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Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu Causes of the War Vietnamese forces led by Ho Chi Minh defeated the French forces at their fortress at Dien Bien Phu. The US, being concerned about the spread of Communism, decided to confront the problem by using their own forces in Indochina. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Unconstitutional The Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were unconstitutional and ordered the desegregation of public schools. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott 90 percent of African Americans refused to take buses as transport after Rosa Parks was arrested. The city's ministers and leaders discussed discussed about turning the event into a long-term campaign. -
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Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Governor Orval Faubus called the Arkansas Nation Guard to stop nine African American students from entering Little Rock High School. -
Sit-in
Sit-in Four African American students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensborough to protest for equal lunch services. -
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Alliance for Progress
Picture Alliance for Progress Address John F. Kennedy proposed the Alliance for Progress, in which the United States gave $20 billion in grants and loans and called upon the Latin American governments to provide $80 billion in investment funds for their economies. -
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Thaw in Cold War
Treaty With an agreement with the Soviet Union, John F. Kennedy signed a limited test-ban treaty in Moscow. -
March on Washington
I Have a Dream More than 200,000 civil rights demonstrators participated in the March on Washingtion for Jobs and Freedom. During this event, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became President. -
The Great Society
Picture Message to CongressGreat Society Johnson proposed the Great Society program for supplying aid to education and Medicare, an anti-poverty war, removal of obstacles to voting rights, etc. -
Malcom X Assassinated
Assassination Malcom X was shot dead at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam. -
Selma March
Bloody Sunday 600 civil rights marchers were stopped at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where state and local lawmen attacked them with billy clubs and tear gas. The marchers retreated back to Selma. -
National Advisory Commission
Picture Excerpts from the Kerner Report Johnson established the National Advisory Commission in response to the racial disorders in Newark and Detriot. -
Tet Offensive
Picture Tet Offensive Tet Offensive North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces attacked South Vietnam at Saigon during the Tet holiday. -
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
Picture Assassination Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Richard Nixon
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New Federalism
Picture New Federalism Introduced by Nixon, the New Federalism policy sought to reverse the course to the centralization of power, and social engineering started under the New Deal and expanded during the Great Society. -
Vietnamization
Picture Vietnamization Speech Vietnamization President Nixon announced his policy of Vietnamization to pull out 540,000 American troops out of Vietnam over time. -
Watergate Scandal
Watergate Burglars from CRP broke into the Democratic Party's National Committee offices to install or repair eavesdropping devices. -
Hanoi Bombing
B-52 Hanoi Bombing Hanoi Bombing The Nixon administration bombed supply sites in and around Hanoi in order to force North Vietnam to participate in the peace talks. -
Paris Peace Accords
Picture Paris Peace Accords Excerpts Paris Peace Accords Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese officials signed an agreement to bring peace to Vietnam. Peace did not actually come until 1975. -
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Ford Pardons Nixon
Pardon On televesion, Ford made reasons why he pardoned Nixon for any criminal activities he may have carried out during his presidency. -
