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FDA approves birth control pill
FDA allows birth control to be used by the public legally. Kickstarted sexual revolution,where women could focus on school and not having to worry about pregnancy. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
When US learned of Soviet missles in Cuba. -
JFK Assassination
Kennedy's assassination shook the US, leading to instability. -
Civil Rights Act
Protest for rights for blacks. This act made equality for minorities -
The Gulf of Tonkin Revolution
Allowed American soldiers to participate in the war. -
Assassination of Civil Rights Leaders
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, leaders of black rights were both assassinated. -
Democratic Convention
Where anti-war protesters were outed with violence. -
The Tet Offensve
Attack on Vietnam left US disgusted with the war. -
Woodstock
A counterculture group, at a rock and roll festival in New York. Free from government interfeence. -
Apollo 11 lands on moon
US Space Race with Soviet Union, lead for US to send Apollo 11 to the moon.