1955-1975

By AshleyLynch

  • The Stock Market Suffers

  • Rosa Parks incites Montgomery bus boycott

  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    The Eisenhower Doctrine stated that a country could request American economic assistance and aid from U.S. military forces.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    The Civil Rights Act of 1957 gave the right to vote.

  • First U.S. attempt to launch a satellite into space

  • NASA is formed

  • President Kennedy is assassinated

    Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling through Dallas, Texas.

  • United States in the Vietnam War

    The United States provided funding and training to South Vietnam's government and military.

  • Martin Luther King Junior is assassinated

    Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside at the Lorraine Motel.

  • First man on the moon

    Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut, who was the first person to walk on the moon.

  • The 26 amendment is passed

    United State citizens who are eighteen years of age or older can vote.

  • Microsoft is invented