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1955 – 1975

By taylorcortez

  • Stock Market Crashes

    As a result of President Eisenhower's heart attack, the stock market suffers. The Dow Jones plummeted over 6 percent and lost $14 billion in value by the end of what would prove to be the worst single day for markets since the start of World War II.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    The1957 Civil Rights Act was made to ensure that all Americans could exercise their right to vote. The U.S. Congress approves the first civil rights bill since reconstruction with the additional protection of voting rights. This was a large step toward racial equality.

  • NASA Formed

    NASA gave thousands of Americans jobs and it also raised nationalism as America was competing in the Space Race and to the moon.

  • "I Have A Dream" Speech

    At the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C, this speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. It expressed the need for racial equality for future generations. King called for the end of racial prejudice in America.

  • JFK Assassinated

    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. The governor of Texas was also wounded in the attack as the protective bubble to the motorcade was not used.

  • MLK Killed

    Martin Luther King Jr. was always working to form a coalition of poor Americans–black and white alike–to address such issues as poverty and unemployment. Ames Earl Ray ended up shooting Martin Luther King Jr. This was important because many blacks saw King’s assassination as a rejection of their vigorous pursuit of equality through the nonviolent resistance he had championed.

  • First man on the moon

    Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. As Armstrong set foot on the moon he said, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." The U.S. economy spent a lot of money to make this happen.

  • Watergate Scandal

    Five men working for the Committee to Re-Elect President Nixon broke into the Democratic Party’s headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. They were caught going through files and trying to plant listening devices. President Nixon denied any knowledge of it. However, due to the intense suspicion of Nixon's role, Nixon resigned.