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Technology Rise during WW1
Airplanes and products of new technology were made of canvas,wood, and wire. Mass radio, ultrasound, blood banks,synthetic rubber,plastic surgery, and airliners were some few advancements. -
Baby Boom
9 months after WW1 ended. More babies were born in 1946 than ever before: 3.4 million, 20 percent more than in 1945. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks’ court hearing and lasted 381 days. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote -
Watergate Scandal
This was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents.
