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Attempted Assassination of Harry S. Truman
Failed assassination attempt by two Puerto Rican nationals while Truman was living at Blair House.Oscar Collazo was convicted in federal court and sentenced to death. -
22nd Amendment
Sets a term limit for election overall time of service to the office of President of the United States. It was a reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's service as President for an unprecedented four terms. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxii) -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court combined five cases: Brown itself, Briggs v. Elliott (filed in South Carolina), Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (filed in Virginia), Gebhart v. Belton (filed in Delaware), and Bolling v. Sharpe (filed in Washington D.C.). (https://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm) -
Vietnam War
It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies and the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. -
Little Rock, Arkansas
Several segregationist councils threatened to hold protests at Central High and physically block the black students from entering the school. On September 9, the Little Rock School District issued a statement condemning the governor's deployment of soldiers to the school, and called for a citywide prayer service on September 12. (http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration) -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was also Congress's show of support for the Supreme Court's Brown decisions, the Brown v. Board of Education, which had eventually led to the integration of public schools.(http://crdl.usg.edu/events/civil_rights_act_1957/?Welcome) -
23rd Amendment
Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state. they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxiii) -
Berlin Crisis 1961
Was the last major politico-military European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city. The USSR provoked the Berlin Crisis with an ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of Western armed forces from West Berlin culminating in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall. (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/berlin-crises) -
24th Amendment
Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Immigration Act of 1965
Abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Is a right to silence warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings. -
25th Amendment
Deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
