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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African American civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride on city buses with segregated seating. -
Little Rock Crisis
This was in Little Rock Arkansas, where the governor prevented 9 African American students from entering their racially segregated school. -
Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite into low orbit around the earth called Sputnik. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
This was a policy brought by Dwight D. Eisenhower that said that if a country in the middle east was under threat the United States could assist them with military force. Focused on the Soviet Union. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This act was to show more racial support from the Federal Government. -
SM-65 Atlas
This was the United States first intercontinental ballistic missile, and one of the largest pieces of metal to be launched into space and earth orbit. -
NASA
NASA was founded, coming from the former National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -
Lebanon Crisis
The United States occupied part of Lebanon during a time of turmoil for the country. This only lasted a few months. -
Election of 1960
John F. Kennedy was elected President -
U-2 Shot Down
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviets while doing reconnaissance. The pilot was captured and taken prisoner. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt to overtake Cuba and remove Castro as a communist leader. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were people who challenged unconstitutional segregation that was ignored by states by riding buses. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union, that was the closet the cold war ever got to becoming a full on nuclear war. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX while riding through a motorcade by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Amendment that stated that you cannot have a poll tax or any type of tax to vote. -
Gulf of Tonkin
A confrontation between the United States and North Vietnam, where shits were attacked by North Vietnamese subs attacked US ships. Leading to a more direct involvement in the war by the US. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X was assassinated by Thomas Hagan before he could go to address the OAAU in Manhattan. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
A sustained aerial bombing campaign by the US against North Vietnam. -
N.O.W. Formed
The National Organization for Women was formed. -
France Withdraws from NATO
France withdraws from NATO. -
Detroit Riot
This was one of the deadliest and destructive riots in history, lasting five days in Detroit between black residents and the Detroit Police Department. -
Tet Offensive
Series of surprise attacks by rebel supporters of North Vietnam on many cites and towns. Considered to be the turning point in the war. -
Election of 1968
Richard Nixon was elected President -
Martin Luther King Jr. Killed
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee. -
First Person on the Moon
Apollo 11 Landed on the moon, with Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin being the first man to take steps on the moon -
Nixon Opens Talks with China
Nixon begins talks with China. -
Watergate
A political scandal involving President Nixon and his administration. -
Vietnam Ceasefire
Richard Nixon ordered a ceasefire of aerial bombings in North Vietnam -
US Forces Withdraw from Vietnam
The last remaining troops withdrew from Vietnam after Nixons orders. -
Nixon resigns, Ford's pardon
Nixon resigns from office due to the watergate tapes, Ford pardons him of his crimes. -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon by the Peoples Army of Vietnam, the end of the Vietnam War.