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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between North America and Europe. They wanted to keep out communism so the surrounding nations would not fall to communism as well. They defend each other from Soviet Unions communist control. -
Creation of Israel
David Ben-Gurion (the head of the Jewish agency) established the state of Israel. They created this nation in order to establish a national home for the Jewish people. Harry Truman recognized this nation on the very same day that it was established. -
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Korean War
U.S. wanted to eliminate communism we tried to stop it completely. All we could do was get it out of the South. So the final decision was to divide Korea in to a communist half and democratic half. -
Donino Theory
This is the theory that if one nation falls to communism that the ones surrounding ones will fall as well. This term is from Dwight Eisenhower. He came up with this term during the Vietnam war. -
Brown v. Board of education
This was the Supreme Court case held in Topeka. This particular case was between Brown and the board of education. The Supreme Court declared separate schools for African American and white children to be unconstitutional. this was very important for the civil rights movement -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria all signed a pact. This pact was to protect one another if a outside nation attacked. The reason that they brought this pact about is because of West Germany and it beginning to be remilitarized. -
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Vietnam War
In 1973 the U.S. withdrew from this war. More than 3 million people died during this war. This was the first war when people got to watch this war at their homes and many people disagreed with the war. they saw how many people got killed and innocent people got killed. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a crucial part of the civil rights movement. African Americans refused to use the public transit system due to racial segregation in Alabama. This continued until they made it where African Americans could sit anywhere. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of Nine African Americas who enrolled at Little Rock central highschool. They had to be escorted by the United States Army due to the racial tension. -
Launching of Sputnik
This was the worlds first artificial satellite. The Sputnik changed the world and pushed for everyone to find about the unknown. This event possible changed the world and let us know everything that we do today. -
Freedom riders
Freedom riders were a group of people from the north both white and black. These freedom riders were civil rights activists. They were aiming to end racial segregation in the south -
U-2 Spy Incident
Soviet Union shot down a U.S. spy plane. The fact that they did this didn't make the U.S. happy so we had to answer back. This event was a major cause that helped build up the Cold War. -
Greensboro sit-ins
Greensboro sit-ins were when both African American and white students went and sat in restaurants and sat at counters waiting to be served. They did this to remove racial segregation. -
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
The United States wanted to push Fidel Castro out of power. They sent a full-scale invasion of Cuba. The invaders were heavily out numbered. They surrendered within the first 24 hours of fighting -
Berlin Wall
They built the wall in order to separate North and South Berlin. This wall sepekrated families at the begining families crossed. This wall showed us that we are not going to get rid of communism. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The U.S. citizens got notified of Cuba having missiles. The citizens began fearing a World War arising. U.S. agreed to Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev's offer to remove the missiles for the U.S. to promise not to invade Cuba. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
The U.S, citizens got notified of Cuba having missiles. They feared of the possibility of World War. U.S, agreed to Soviet Leader, Nikita Krushchev's offer to remove the missiles for the U.S. to promise not to invade cuba -
"I have a dream" speech
A speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King jr. during the march on Washington. This speech called for jobs, freedom, and an end to racism for African Americans. -
JFK Assassination
As he rode in a motorcade he was assassinated. He got shot in the head and neck. No one knows Lee Harvey Oswald's motive for shooting him. All we know is that this event put many Americans in fear. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is a civil rights act that prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, and sex. This act was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
The military set up a huge attack on the north. Lyndon Johnson in fear that the public would not support did not want to go through with the attack. After one of their ships are attacked they set out a air strike on North Korea. The resolution was quickly approved by congress and it stated that the U.S. can defend with any and all forces in order to stop all further aggressions. -
Malcom X Assassination
Malcom X was shot speaking at one of his rallies in New York City. He was killed people from the Nation of Islam. -
Bloody Sunday in Selma
This is when the SNCC Led a voting registration campaign. 600 civil rights marchers went southeast out of Selma. They were ordered to turn around and when they didn't they fell victim to teargas and beat them. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. It prohibited racial discrimination during voting, by getting rid of things like literacy tests. -
Executive order 11246
This was an executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. This executive order promoted equal employment opportunities -
Loving v. Virginia
This was a civil rights decision made by the supreme court . This law got rid of any laws prohibiting interracial marriage. -
MLK Assasination
This is when Martin Luther king jr. is assasinated at the Lorraine motel in Memphis Tennessee. He was shot in the neck by a sniper bullet. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This act is also more commonly known as the fair housing act. This act prohibited discrimination on the sale of houses and rental. -
Woodstock
These events are all about peace love and rock 'n' roll. This event last for three days and is on a 600 acre dairy farm in upstate New York. This large music festival was originally supposed to be a paid event but they decided to make it free in fear of not being able to control the gates. This event was a very rainy place and there was over 300,000 people there. -
Kent State
Many protest on college campuses were caused because Nixon announced that they where going to send 150,000 troops into Cambodia and that means they would have to get a draft going. The students at Kent state got very wild with their protest and they even set fire to buildings wich cause 900 National Guard to help with the protest. The guardsmen shot unarmed protestors because of them protesting the Vietnam War.
