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Cold War
The Cold War was a war between capitalist countries like the United States, Britain, and France, against communist countries like the Soviet Union and its satellite states. This conflict was about the spread of communism through out the world and the capitalist countries trying to stop it. -
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Baby Boom
The baby boom was a huge increase in birth rate in the world. This increase had happened after WWII. It most likely happened due to rising economies and better living standards. This made people decide to have children. -
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Berlin Blockade/ Berlin Airlift
Germany was split after Nazis were defeated during WWII. East Germany, was held by the Soviet Union's communist government, had held the whole capital. West Germany was held by the capitalist which were all capitalist. So that is why one half of the capital was capitalist while everyone around them was communist. So the Soviet Union blockaded that half of the city from supplies to reach the city. The capitalists had sent supplies through air, knowing that the Soviets won't shoot it down. -
Warsaw Pact founded
The Warsaw Pact was a treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, was founded as a response to NATO in the capitalist countries. Which made all the countries know that they had each others back if someone attacked. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a war to fight for what government was going to in Vietnam. The communist side was North Vietnam, the Vietcong, and was supported by the Soviet Union and China. The capitalist side was led by South Vietnam, the U.S., South Korea, and other anti-communist countries. This war went on to see who would get the influence in Vietnam. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat
The story of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat, led to a boycott of buses in the south in places like Alabama. These boycotts had hundreds to thousands of people refusing to ride buses because they have been segregated. -
Berlin Wall constructed
This wall was a physical barrier that was set in place to divide the two parts of the capital of Germany. This wall had been set in place from 1961 to 1989. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation that lasted from October 16-28, 1962 which was a confrontation of the United States and the Soviet Union, about American missile deployment in Italy and Turkey leading to Soviet missile deployment in Cuba. These missiles were taken out of both places by both sides after an agreement by both John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. This is an example of the US and the Soviets do not want to destroy each other. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
King was a minister and an activist in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for advancing in the movement through non-violent acts and protests. On April 4th, 1968, a man by the name of James Earl Ray shot and killed King. Martin Luther King Jr's acts are important because they led to desegregation and for black and white people to finally be somewhat equal. -
Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated
Robert F. Kennedy was a senator of New York, and a presidential candidate for the 1968 presidential election. The perpetrator was a Palestinian from Jordan, and disliked people of Israel due to the Six Day War in 1967. Robert F. Kennedy had support for Israel and attempted to send 50 bombers to Israel for the conflict between them to end. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a break-in by several men into the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.The men who broke in were tied to Nixon's administration which caused many conspiracies about Nixon's involvement. Nixon was later impeached by congress and later resigned due to all of the suspicions around his involvement. -
Gerald Ford becomes president
Gerald Ford became president and was never elected. He became the president after President Richard Nixon had resigned from office. Gerald Ford's time in office was very short, but one of the most important things that he did was pardon Richard Nixon's acts that he did as president. -
Elvis Presley found dead
Elvis Presley is known for his production of music and the forming of rock and roll. He is sometimes known as "The King of Rock and Roll" due to him being the founder of Rock and Roll. People and parents didn't like this music being played because it makes you want to dance, and they did not want their children to listen to the music because they feared that they would do bad things during the playing of this music. -
Ronald Reagan wins election of 1980
The 1980 election was won by Ronald Reagan. He lowered the tax rates, deregulated the economy, and tightened the control of money supplies, this is called ¨Reganomics.¨ He also had war on drugs and spent more money on military. Why this is all important is because he heightened the debt of the US. -
Challenger Explosion
The tenth Space Shuttle Challenger took off on January 28, 1986 and had blew up 73 seconds into flight which had killed all seven crew members. Five were NASA astronauts while the other two were just specialists.The explosion had happened due to failure in one of the rocket boosters. This is a major setback in the space program for the US. -
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Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between America, Iraq, and Kuwait, and others. Iraq had invaded Kuwait over feeling they were stealing oil from Iraq's land. So, America had defended Kuwait, and we drove them out and defeated them in a couple of months, and we left Saddam Hussein in power. -
Bill Clinton takes office
President Bill Clinton was in office from 1993 to 2001 when George W. Bush then took office. He had oversaw the longest peacetime economic expansion of any president. He also promoted for a lot of middle eastern peace after the Persian Gulf War. President Clinton was then impeached during his 2nd term due to a scandal with Monica Lewinsky. -
September 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks were all perpetrated by a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. They were organized to be 4 different plane hijackings, two to the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. Another plane hit The Pentagon in Washington D.C. The last plane was also supposed to go to D.C. but landed in a field in Pennsylvania. These attacks led to many things in the U.S. Some include military missions to find the perpetrators and airplane security. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina lasted from August 23rd, 2005 to August 30th, 2005. The hurricane caused 1,833 deaths and 125 billion dollars in destruction. It was a category 5 hurricane and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. It affected areas from southern Florida to Texas. -
Donald Trump takes office
Donald Trump is the current President of the United States and has been in office since January 20th, 2017. He is still in office and has signed many executive orders since his first day in office. His election was one of only 5 where the popular vote did not win. -
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey lasted from August 17, 2017 to September 2, 2017. This hurricane is tied with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest hurricane in damages at 125 billion dollars. The amount of deaths is at 82 people. Hurricane Harvey affected areas in south eastern U.S.
