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Bay of Pigs invasion
The original invasion plan called for two air strikes against Cuban air bases. A 1,400-man invasion force would disembark under cover of darkness and launch a surprise attack -
Berlin Wall
Since the city of Berlin had been situated entirely within the Soviet zone of occupation, West Berlin became an island of democracy within Communist East Germany. The wall was built to stop people from leaving or comming into the other country. It was taken down In November of 1989 -
Cuban missile crisis
In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem. -
Immigration Act of 1965
This act not only allows more individuals from third world countries to enter the US, but also entails a separate quota for refugees. ] Under the Act, 170,000 immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere are granted residency, with no more than 20,000 per country. One hundred twenty thousand immigrants from the Western Hemisphere, with no “national limitations,” are also to be admitted -
Miranda rights
In Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination. It began when a rape suspect was not informed his rights and confesed to a crime. -
NASA on the moon
In 1961 Keenedy said he would put a man on the moon. In a little more then 8 years it happened. on the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sit atop another Saturn V at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The three-stage 363-foot rocket will use its 7.5 million pounds of thrust to propel them into space. They landed and returned with no accidents. it was a success -
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Woodstock music festival
An estimated 400,000 mostly young people gethered to hear rock music at the Woodstock music festival, one of the most significant events of the 60s. The festival was organized by four young men, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Lang. Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Greatful Dead, and Jimi Hendrix were some of the people that played in the festival -
Environmental Protection Agency
In the early '70s, just after the birth of EPA and the environmental movement, the agency initiated Project Documerica to record the state of the environment and efforts to improve it. By 1974, Documerica had produced more than 81,000 photographs by more than 100 photographers. The strongest 22,000-plus images were catalogued by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and made available to publications nationwide. About 15,000 of these images are now online. -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It’s mission is to help employers and employees reduce on the job injuries, illnesses and deaths. -
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Wategate scandel
The scandal takes its name from the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., the site of a 17 June 1972 break-in into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Subsequently, five men were arrested for breaking and entering. On September 15, a grand jury indicted the burglars (Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis) and two other men (E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy) for conspiracy, burglary and violation of federal wiretapping law -
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
This key arms treaty, birthed from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, limited the US and Russia's deployment of anti-missile systems. Forged in the Cold War period between US President Richard Nixon and Russian leader Leonid Brezhnev, the treaty entered into force on October 3, 1972 and existed until June 13, 2002, when the United States withdrew. -
Three Mile Island accident
The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa. was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history. It led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community. The main feedwater pumps stopped running, caused by either a mechanical or electrical failure, which prevented the steam generators from removing heat. First the turbine, then the reactor automatically shut down. -
Supply Side Economics
It is well known that are among the variables that influence the decisions made by consumers/workers and firms. In the late 70’s, the label "Supply Side Economics" was applied to the argument that lower tax rates would improve private sector incentives, leading to higher employment, productivity, and output in the US economy. In this version a cut in tax rates was predicted to result in an increase in tax revenue. -
Nuclear freeze movement
Thirty years ago, Randall Forsberg, a young defense and disarmament researcher, launched the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Designed to stop the drift toward nuclear war through a U.S.-Soviet agreement to stop the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons, the freeze campaign escalated into a mass movement that swept across the United States. It attracted the support of nearly all peace groups, as well as that of mainstream religious, professional, and labor organizations. -
Reagan Doctrine
policy of supporting anti-Communist insurgents wherever they might be. In his 1985 State of the Union address, President Ronald Reagan called upon Congress and the American people to stand up to the Soviet Union, what he had previously called the "Evil Empire": "We must stand by all our democratic allies. And we must not break faith with those who are risking their lives--on every continent, from Afghanistan to Nicaragua--to defy Soviet-supported aggression and secure rights which have been ours -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The INF Treaty eliminated all nuclear-armed ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between about 300 to 3400 miles and their infrastructure. The INF Treaty is the first nuclear arms control agreement to actually reduce nuclear arms, rather than establish ceilings that could not be exceeded. Altogether it resulted in the elimination by May 1991 of 846 longer-and shorter-range U.S. INF missile systems and 1846 Soviet INF missile systems, including the -
George H. W. Bush
George Bush brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation." In his Inaugural Address he pledged in "a moment rich with promise" to use American strength as "a force for good." -
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Persian Gulf War
The First Persian Gulf War, also known as the Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iraq and a coalition of 32 nations including the United States, Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia. It was a result of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Iraq then annexed Kuwait, which it had long claimed. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein declared that the invasion was a response to overproduction of oil in Kuwait, which had cost Iraq an estimated billion a year when oil prices fell. -
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Bill Clinton Presidency
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance. -
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Barack Obama Presidency
He was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and sworn in on January 20, 2009. He is the first African American President of the US. He was elected 2 terms in a row. His main thing is Obama Care wich aims to reform the American Health Care System and provide affordable quality health care to all Americans.
