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1950's -1990
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The Korean War
Korean war began when some 75,000 soldiers from north korean peoples's army poured across the 38th parrllel the boundary between the soviet-backed democratic people's republic of korea to the north and the pro-western republic of korea to the south -
McCARTHYISM
McCARTHYISM IS THE PRACTICE OF MAKING ACCUSATIONS
OF DISALOYAL, SUBVERION OR TREASON WITHOUT PROPER REGUARD OF EVIDENCE -
Emmett Till's
In 1955, 14-year old Emmett Till was taken from his relatives home, beaten, and then shot in the head. His body was then thrown in the river -
Civil Right Movement
civil right activists use nonviolent protest and civil disobedence to bring a change, and the federal government made legislative headway with initatives such as the voting rights act of 1965 and civil right act of 1968 -
Little Rock Nine
were the nine african-american student invoved in the desegration of little rock central high school -
Space Race
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite — named Sputnik — to be hurled into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was actually no larger than a beach ball and sent meaningless signals back to earth, but it had a profound effect on the thinking of citizens and governments around the globe. -
John F. Kennedy
john died as he rode in a motorcade through dealey plaza in downtown dallas,texas -
Malcom X
he was the spokesman for the national islam. and so got arrested and killed by the the black muslims -
Jimi hendrix
When the troops are wading through the rice field, the song playing is "All Along the Watchtower" written by Bob Dylan and performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. -
War Protests
The movement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began small--among peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campuses--but gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest. -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
The assassination of Dr. King; the Tet Offensive, the My Lai massacre and all the other horrors attendant on the war in Vietnam; and, on June 5, the murder of Robert Kennedy by a Jerusalem-born Jordanian, Sirhan Sirhan, in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Read more: http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-rfks-assassination/#ixzz2TrC12nb3 -
Vietnam War
At the peak of u.s. involvement in the war, more than 500,000 u.s. military personal were involved in the vietnam conflit. Growing opposition to the war in the united states led to bitter division among americans, both before and after president richard nixion ordered the withdrawl of u.s. forces in 1973 -
Woodstock
a three day concert which rolled into a fourth day that involved lots of sex, drugs,and roll n roll - plus alot of mud -
Hippie Culture (Music, Clothing, Belief)
When the rainbow hippies come out with all the different colors. Peace, Love, Harmony, Freedom & Community is their motto -
Jimmy Carter
He was a presidenatal term in the years of 1977-1981 -
Disco Music/Culture
Disco Demolition night was an antidisco event that took places at Comiskey Park in Chicago,Illinois. It was held between two games of baseball -
Ronald Reagan
He was a presidentaial term during the times of 1981-1989.On March 31, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt. -
HIV/AIDS
Micheal gottieb was the first to report gay men with pneumocystic carinii pneumonia (PCP) -
Cold War
Between the United States and the Soviet Union, a rivalry that lasted for much of the second half of the 20th century. -
Rodney King Riots
it was sparked by the plice officers who brutally beat rodney king an african american
