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Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism
He was an american politician and in the beginning of 1950 the term Mccarthyism in reference to mccarthy's practices. He rose to the national fame after he delieverd his speech -
22nd Amendment
The constitution is ratified limiting the president to two terms -
Ku Klux klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP -
Dwight Eisenhower
He was the 34th president from 1953-1961. He was a five star general in the united states army during world war II. -
Brown V. Board Education
A landmark united states supreme court case in which the court declared states laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitional. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty among eight communist states of central and eastern europe. A military complement to the council for mutual economic assistance. -
Emmett Till's murder
A 14 year old african american teenager was brutally murdered by white men while visiting relatives in mississippi. -
Rosa Parks
She boarded on the montgomery city bus and on that day she initiated a new era in the american quest for freedom equality. -
Suez Crisis
A diplomatic and military confrontation between eygpt on one side and britian, france, and israel on the other with the united states. -
Little Rock Nine
Were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. They were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. -
Space Race
It was a competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and United States for supremacy in spaceflight capability -
Berlin Wall
Was a barrier constructed by the german democratic republic tha completely cut of west berlin from surrounding east germany. -
Cuban missile Crisis
President Kennedy denounces soviet union for secretly installing missile bases on cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island. -
George Wallace
He took the oath of office to e governor of Alabam on this day. -
Medgar Evers
An african american civil rights activist from mississippi he was assassinated by Byron De La Beakwith a member of white citizens council -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his I have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. -
Assassination of JFK
He was assassinated at 12:30pm on a friday in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. He was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of john f. Kennedy. -
Civil Rights Act
A landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the US that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion and others. -
Great Society
In his annual state of the union address president johnson proposes his great society program -
Malcolm X
Malcolm x was a minister and national spokesman for the national of Islam. He was shot 15 times and his assassins were convicted of first degree murder -
U.S. sends troops to vietnam
in response to the gulf of tokin incident of august 2nd president lyndon decided to escalate the vietnam conflict by sending united states ground troops to vietnam -
Civil Rights Movement
Was a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law that peaked. Enduring that the rights of all people are equally protected by the law including rights of miniorties and also womens rights. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Landmark supreme court decision further defines due process clause of the 14th amendment and establishes miranda rights. -
25th Amendment
The united states constitution deals with succession to the presidency and procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office. -
Bay of pigs invasion
A failed military iinvasion of cuba undertaken by the CIA sponsored paramilltary group brigade 2006 -
Hippie Movement
In 1967 in july there was a study on hippie philosophy credited the foundation of the hippie movement -
martin Luther King Jr.
he was assassinated inMemphis, Tennesse at Lorraine motel -
Robert F. Kennedy
He was assassinated in Los Angeles, California during the campaign season for the united states presidental election. -
Woodstock
Was a music festival, billed as an aquarion exposition; 3 days of peace and music. -
Disco Music/ Culture
A genre of music that peaked in popularity in late 1960s and early 1970s though it has since enjoyed brief resugence including the present day -
Richard nixon/ Watergate scandal
Break in at the democratic national committee headquaters at the watergate office complex in Washington D.C. -
Vietnam War
This was a war that was long and a costly armed conflict between North Vietnam and Southern allies and South Vietnam also the United States. More than 3 million were killed during the vietnam war -
Jimmy Carter
Signs panama canal treaty -
Jimmy carter/ Iran Hostage Crisis
A group of Islamist students and militants supporting the ironion revolution took over the american embassy in tehrian -
John Lennon's Murder
He was an english musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founded members of the beatles -
Ronald Regan
He was the 40th president of the United States he was in the office from January 20, 1981- January 20, 1989. He was a member of the democratic party but his positions began shifting rightward in the 1950s. -
HIV/AIDS
The first case was reported in June of 1981 his name Zero a gay flight attendant from Canada which became the first known AIDS case. -
Invasion of Grenada
U.S. invades caribbean island of grenada after a coup by marxist faction in the government -
Technoligical advances
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