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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was the thirty-fourth president of the United States. He was a commanding general in World War II and fought for a truce in Korea. He worked hard to ease the tensions of the Cold War and concentrated on maintaining world peace. -
Korean Armistice agreement
Korean Armistice agreement
seven months after President Eisenhowers enoguration, an armistice was signed ending organized combat and leaving the Korean penninsula divided much as it had been since the close of world war II. -
brown vs. board of education
brown vs. board of educationThe Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation. The decision overturns the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of "separate but equal" segregation of the races, ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
death of Emmett Till
death of Emmett Till Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is visiting family in Mississippi when he is kidnapped, brutally beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Two white men, J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant, are arrested for the murder and acquitted by an all-white jury. -
Rosa Parks Bus inccident
Rosa Parks Bus inccidentNAACP member Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger, defying a southern custom of the time. In response to her arrest the Montgomery black community starts a bus boycott until the buses are desegregated Dec. 21, 1956. -
Eisenhower creates the Federal Interstate Highway system
Eisenhower creates the Federal Interstate Highway system
the Federal Interstate Highway system is a network of freeways that forma a part of the highway system. This system is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower who advocated its formation. construction was authorized by the federal Highway act of 1956. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established in 1957, to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South. Under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., the organization drew on the power and independence of black churches to support its activities -
the little Rock Nine
the little Rock Nine
The national association for the Advancement of Colored people attempted to register nine acceptional black students into Little Rock Highschool. Orval Faubus denied them entrance to the school. Eisenhower had them accompanied by military personel to keep them safe. -
Peace Corps
Peace Corps
Kennedy proposed "a peace corps of talented men and women" who would dedicate themselves to the progress and peace of developing countries. He recieved many people responding to his call, Kennedy took immediate action as president to make the campaign promise a reality. -
John F. Kennedy
JohnF. Kennedy
Kennedy was the thirty-fifth President of the United States and the youngest man to be elected president. In his anagurial address he told the country, "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure. -
Freedom riders
Freedom ridersstudent volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities, which includes bus and railway stations. Several of the groups of "freedom riders," as they are called, are attacked by angry mobs along the way. The program, sponsored by The Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee involves more than 1,000 volunteers, black and white. -
Letters from Birmingham Jail
Letters from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws. -
Medgar Evans Murder
Medgar Evans Murder
Mississippi's NAACP field secretary, 37-year-old Medgar Evers, is murdered outside his home. Byron De La Beckwith is tried twice in 1964. Thirty years later he is convicted for murdering Evers. -
March on Washington
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. It was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage. This is where Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a dream speech" took place. -
Birmingham Bombings
Birmingham Bombings
A Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed before sunday morning service. The hurch has a mostly black congregation that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Four young girls were killed and many other people were injured. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson was the thirty-sixth President of the United States. He was one of four people that served in all four elected federal offices of the Unitd States. Johnson was Kennedy's Vice president and took over when Kennedy was assassinated. he was responsible for designing the "Great Society" legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights, public broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid, environmental protection, aid to education, and his "War on Poverty." -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation. -
U.S.S. Maddox attacked in Vietnam
U.S.S Maddox attacked in Vietnam
The Maddox was reportedly attacked by vietnam PT boats in the Golf of Tonkin. The U.S.S. Maddox was engaged by three torpedos which never made contact. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionCongressional resolution passed in 1964 that allowed military action in Southeast Asia. On Aug. 4, 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin were alleged to have attacked U.S. destroyers that were reporting intelligence information to South Vietnam. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his advisors agreed on air attacks on North Vietnam in retaliation. He also asked Congress for a mandate for future military action. -
economic opportunity Act of 1964
economic opportunity Act of 1964
This act a was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and its War on Poverty. The Act included several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the impoverished. -
U.S. Combat troops arrive in Vietnam
U.S. Combat troops arrive in Vietnam A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to Da Nang. president Johnson had ordered this deployment to provide protectionfor the key U.S. airbase there. this was the first commitment of American Combat troops in south Vietnam and there was considerable reaction around the world to the new stage of U.S. invovlement in the war. -
Tet Offensive
Tet offensive The Viet Cong launched their biggest offensive of the war. One thousand Viet Cong troops infiltrated the city of Saigon. The Communist troops captured the Citadel at Hue and seized part of the US embassy in Saigon. It took nearly two weeks to completely get rid of the Viet Cong troops. -
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
NIxon was the thirty-seventh president of the United States of America. During his term, He succeeded in ending U.S. envolvement in the Vietnam War. NIxon was the only president to resign after his envolvement in watergate, the scandal in wich government files were hacked and almost stolen. -
Detente with USSR
Detente with USSRDetente was the easing of political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States as a foreign policy of U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford called détente this event began in 1971, during the middle of the Cold War. -
Withdrawl of troops
Withdrawl of troops During a press briefing, Nixon announces "Vietnamization" of the war and a U.S. troop withdrawal of 25,000 men. This beginds the slow end of the war, as more and more U.S troops are brought home to ensure South Vietnam takes control of the war effort. -
WaterGate
WaterGateBurglars broke into the Democratic Party’s National Committee offices on June 17, 1972. If it had not been for Frank Wills, a security guard, the scandal may never have erupted. Political investigations began in February 1973 when the Senate established a Committee to investigate the Watergate scandal. Secret White House tape recordings were uncovered, sparking a major political and legal battle between the Congress and the President. President Nixon resigned before he could be impeached. -
Paris Peace Accords
Paris peace
The Paris Peace Accords, signed January 7th, 1973, promised a cease fire, but the armistice did not end the war between the north and south vietnamese armies. It left thousands of troops in vietnam, and proved to be a fraud attempt at ending the war effort. -
Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. FordFord was the thirty-eighth president of the United States of America. he was forced to face the challenge of mastering inflation, reviving a depressed economy, solving chronic energy shortages, and trying to ensure world peace. He was the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, after Nixon resgned. He granted a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. -
Ford Pardons Nixon
Ford Pardons NixonPresident Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. The pardoning was condemned at the time.
