1955 – 1975

By kotacow003

  • Minimum Wage Increased

    Minimum wage is increased from 75 cents to $1 per hour.

  • Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk found and created a vaccine for polio

  • Stock Market Suffers

    a result of the President's heart attack, the stock market suffers

  • Start of Vietnam War

    The war involved North Vietnam and allies including the Soviet Union, China, and other communist countries vs. South Vietnam and allies including United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand, and other anti-communist countries

  • Interstate Highway act

    The government gave the “okay” to build an interstate.

  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    countries could request American economic assistance/aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    1957 Civil Rights Act was to ensure that all Americans could exercise their right to vote

  • U.S. Attempt to Launch

    The first attempt by the United States to launch a satellite into space fails

  • NASA Formed

    NASA created many jobs for the economy also selected the first seven military pilots to become the Mercury Seven

  • National Defense Education Act

    funded education institutions at all levels

  • Cuban Revolution

    the Cuban Revolution it transformed the relationship between Cuba and the United States

  • Alaska and Hawaii Become States

  • 35th President

    John F. Kennedy served Jan. 1961 until assassinated

  • The Other America

    Michael Harrington published "The Other America" which exposed the poverty of the United States.

  • Assassination of President John F Kennedy

    fourth U.S. President to be assassinated. JFK was shot in Dallas Texas at 12:30

  • 36th President

    Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States after the assassination of JFK

  • The Great Inflation

    The great inflation begins - a period of time in which that the inflation is unusually high.

  • Employment and Corporate Profits

    5.5 million more Americans were employed and corporate profits grew more than 70%.

  • Minimum Wage Increases

    Minimum Wage Increases from 1.25 to 1.60 dollars an hour.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is Signed

    This provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a federal crime to force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone, by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin.

  • First man on the Moon

    Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. The U.S. economy spends a lot of money to make this happen.

  • 37th President of the United States

    Richard Nixon served as president after Lyndon B Johnson

  • 26th Amendment

    The 26th Amendment is ratified, allowing 18-year-olds to vote

  • Trans-Alaska Pipeline

    800 miles of pipeline that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska

  • Microsoft

    Bill Gates founded Microsoft

  • End of Vietnam War

    War ended Apr. 30, 1975