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McCarthyism
Senator Joseph McCarthy made a speech claiming some of the people in the government to be communist. -
Vietnam War
1954–75: Was not declared an actual war, "police action". This was a very trying time. Most people restented the 'war'. There wasn't much the U.S. could do. They had to wait to be fired at in order to shot. -
Emmett Till's murder
His death was an intation boom tht started the Civil rights movement -
Civil Rights Movement
1955- 1968: Social movements within the United States in order to obtain equal rights for colored people. -
Hippie Culture
They didn't like to go with what the belief was of the culture. They played music that they believed would stimulte the mind so they could connect futherr with their consuiconence. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Kennedys were in an open limousine riding slowly in a motorcade through downtown Dallas, when the President was struck with 2 bullets. -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Brother of JFK. He was the a speaker on behave of workers, rights -
Disco Music/ Culture
Lasted Mid to late 70's Audiences was club-goers . -
John Lennon' Murder
Was a founder of the beatles. -
Attemp of assassination of Reagon
John Hinckley fired 6 shots. Reagon at first didn't know he had been shot but once it was realised he was rushed to George Washington University Hospital for emergency surgury. -
Aids Epidemic
" the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report describing a rare lung infection known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in five homosexual men in Los Angeles." -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall that had been cunstruted to divide Berlin was dystroyed.
