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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy announced by president HT, pledging economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism, particularly Greece and Turkey. -
McCarthyism
A period of intense anti-communist suspicion led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, where numerous Americans were accused of being communists or Soviet spies -
Korean War
A conflict between North Korea and South Korea. Ended in an armistice but no formal peace treaty -
Brown v. Board of education
Landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. ferguson -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space, igniting the Space Race between the U.S. and USSR -
Vietnam War
A prolonged conflict between communist North Vietnam and U.S.- backed South Vietnam. The war ended with the fall of Saigon and U.S. withdrawal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest against segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest. Led to a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the US and the USSR over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis ended when the USSR agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the US not invading Cuba. -
March on Washington
A Massive civil rights rally where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream speech",advocating for racial equality and justice -
JFK Assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald. His death led to nationwide mourning political turmoil -
Civil Rights Act
A landmark law signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson that prohibited racial segregation in Public places and banned employment discrimination -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on moon, marking a major achievement in the Space Race -
Tet Offensive
A major North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attack on South Vietnamese and U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It weakened U.S. public support for the war -
MLK Assassinated
Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray, sparking nationwide riots and mourning -
RFK assassination
Robert "Bobby" Kennedy, running for the Democratic presidential nomination, was shot by assassin Sirhan Sirhan on -
Watergate Break-in
Five men were caught breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the water-gate complex. The scandal led to President Nixon's resignation. -
Roe v. Wade
Landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide, ruling that a woman's right to choose was protected under the right to privacy -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
A diplomatic crisis in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage in Iran 444 days after revolutionaries seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The crisis ended on the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated.