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Joseph McCarthy
The 1950 events sharply increased the sense of threat from Communism in the U.S. -
The Korean War
Was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Ku Klux Klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP -
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Vietnam War
Was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He led the Montgomery bus Boycott -
The Space Race
It was a competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to get to Space. -
The Berlin Wall
Was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
George Wallace
He took the oath of office to be Governor of Alabama on this day. -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
He got shot in his car at Dealey Plaza in Dalas, Texas.
