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Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidency
Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected as the 34th President in 1953 and served until 1961 after President Harry S. Truman. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till a 14-year-old African American boy was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. His killers were acquitted which drew large attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, 1955, to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. It was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with the North getting support from China and other communist allies, and the South getting support from the United States. -
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Fourth Great Awakening
The Fourth Great Awakening was a Christian awakening that some scholars most notably economic historian Robert Fogel, say took place in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many changes took place such as the "mainline" Protestant Churches weakened, while Southern Baptists and Missouri Synod Lutherans grew rapidly. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy served as the 35 President from 1961 to 1963 until he was assassinated in 1963. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government. The operation took place at the height of the Cold War, and its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson served as the 36th President after the death of JFK. He served as President from 1963 to 1969. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
A landmark law in the United States was signed into law by the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots. The Act prohibits discrimination concerning the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. -
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon served as the 37th President after Lyndon B. Johnson and served from 1969 to 1974. -
Stone Wall Riots
Stone Wall Riots began early hours of June 20, 1969, when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police roughly hauled employees and patrons out of the bar. This led to six days of protests and violent clashes with law enforcement outside the bar, in neighboring streets, and in Christopher Park. -
First Moons Landing / Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969. -
Kent State University Shootings
Also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State Massacre were the killings of four and wounding of nine other unarmed Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard. The killings took place during a peace rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by the United States military forces as well as protesting the National Guard's presence on campus. -
Roe v. Wade
A landmark decision by the US Supreme Court ruled that a state law that banned abortion was unconstitutional. The ruling made abortion legal in many circumstances. The decision said that a women's right to privacy extended to the fetus/unborn child she was carrying.