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Korean War
The Korean war was a war between South and North Korea. The North, like vietnam, was communist and the South was democratic. Similar to the Vietnam war, America got involved in the Korean war on the side of the South. This war only lasted 3 years and death toll wasnt too drastic for America -
Brown vs. Board of Ed
The brown vs board of ed case was to provent segregation in public schools. Although schools allowed african americans to go to the same schools, in the school itself the african americans were segregated. The judges to this case agreed to ban the segregation and allow the children to all be equal. -
Martin Luthur King Jr Speech
Martin Luthur King Jk was a civil rights activist who believed in non-violent disobedience based on his christan beliefs. He wanted equal rights for his people, and his speech expressed all his beliefs on having that peace with the world. -
Rosa Parks Refusal to give up her seat
Rosa parks was sititng on the bus when told to get up and let a white man sit, when she quickly refused and kept seated. Doing so, the Montgomery Bus Boycott became important symbols of the modern Civil Rights Movement. -
Vietnam War
The vietnam war was a long and costly war that was Between North and South Vietnam. The US brang themselves into this war on the South side to fight the communist North. When soldiers came back from this war, not many people respected them because of the My Lai Massacre and other violent reasons. -
Rise of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was put into place in order to seperate the West Berlin and East Berlin. The reasoning for the seperation was because the west was controlled by the Democratic Countries and the east was controlled by the communist south. The east thought that if they used the wall and prohibited the east from switching over to the west, that there wouldnt be a decrease in communism -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Cuban Missle Crisis
During the Cuban Missle Crisis, the US and the Soviet Union engaged in a nearly 2 week political and military standoff over the Soviet armed forces in Cuba, the threat to launch the missles by the soviets was dropped as long as the US promised not to invade Cuba. -
Stand in the school house door
Stand at the schoolhouse door
During this event, why its known in history is because one day in Alabama, two black students, Vivian Malone and James A. Hood were walking into their school when the Governor George Wallace stood in front of the doors not allowing them to enter, even though authorities tried to let them enter. -
JFK assasination
JFK assasination
John F. Kennedy was president for 2 years before he was assasinated in his car parading around the town, This assasination was known as the loss of America's innocence. Once he was assasinated, his vice president Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into presidency. -
Black Panther Movement
The black panther movement was a revolutionary party whos purpose was to patrol black ghettos to protect their citizens from acts of police brutality. -
Moon landing
Moon landing
The moon landing was part of the space race going on with the Soviet Union, this is the first time that America stepped foot on the moon,proudly putting down the flag to our country. -
Watergate Scandal
The watergate scandle was a major political scandle that occured in the US. The scandle was a break in at the Democratic National Commitee headquarters at the Watergate office complex, and Nixon and his administrations cover up of this scandle. Nixon and his close aids ordered hassarment of activist groups and political figures using the FBI, CIA and the US supreme court.
