedy assasinated
downtown dallas texas he was riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza when he got shot in the head because he was caught in the middle of the civil rights movement -
black panthers
militant political group organization set up to fight back against the government for black rights. https://www.nytimes.com/video/.../black-panthers-revisited.html -
robert f kennedy assasination
his brother john was killed just 5 years before he was. Robert was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in LA shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election. -
anti vietnam war protest movement
Many American citizens were against the Vietnam war due to the fact that the war was too dangerous. Kent State universisty shooting killed 4 students. -
governor gerald wallace
eventhough he was shot he survived but spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair due to him being paralyzed from the waist down. -
WATERGATE SCANDAL
Presidnt Nixon hired goons to spy on the democrat HQ for anything he can use against them. The scandal revealed many dirty plays leading up to the election on Nixon's side and forced him to drop out the election.
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gerald ford
lynette fromme attempted to kill the president of the United States in sacramento california. She wanted to make a statement to everyone who refused to half enviornmental pollution and the effects on the ATWA -
john lennon
Shot to death by deranged fan Mark David Chapman in front of his Manhattan apartment building -
president reagan
believed in tax cuts and less government spending. He cut out many welfare and public works programs. He avoided conflicts tried to end cold war. Responsible for teh Iran-constra Affair. -
US involvement in Gulf War
Iraq invades Kuwait and 4 days later the UN emposes a world wide embargo on Iraq. On November 29 the United Nations passed the resolution #678 saying Iraq has to remove its forces from Kuwait by January 15, 1991 or face military forces