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1955 – 1975

By bradleyharris
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    All Americans have the right to vote
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    Russian launches first ever satellite in space
  • Explorer I

    Explorer I

    First U.S. Satellite launched in space
  • Cuba

    Cuba

    Cuba becomes the first communist country in western hemisphere after Fidel Castro takes over
  • Alaska and Hawaii

    Alaska and Hawaii

    become the 49th and 50th states
  • JFK assassination

    JFK assassination

    John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Oklahoma
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    U.S. enters Vietnam
  • MLK assassination

    MLK assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Montgomery, Alabama
  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong becomes first man on the moon
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    18 year old voting rights