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Johnson elected to Congress
Elected into House of Representatives. -
Jackie Robinson played MLB
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the MLB. -
Johnson elected to Senate
Elected into Senate and three years later was appointed to the position of Senate Majority Leader. -
SEATO formed
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization signed for international alliances between France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, and U.S. The main purpose of this international peace organization was to prevent the spread of communism in the region (Southeast Asia). It worked for a while until Pakistan left in 1973 because they dropped out of the ongoing conflict with India. After the Vietnam War it disbanded because the most prominent reason for it disappeared. -
French surrender
French surrender in the Vietnam War. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is best know for the Montgomery bus boycott where she refused to give up her seat to a while male. Rosa Parks was not the first person that had refused to give up their bus seat, but the NAACP saw her as the best candidate to see through a court challenge. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her bus seat sparked a light in the civil rights movement for more people to want to come and join in the fight for civil rights. -
Vietcong formed
A force of North Vietnam that fought against South Vietnam and the U.S. in the Vietnam War. -
9 African Americans enrolled at Little Rock
Federal troops were sent to escort nine African American students to a formerly all-white school. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a proposal to Congress for a civil rights legislation and the result was the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It established the Civil Rights Section in the Department of Justice. It prevented injustices and prejudices in court cases which was a huge problem in the American society. They got a fair trial with all of the same rights and privileges as the white people in the same kind of court cases, so it was fair and just. -
NASA created
Created as a result of the space race between U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
First U.S. troops in Vietnam
Sent to help in the Vietnam War to prevent the spread of communism. -
Kennedy elected President
Democrat that defeated Republican Richard Nixon. -
SDS formed
SDS, founded in 1959, had its origins in the student branch of the League for Industrial Democracy, a social democratic educational organization. An organizational meeting was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1960, and Robert Alan Haber was elected president of SDS. It ended up being disbanded by the mid-1970s. -
CORE staged a Freedom Ride
African Americans rode buses throughout the U.S. and took up seats on it. -
Berlin Wall
Made to keep East and West Germany separate and their ideas from interfering. -
Creation of Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance, while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served. Their headquarters are in Washington D.C. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba for them to be able to attack the U.S. -
March on Washington
Huge protest for civil rights led by Martin Luther King Jr.at Washington D.C. -
JFK assassinated
Assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Shot in the head while riding through. -
Hotline between Moscow and U.S.
A system that allowed direct communication between the leaders of Russia and the U.S. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Banned all tests of nuclear weapons in the world except for underground tests. -
Medgar Evers assassinated
Civil rights activists in the NAACP who was also an army veteran in WWII. Was killed in Jackson, Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson signed this law to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution enacted August 10, 1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. It served the purpose of giving the President unlimited powers of "communist aggression." -
SNCC formed Freedom Summer
An attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment is the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Economic Opportunity Act
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty. These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government. This Act was created for all people, regardless of sex, race, or religion, to have the same opportunities in this country. -
Beatles came to U.S.
Very popular band came to America and start "Beatle Mania" which was a craze all about the Beatles. -
Teach-ins start
Teacher's stayed in the room past their class and protested the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
U.S. bombed Vietnam during the Vietnam War. -
Bloody Sunday
During a protest march from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King Jr. police were told to use whatever was necessary to prevent it. It was shown on television to Americans at home. -
Malcolm X assassinated
Human rights activist with a more active approach, not peaceful, in gaining rights. Killed in Audubon Ballroom. -
Medicare and Medicaid
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that led to the Medicare and Medicaid. The original Medicare program included Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance). ... Over the years, Congress has made changes to Medicare: More people have become eligible. -
Water Quality Act
Water Quality Act of 1965 required states to issue water quality standards for interstate waters, and authorized the newly created Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to set standards where states failed to do so. It was put in place in order to have clean and non-toxic water that is more healthy for people. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, 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. It was to allow more immigrants to be able to enter the country more freely. -
The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty," the act has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress. -
Draftees in Vietnam War
Not enough U.S. citizens were volunteering to fight in the Vietnam War, so a draft was set up to get more people into the fight. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was to make voting in the U.S. fair by not having any discrimination for race, sex, religion, or national origin, but it was mostly about race. -
National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. It prevented discrimination. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers, also known as the Black Panther Party, was a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community. They were civil rights activists and started using what is called "black power" and they empowered African Americans to join in the fight for their rights. -
Clean Water Restoration Act
The Clean Waters Restoration Act (1966) is to be regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. To make that possible, the Clean Waters Restoration Act provided federal funds for the construction of sewage treatment plants. It was put in place in order to have plenty of clean drinking water. -
NTMVSA
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. Many changes in both vehicle and highway design followed this mandate in order to keep the roads and cars safe for people to drive. -
Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court
American lawyer and the first African American Supreme Court Justice. -
Air Quality Act
The Clean Air Act of 1963 was the first federal legislation regarding air pollution control. The Air Quality Act of 1967 also authorized expanded studies of air pollutant emission inventories, ambient monitoring techniques, and control techniques. It reduced the amount of pollution in the environment and made the air safer to breath. -
MLK Jr. assassinated
One of the most, if not the most, prominent people in the civil rights movement. Was killed in Memphis Tennessee. -
RFK assassinated
After winning presidential primary in Los Angeles, California, RFK was shot several times. -
Nixon elected President
President Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States of America. He brought an end to the Vietnam War which was one of the biggest things that the citizens of America wanted done. He was also a part of covering up the Watergate scandal and he ended up resigning from President because the House of Representatives was going to vote to impeach him and he knew that. -
Tet Offense
Turning point in the Vietnam War where the Vietcong used a series of surprise attacks on South Vietnam. -
My Lai
American soldiers brutally killed most of the women and children in the village of My Lai in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. -
Neil Armstrong steps on moon
Became the first human to step foot on the surface of the moon. -
Woodstock
Woodstock was a music festival held between August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, New York, 43 miles southwest of Woodstock. It was only projected to have about 20,000 to 50,000 people attend it, but way more people showed up. It had a lot of very great musicians from that era performing there. -
EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970 and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. It was made in order to keep the environment healthy by setting laws and standards for what was able to be used and done with certain things such as chemicals. -
Kent State/Jackson State killings
National Guard killed four students at Kent State in Ohio. Eleven days later police killed two students and injured twelve at Jackson State in Mississippi. -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. This was put into place because the citizens of America thought it was unjust to be able to get drafted into the Vietnam War, but not be able to vote for the President that can announce their countries going in to war. They wanted fair rights. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution, also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act, is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. It was put in place in order to make sure nobody had too much power and was able to take over the world. -
War on Poverty Act
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent. It was made in order to have nobody in poverty and living unfairly. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. President Richard Nixon signed this in order to finally put an end to the Vietnam War because so many Americans were against it. -
North/South Vietnam combine
The Vietnam War had ended and North and South Vietnam came together as one. -
Vietnam invades Cambodia
Vietnam invaded Cambodia to remove Pol Pot. -
Vietnam War Memorial
Memorial to honor the people who fought in the Vietnam War and for those that died during the war.
