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The Vietnam War
The war began in 1955 after the rise to power of communist Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam, and continued during the Cold War. United States supported the south and Soviets in the north. More than 3 million people (including 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War; more than half were Vietnamese civilians. Until the united states withdrew in 1973. -
Brith of Rock n' Roll
Rock and roll is a popular music stylethat originated in the United States during the late 1950s -1960s primarily from a combination of African American blues, jump blues, country, jazz, and gospel music. Rock historians have claimed that rock and roll was one of the first music types to define an age group. It gave teenagers a sense of belonging, even when they were alone. -
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Drug Use
The 1960's of where the use of illegal drugs was being more common. Hippies were smoking marijuana. While kids in gettos were pushing heroin. Also a professer at Harvard was advertising the use of LSD. -
The Rise of the Berlin Wall
Tensions were rising in Berlin so the Soviet side built a wall to stop westerners people and ideas from comming in and out. People from the Eastern side were trying to excape to the Western side of Berlin. The Berlin wall became a symbol of Communist oprssion in the west. At the same time tensions decreased between the Cold War foes. After the construction JFK visited the wall to let people know that the free world stood with them. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The U.S found out that the Soviets were building nuclear instalations on Cuba. The U.S set up a blockade to stop the Soviets from getting in to Cuba. A deal was made that the U.S would dismount their offecnive but outdated missles in Turkey if the Soviets dismounted their in Cuba. The Soviets agreed and the missiles were shiped out of Cuba. -
March on Washington
Civil Rights Movment held a peaceful march on Washington. In this march Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a Dream" speach to more than 250,000 people. -
JFK's Assassination
He was doing a Presidential motocade in Dealey Plaza, Dallas Texas. It was 12:30 when JFK was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. The nation was shocked. -
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Nixons Foreign Policy
Détente" is defined as a relaxation of tensions between nations. President Nixon pursued a policy of détente with the Soviet Union after taking office in 1969. In 1973, Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev visited the United States. He and Nixon signed a nuclear nonaggression pact and several agreements for science, transportation, and cultural exchanges. Nixon revisited Russia in 1974, but he and Brezhnev did not achieve a final agreement on limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. -
Moon Landing
Commander Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon while saying the historic words, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." A camera in the Lunar Module provided the live television coverage as Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder to the moon. -
The Watergate Scandal
Watergate was a political scandal that happends after the break-in at the Democratic National Committiee headquarters in thwe Watergate office compley in D.C. The FBI found conections with the money the burglers had with the Committiee for the relection of the President. Other things were going againct Nixon like Tape recoders he had in his offices to recorded conversations in an atempt to cover up the on goings of the scandal. Nixon fearing impeachment, resigned his Presidency on August 1974. -
The Munich Massacre.
The Munich massacre was a attack that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria, in southern West Germany, when 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian group Black September. Shortly after the crisis began, the kidnappers demanded the release of 234 prisoners held in Israeli jails. -
Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island is in Dauphin County in the U.S. The accident was the worst nuclear accident in comercial nuclear power plant history in the U.S. The cause of the accident was a malfunctioning power operated relief valve. The malfunction cause a small releace of nuclear gasses which called for a voluntary evacuation. -
Assassination Atempt
The assassination atempt of Ronald Regan was on a Monday, On March 30, 1981 in the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. Reagan suffered a punctured lung and heavy internal bleeding, but was quickly sent to a hospital and recoverd. -
Osborne 1
The 'Osborne 1' the first personal computer was invented by Adam Osborne in 1981 and it cost about $1,795. Plus it came with about $1,500 of progams. -
Nuclear Freeze Movement
Many anti nuclear weapon groups started an internationl movemnt to abolish nuclear weapons. There have been many large anti-nuclear demonstrations and protests. On June 12, 1982, one million people demonstrated in a protest making it the largest political protest in U.S history. -
Sally Ride
Sally Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978 and, at the age of 32, became the first American woman to enter into low Earth orbit in 1983. -
Disinigration of the Chalanger
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger fell apart with alittle more than a minute into its flight, killing 7 crew members. It blew up over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida at 11:38. It disintegrated after an O-ring seal in its right rocket booster failed at liftoff. Most of the rocket landed in the Atlantic ocean right off the coast of Florida. -
The Hunnle Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a space shuttle. it is 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared. The telescope is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble. -
9/11 Attacks
The 9/11 attacks were 4 coordinated susicide attacks on the U.S. al-Quida took over 4 passanger airliner jets. They few a plane into the North and South towers. They Crashed another one into the Pentagon. Tle last one was heading to the Capital building but the passangers over took the terrorists. These actions were a big help with starting the War on Terror. -
Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a department, created in response to the September 11 attacks,Their responsibilities are protecting the United States and U.S. territories from and responding to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters. Where the Department of Defense is charged with military actions abroad, the Department of Homeland Security works in the civilian problems.
