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McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. by Joesph mcCarthyism -
First Atomic Submarine Launched
The United States launched the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, in 1954. Nautilus could remain underwater for up to four months without resurfacing. -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Confrence attempted to try to find a way to unify Korea. The Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China were participants throughout the whole conference. -
Brown VS Board of Education
The Supreme Court declares state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a scientist who is very well known. He even helped create the atomic bomb -
Emmit Till Murder
Emmit Till was murdered at the age of fourteen for flirting with a 21 yearold woman named Carolyn Bryant. -
Rosa Parks refuses seat
Rosa Park also known as the first lady of the civil rights movement. She refused to give her seat up while on the bus -
Space Race
The soviets launched sputnik and the space race officially began -
NASA created
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. -
Hawaii
Hawaii is the most recent U.S state that was admitted to the U.S. -
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed this that mainly was to make sure that no one was taking away their right to vote. -
Vietnam War- Herbicidal Warfare
is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area. This tatic was used to disrupt the agricultural food system -
Marilyn Monroe dies
dies of an apparent overdose from acute barbiturate poisoning at 36. She was citied as a pop and cultural icon and a quintessential sex symbol of America. -
Cuban missile crisis
For thirteen days in October 1962 there a dangerous scare for the cold war -
March on Washington
The March on washington consisted of religous leaders and civil rights activists. The march was for jobs and freedom and over 200,000 to 300,000 people walked -
JFK Assassination
JFK was shot and assassinated during the presidential motorcade. He was the 35th President -
The Beatles arrive in the US
The boy band Beatles arrive in the U.S. Known as the british invasion -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. -
Immigration Act of 1965
The Hart-Celler Act abolished the national origins quota system that was American immigration policy since the 1920s -
Treaty Signed
US, USSR, and UK all sign an agreement not to test nuclear weapons in the atomsphere -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
Martin Luther King is shot and killed outiside his hotelroom by James Earl Ray. he was a famous civil rights leader -
First man on moon
Neil Armsrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. Accompianied by edward collins -
Hip Hop
Clive Campbell, also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born American DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music in the early 1970s in The Bronx, New York City. -
Nixon and China
Ended twenty-five years of isolation between the United States and the People's Republic of China and resulted in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979. -
Nixon re-elected
Nixion was relected aganist george mcgovern -
Endangered Species Act
Known as the ESA, it was formed to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend on. -
Bill Gates creates Microsoft
In time will dominate the home computer operating system market -
Death of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was known as the king of Rock & Roll -
American Airlines Flight 191 Crashes
killing all 271 aboard and 2 on the ground, making it the deadliest aviation incident on U.S. soil -
HIV/AIDS
The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s. -
Conservatism in the 1980’s
Beginning with President Ronald Reagan, he solidified conservative Republican strength with tax cuts, greatly increased the US military budget, deregulation, a policy of rolling back Communism, and appeals to family values and conservative Christian morality. -
MTV
becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos. -
We Are World
We are the world is song that was created by many celebrities for USA for Africa -
US Israel relations
Provides important factor in the United States government's overall policy in the Middle East, and Congress has placed considerable importance on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship. -
2nd Amendment Ratified
The 22nd amendment limits the Presidential term. It says that no person may be elected President for more then 2 terms. As recently as WWII President Roosevelt served 4 consecutive terms. -
George W. Bush elected President
43rd President of the United States by Florida officials
