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U-2 Plane shot down
a U-2 plane was shot by soviets and the pilot gary francis powers was interrogated and then eventually came back. -
civil rights act of 1960
designed for the south because of the discrimination and segregation. -
J.F.K becomes president
youngest president ever to be elected in to office. only president to win a pulitzer prize. -
aliance for progress
aimed to establish economic cooperation between america and latin america. -
bay of pigs invasion
cubans that came to the U.S were trained and sent to cuba to overthrow castro. but they failed the mission. -
Peace corps established
the peace corp is made to give technical assistance to other countrys and help them with understanding our culture and language. And this also helped the 3rd world countrys to. -
first person to get killed trying to cross the berlin wall
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cuban missile crisis
the soviets placed nukes in cuba and our u-2 spy plane found them -
JFK assassinated
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civil rights act passes
this bill ends segregation
