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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) 34th President of the United States
Promoted the "Atoms for Peace" at the United Nations General Assembly during the Cold War. -
Viet Minh
overwhelmed the French and ended French colonial rule in asia. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Asserted that a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance and or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from military state controlled by international communism. -
Sputnik I
The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite. -
The Affluent Society
Published by Harvard economist and public intellectual John Galbraith The Affluent Society examined America's new post WWII consumer economy and political culture. -
John F. Kennedy (June 1961-November 1963) 35th President of the United States
President John F. Kennedy also referred to JFK was the youngest and only U.S. President to receive the Purple Heart. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Perhaps the biggest failure of the United States in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. The United States government planned an invasion that ended with decreased trust in the U.S. government and killed all Cuban American relations. -
Berlin Wall erected
Built to keep East Berliners from escaping -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, when then U.S. Intelligence discovered evidence of general soviet arms build up in Cuba. -
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) 36th President of the United States
President Lyndon B. Johnson also referred to as LBJ took office after the assassination of JFK and championed programs such as Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
An act that abolished voting discrimination in Federal, State, and local elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Considered to be among the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in American history. The comprehensive act barred segregation in public accommodations and outlawed discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, national or religious origin. -
Housing and Development Act of 1965
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Provided aid to cities to rebuild blighted area. -
Highway Safety Act of 1966
The National Highway Safety Program addressed public concern over rising number of traffic fatalities. -
Richard Nixon (1969-1974) 37th President of the United States.
Remembered as the only President ever to resign from office after his involvement in the Watergate scandal. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (1972)
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) between the U.S. and the USSR, froze the total number of inter-continental Ballistic missiles but allowed the replacement of old missiles with new ones. -
Gerald Ford (1974-1977) 38th President of the United States
Ford became the first UN-Elected President in the nation's history after the resignation of President Nixon from the Watergate Scandal. -
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) 39th President of the United States
