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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincon said that "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." This became the start of an America that did not have slavery. -
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Jim Crow Laws
Were laws that legalized segregation between colors and Europeans. -
Beginning of US involvement in Vietnam
Helped get Ngo Dinh Diem into the presidency in south Vietnam. -
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Brown vs The Topeka Board of Education
A little girl wanted to go to the school closer to her but it was an all-white school. She and her father went to court over it and in the end, she was able to go to the school instead of having to walk across town to the all-black school. -
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama African Americans boycotted city buses to protest against segregation. Forced Montgomery to integrate and the young protest leader, Martin Luther King JR. rose as a leader. -
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“I Have a Dream” Speech
Martin Luther King JR. delivered a speech to a huge group of civil rights protesters in Washington, DC. This brought attention to the government to take more action for civil rights. -
Gulf of Tolken
An American boat was "attacked" in the Gulf of Tolkien. Congress did not agree to go to war but gave President Eisenhower the power to use any tactic to protect American soldiers' lives. He could go to war without having to declare war. -
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
An act that says people cannot discriminate against race, color, religion, sex or national origin when hiring or firing someone. -
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Roe vs Wade
A woman was raped in the state of Texas. She went to court over her being able to get an abortion. -
Vietnamization
The last few soldiers were pulled out of Vietnam through the project Vietnamization.
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