American History From 1955-1975

  • Korean War

    The Korean War was between North and South Korea, it began when the North invaded the South. After three years of a bloody battle everyone agreed to stop fighting with an armistice.
  • The Beginning of the Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War was caused by the American's belief that Communism was threatening to expand in Asia.
  • President John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy
    John f. Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States until his assassination two years later.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen day issue between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Soviets threatened to bomb America but luckily never did.
  • The Assassination of JFK

    John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • The First Moon Landing

    The First Moon Landing
    Author Rudolph was the project director for Apollo 11 and it was the very first spacecraft to land on the moon and also brought the first person to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
  • The End of the Vietnam War

    The Americans entered the Vietnam War with the plan to stop the south from spreading and taking over, but they sadly took a humiliating defeat in this war.