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Joseph McCarthy
Was An American Politician Who Served As A Republican US Senator. -
Rosa Parks
She Was An African American Civil Rights Activist. She Was Thrown In Prison For Not Moving Out Of Her Seat. -
Malcolm X
Was A Human Rights Leader. He Had A Different Method Of Peace Then Martin Luther King Jr. -
Martin Lurther King Jr.
He Was A Leader In The Civil Rights Movement. He Still Managed To Inspire Many People With His Speech's. -
Holocaust
Killed More The 6 Million Jew. Was A Camp To The Jews Who Were Taken Out Of Their Homes By Force. -
WWII
Was A Global War. It Directly Involved Over More Than 100 Million People From Over 30 Countries. -
Attack Of Pearl Harbor
Is A Lagoon Harbor On The Island Of Oahu, Hawaii. It Was Attacked By The Japanese. Then It Became An Immediate Cause Into The War. -
Korean War
War Conflict Between Communist And Non-Communist Forces On Korea. North Korean Communists Invade South Korea. -
The First Color Shows
CBS Broadcast The Very First Commercial Color Tv Program. Nearly No One Could Watch It Because Their Tv Was Programed To See White And Black. -
Puerto Rico Becomes A State
Puerto Rico Is A Territory Of The U.S. And Was Used During WWII. -
Julis And Ethel Rosenberg Executed
Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Was Being Accuse Of Giving Information Of The Atomic Bomb To The Soviet Union. They Were Found To Be Guilty And They Were Sentenced To Death. -
Civil Rights Movement
The National effort Made By African Americans and Those Who Supported Them To End Segregation And Gain Equal Rights. -
Brown v. Board Of Education
Was A Landmark United States Supreme Court Case In Which The Court Declared State Laws Establishing Separate Schools For Both Black And White Students Unconstitutional. -
Space Race
Competition Between Two Cold War Rivals, Soviet Union And The US On The First Ever Landing On The Moon. Apollo 11 Landed On July 1969. -
Emmett Tills Murder
A 14-year-old African American Teenager Was Brutally Murdered By White Men While Visiting Relatives In Mississippi. The White Men Were Released Not Guilty. -
Vietnam War
This War Occurred In Vietnam, Laos, And Cambodia. Was The First War To Be On Tv. -
Th Little “Rock Nine"
Nine African American Students Enrolled In Little Rock Central High School. -
Hawaii And Alaska Become States
Before Hawaii And Alaska Became States They Were Both Considered Teritories Of The U.S. -
First American To Land On The Moon
Alan Shepard,Jr. Was The First Man In Space. -
The Berlin Wall
Was A Barrier Constructed By The German Democratic Republic. That Completely Cut off West Berlin From Surrounding East Germany And From East Berlin -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Was A 13-day Confrontation Between The Soviet Union And Cuba, And United States. -
Assasination Of John F. Kennedy
He Was The 35th President Of The United States. He Was Assassinated As He Rode In A Motarcade Through Dealey Plaza In Downtown Dallas, Texas. -
Hippie Culture
They Made Their Way To Northern California In The Late 1960's. In Golden Gate Park in San Francisco Popularized Hippie Culture. -
War Protest
It Was Protest Against The War In Vietnam. The People Did Not Like Seeing Images About What Happened In Vietnam And They Wanted To Put An End To It. -
Assassination Of Robert F. Kennedy
Was An American Politician. He Served As A Senator For New York From 1955 Until His Assassination In 1968. -
Woodstock
Was A Musical Festival. -
Jimmy Carter/Iran Hostage Crisis
About 52 Americans Were Being Held As Hostage 444 Days. After A Group Of Islamist Students And Militants Supporting The Iranian Revolution Took Over The American Embassy In Tehran. -
John Lennons Murder
He Was Shot By A Man Named Mark David Chapman. At The Entrance Of The Building Where He Once Lived. -
Assassination Attempt Of Ronald Reagan
It Happened 69 Days Into The Presidency Of Ronald Reagan. While Leaving A Speaking Engagement At The Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington. -
HIV/AIDS
It Is A Contagious Disease That Can Be Transmitted By Sexual Contact If Not Protectef Correctly. It Can Be Deadly In Most Cases.
