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Baby Boom
After the war and the Great Depression in 1945 the U.S grew in population tremendously. It grew from 9 million to 29 million people in size.This happened because many people were coming back from war and they and their families haven't had time to have a family and decided since everything is pretty much passed and nothing negative is going on that it was time to have a family. It was also easier and more affordable to have a kid around that time.So anyone born from 1945-54 is a baby boomer. -
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Brown v. Board of education
In 1954 Oliver Brown asked the local school district he lived by if his child of color could go to an all white school since it was the closest option. The NAACP heard about the problem and the father, his daughter Linda, and the people on the board filed a lawsuit against discrimination. Thurgood Marshall also heard about this and helped out and did what he could to support the people of color, white segregation and discrimination was happening in schools. The law suit passed and Brown won. -
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RFK's Assassination
on June 4, 1968 in Los Angeles at the ambassador's house Robert F. Kennedy was walking through the kitchen and he did not have any secret service at the time so he was completely alone in the kitchen. While he was in the kitchen a man had known he was coming to the house so he made a fatal plan to kill Kennedy. The man was Sirhan Sirhan . while RFK was not looking the man shot Kennedy with 3 pistol bullets 1 in the head 2 in the chest. RFK later on died in the hospital at the age of 42. -
The Man on the Moon
On July 20, 1969 at 4:17 pm... something amazing happened. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Adrian, and Micheal Collins piloted the Apollo II to the moon. there were over 600 million television viewers watching. Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon and with his space craft being so heavy, it actually left a crater in the moon. Armstrong and his crew wanted to leave and American flag on the moon to signify the united states and their trip to the moon. -
Kent State Massacre
The Kent State Massacre was a shooting brought on to students by them protesting. This happened in May of 1970 and it was in Ohio. The school that was protesting this was an Ohio school of 21,000 students and they didn't like President Nixon's pledge to send our nations troops to Cambodia. So, many students went and protested, the police found out and they brought the military and the military shot kids while kids threw rocks. In the end, 4 of the students were killed and 9 were injured. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the U.S president from 1980-1988 and served as a Republican for his term. Before he was President though, he was the Governor of California and also a movie star. He had a thing called Reaganomics which would cut people taxes which many people liked which boosted him up votes when the people voted. One thing he did that wasn't so good though was that he cut money in education to buy things for the military which many people frowned upon.Oh yeah and he really likes jelly beans. -
George H.W Bush
George H.W Bush was the United States President from 1988 to 1992 and served his term as a Republican. He was highly Favored because he was actually Reagan's vice President. George worked with many people and one of the things he wanted to pass was a act called the "Americans with disabilities act" which he passed giving people with disabilities new ways to live their life better than before. He was also a Director of the CIA, and he went skydiving when he turned 80 and 90!!! -
Social Network Revolution
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Barack Obama's Inauguration
President Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington D.C on the 20th of January 2009. He was the first African American to become President of the United States. Over one million people were watching him as he became president either on the TV or on the Internet. His wife Michelle held the same Bible as Abe Lincoln at his Inauguration in 1861. And if someone the president did not invite wanted to get in they had to pay $1,750 to $20,000 per their ticket.
