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Mendez vs. Westminster
The first case to hold that school segregation itself is unconstitutional and violates the 14th Amendment -
Truman gives money and troops to France
President Truman authorizes $15 million in economic and military aid to the French and sends 35 military advisers. -
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Korean War
Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. -
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Vietnam War
Prolonged conflict between Communist forces of North Vietnam, backed by China and the USSR, and non-Communist forces of South Vietnam, backed by the United States. -
North Korean invades South Korea
North Korean communists invade South Korea. -
President Truman goes against Congress.
President Truman, without the approval of Congress, commits American troops to battle. -
President Truman against Gen Douglas MacArther
President Truman removes Gen. Douglas MacArthur as head of U.S. Far East Command -
Great Smog
A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants to form a thick layer of smog over the city. It dispersed quickly when the weather changed. -
Armistice Agreement
The armistice agreement is signed and ends the war. -
Nasa formed
Nasa was built in form around here. -
NIYC formed
NIYC is formed with the goal of preserving native fishing rights in the Northwest -
Panel on Mental Retardation
The President's Panel on Mental Retardation was appointed by President Kennedy with the mandate to prepare a "National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation. -
UFW is formed
The union of United Farm Workers is formed by Chavez and Huerta. -
Vietnamese boats allegedly attack U.S. Destroyer
North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attack U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. -
Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures necessary to defend U.S. forces and prevent further aggression. -
U.S. Planes start bombing Vietnam
U.S. planes begin bombing raids of North Vietnam. -
Government passes an immigration act
The government passes the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments -
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendment
The law abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been the basis of U.S. immigration policy since the 1920s. -
Unsafe at any speed published
This book is a book accusing car manufacturers of resistance to the introduction of safety features such as seat belts, and their general reluctance to spend money on improving safety. -
U.S. Troops arrive
First U.S. combat troops arrive in South Vietnam. -
National motor and vehicle safety act
National motor and vehicle safety act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety -
The Vietnamese make the offensive
North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong launch Tet Offensive, attacking Saigon and other key cities in South Vietnam. -
National council of La Raza
La Raza was formed with the goal of reducing poverty and discrimination and providing better opportunities for Latinos. -
AIM formed
The American Indian Movement is formed -
My Lai Massacre
American soldiers kill 300 Vietnamese villagers in My Lai massacre. -
Cuyahoga River caught on fire
An oil slick spilled onto the river and caught on fire causing over $100,000 of property damage. -
Affirmative action
This week, the term is in the news because the Supreme Court may reverse course on an almost 40-year-old ruling that declared race-based affirmative action constitutional -
Group of American Indian take Alcatraz.
Native Americans took over and held Alcatraz Island as Indian Land. The Occupation of Alcatraz Island" was led by the Native American group, Indians of All Tribes -
Bury my heart at wounded knee was published
Busy my heart at wounded knee was published and tell the story of native americans and their struggles. -
EPA sets standards
The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set national air quality standards for common pollutants based solely on protecting public health and welfare. -
Earth Day founding
Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues. The holiday is now a global celebration that's sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green living. -
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Increase in social security
Social security overall improved -
U.S. Troops invade Cambodia
U.S. troops invade Cambodia. -
EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection. -
Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act was designed to control air pollution on a national level -
Ping Pong in China
Ping-pong diplomacy (Chinese: 乒乓外交 Pīngpāng wàijiāo) refers to the exchange of table tennis (ping-pong) players between the United States (US) and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s. -
Nixon ends brettonwoods system
President Richard M. Nixon announced his New Economic Policy, a program “to create a new prosperity without war.” Known colloquially as the “Nixon shock,” the initiative marked the beginning of the end for the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates established at the end of World War II. -
Fed. Court racial buses
On April 20, 1971, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools. -
OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law. -
California passed law Growers and Union reps
California passes a law requiring collective bargaining between growers and union representatives. -
Chinese communists begin fighting Nationalist
Chinese Communists broke through Nationalist enemy lines and began an epic flight from their encircled headquarters -
Nixon visits china
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation. -
Nixon visits Russia
ixon became the first U.S. president to visit Moscow, as he and Henry Kissinger arrived to begin a summit meeting with Brezhnev -
Salt I
This was meant to restrict arms and nuclear weapons -
Nixon Reelected
Won reelection in a landslide victory over U.S. Senator George McGovern. -
Nixon has southern strat
The Southern strategy was a Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. -
AIM takes village and doesn't leave.
The AIM take control of the town of Wounded Knee. -
Clear Water Act
The clear waters acts objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's water. -
Endangered species act.
This acts protected endangered plants and animals from being poached or killed. -
Love canal contamination
Tons of toxic waste that was buried underground was poured into this canal by a local company -
OPEC founding
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization oil demand supply market. -
Water gate trick
Nixon tried covering a series of break in knows as the water gate scandal. -
Cease fire agreement
Representatives of North and South Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and the U.S. sign a cease-fire agreement in Paris. -
U.S. Leaves Vietnam
Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam -
U.S. v Nixon
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon resigns from presidency. -
Indian Self-Determination Act
This authorized the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and some other government agencies to enter into contracts with, and make grants directly to, federally recognized Indian tribes. -
Vietnam surrenders
South Vietnamese government surrenders to North Vietnam; U.S. embassy Marine guards and last U.S. civilians are evacuated. -
Us and China Allies
U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants China full diplomatic recognition, while acknowledging mainland China's One China principle and severing normal ties with Taiwan. -
3 mile island Nuclear meltdown
This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, although its small radioactive releases had no detectable health effects on plant workers or the public.
