Important events since the end of ww2

Harry Truman, 33rd president

Jan 20, 1953

Taking his presidency at the end of ww2, Harry Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bombs.

African American civil rights movement

Jan 1, 1954

This civil rights movement fought for desegregation, and equality.

Second wave feminism

Jan 1, 1963

The book, "The Feminine Mystique", by Betty Friedan, caused a second wave of feminism, and fighting for equal rights.

Civil rights act

Jan 1, 1964

Lyndon B. Johnson signs the civil rights act of 1964.

Equal rights act

Jan 1, 1972

The equal rights act of 1972 fails.

Neo -expressionism gets big

Dec 24, 1980

Neo-expressionism is a form of large, raw, brutish art brought over from Germany after the war

Boycott the olympics

Dec 24, 1980

The United States boycotts the 1980 olympics

Mtv is created

Dec 24, 1981

Mtv was created, changing music and pop culture forever.

Georg Baselitz

Dec 24, 1982

Georg Baselitz creates neo-expressionist art, changing the art industry.

Decline of religion

Dec 24, 1990

In the early 1990's, there was a huge decline in the number of religious young adults.