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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine led to the Marshall Plan for the US to provide foreign aid to countries economically recovering from WWII in hopes of containing the spread of communism. -
McCarthyism
An attack on individuals on suspected beliefs. -
Korean War
It broke out because the North Koreans attacked South Korea with confidence that they could win the war and communize the entire Korean peninsula. -
Brown v. Board of Education
In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Sputnik
The first satellite ever launched into space. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
An incident where Soviet missiles were placed in Cuba as a response for help. -
March on Washington
. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
JFK Assassinated
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
RFK Killed
Robert Kennedy. Kennedy was fatally shot on 5 June 1968 -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. -
MLK Killed
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. -
Watergate Break-in
n the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, a night guard at a D.C. The hotel and office complex was making his rounds when he noticed a suspiciously taped-open exit door. He quickly alerted authorities, setting off a series of events that would forever change the nation. -
Roe v. Wade
the Supreme Court recognized that the right to liberty in the Constitution, which protects personal privacy, includes the right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy. -
Vietnam War
The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
an international crisis that began in November 1979 when militants seized 66 U.S. citizens in Tehrān and held 52 of them hostage for more than a year.