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Rosa Parks
Born in Alabama
Refused to surrender seat to a white passenger
Rosa's effort end segregation and the laws of Jim Crow
MLK joined her act as well
The two of them joined the NAACP
Rosa Parks wrote her autobiography titled "Rosa Parks: My Story"
Parks won the Congressional Gold Medal
Rosa died in 2005
50,000 people visited her casket -
Cold War
Soviet satellites were given to countries in eastern Europe under Soviet control
Soviet Union made a pact which was the Soviet Union's military alliance against NATO
$400 million was paid in military aid
Greece and Turkey stopped communism from spreading
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Joe McCarthy
Senator from Wisconsin
Claimed 57 department employees were communists in 1953
Claim was never proven
His claim got the employees fired
When other employees tried to defend others they were fired
Joe´s claim spread fear throughout Wisconsin
Communists in the army?
Joe McCarthy was eventually censured and lost all power -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union gave weapons to Cuba
U-2 spy plane took photos of the missile sites in Cuba
JFK told America about the missile sites
JFK promised to turn back Soviet ships carrying missiles
Soviet ships were headed toward the U.S.
Soviet ships stopped and turned around at the last minute
Soviet Union took ships out of Cuba
U.S. took their missiles out
U.S.- 18,600 missiles, Cuba- 1,600 missiles
Closest event to a full nuclear war
Hotline was installed between Soviets -
Berlin Wall
3 Million Berliners fled to west Berlin
East German soldiers were forced to build a wall of barbed wire and concrete, wall was 69 1/2 miles long
Anyone who tried to escape either side got killed
Symbol of the cold war fell in 1989 -
Medicare
Invented by Lyndon Johnson
Gov´t basically helps pay for hospital bills for citizens over the age of 65
Medicare covers about half of the health care charges
Older adults paid more than almost 3x as much for health insurance as younger people -
MLK Assassination
MLK was known for his nonviolent practices
Went to Memphis to support black sanitation workers on strike
MLK was stationed in the Lorrain Motel, which is now a museum
MLK´s assassin was James Earl Ray
King was hit in the right side of his jaw with a Remington Game Master Rifle
King died at 7:05 a.m.
James got caught because he had left his gun behind with his fingerprints on them
This was the FBI´s most expensive and biggest investigation in history
Ray died in jail in 1998 -
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert is John F. Kennedy's brother
RFK was a former lawyer
Kennedy was also a General Senator
Robert was presenting a speech at the Ambassador Hotel
Sirhan Sirhan was RFK's assassin -
Man on the moon
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted Apollo
600 million Americans tuned in
Neil was the surface to walk on the moon
Moon was described as powdered charcoal
The plan was to plant the American flag and gather moon samples
21 hours were spent on the moon
The three men landed in the Pacific Ocean with the U.S.S. Hornet
U.S. was the first and only country to make it to the moon -
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Elvis Presley
Elvis was titled the king of rock and roll
His first talent show was won at the age of 8
Elvis became popular because his appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
He named his mansion Graceland
He drafted the U.S. army
Presley was starred in 33 films, had 94 singles, and owned 40 gold albums
Each year he gave $1,000+ to charities in the Memphis area
Hospital bills and debt on houses, was paid by Elvis
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Social Network Revolution
First modern social networking site was "Friendster"
"Myspace" gave people the ability to share music, videos and have photo albums
Facebook was launched in 2004 and was intended for college users to connect with friends
Facebook now has over 150 million users around the world
In 2006 "Twitter was born
Instagram came out in 2010 as an online network that allowed users to take pictures and videos
Snapchat came to life 2012 and gives the ability to send image messages
