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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dies
Life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32th president of the U.S. Took presidency at the depth of the Great Depression. He became president on in November 1932 and was re-elected in 1936. He later dies on April 12, 1945 due to cerebral hemorrhage. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped and Soviets declare war
Dropping the Atomic bomb
Known as the "Manhattan Project". On this day the a plane called the "Enola Gay" dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 2 days later the Soviets declare war on Japan. On Aug 9, 1945 another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. -
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Nuremburg Trials
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Red Scare
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Marshall Plan
Marshall plan Known as the European recovery program. It was established to help Western Europe recover from poverty, disease and malnutrition. -
NATO Established
Nato history North Atlantic Treaty Organziztion(NATO) was often said to be founded in response to the threat that the Soviet Union posed. It's main purpose was to serve three purposes and that was to: Deterre soviet exapansionism, forbiding the revival on nationalist militarism and to encouarge European political integration. It was established by 12 western organizations. -
USSR Develops Atomic Bomb
First USSR atomic bomb In a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR detonates its first atomic bomb. The bomb was codenamed "First Lightning". They wanted to test the effects so they constructed buildings and put animals in cages near by, which after the test were all destroyed. -
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Korean War
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Rosenberg trial begins
The espionage case
Rosenberg was a spy that worked for the Soviet Union. She would let the Soviet Union know top secret information about the U.S atmoic bombs. On April 5,1951 she was sentenced to death, her and her husband. -
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Vietnam War
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A McCarthy Hearing
McCarthy Hearings
Senator Joseph McCarthy begins investigation the Army and charges them for being 'soft" on communism. Most of these hearings were televised to give the people a first view of the McCarthy action. -
Brown V.S Board Of Education
The court case that overturned Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Brown Vs Board of education was basically meant to overturn plessy vs. ferguson. In 1952 the case was brought up and in 1953 it was reheard and got unanimous decision saying segrgation is unconstitutional. On may 14 1954 the decision of the Supreme Court was that seperate educational facilities are unequal. -
Warsaw Pact formed
Warsaw Pact information
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Bus Boycott by Rosa Parks
This Protest lasted 13 months. This protest ended when the Supreme court ruled that segregation on public ttansportation was unconsitutional. This protest was sparked by a young lady by the name of Rosa Parks. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Eisenhower and the Little Rock crisis.
Arkansas using the National Guard
The governor of Little Rock ordered the Arkansas national gurad to prevent African American students from going to school. Then president Eisenhower met with the governor to discuss matters about the situation -
Soviets Launch "Sputnik"
1st satellite launched by soviets.
"Sputnik" was the size of a beach ball.It took 98 minutes to orbit Earth on it ellipitical path. It was visible all around Earth. -
Castro Comes To Power
Dictatorship of Fidel Castro
Castro was the dictator of Cuba. He established th first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Castro ruled for nearly 5 decades. His rule was over in 2008, when he handed power to his younger brother raúl. -
Khrushchev Visits U.S
The visit to America
Nikita Khrushchev the sovet leader at the time took a 12 day visit to the U.S., this was such a surreal moment of the Cold War in history. He arrived the fifteenth on September and departed the 27th of September. -
Sitins Begins In South
Sit-ins in greensboro
Four African American college students from NC A&T went to an all white restaurant. They were refused service and then asked by the employees to leave immediately. On the following days more students joined in on the sit-ins at WoolWorth's Food Counter. -
Breakage
The breakage
The U.S break Diplomatic relations with cuba. It was caused because Cuba wanted to reduce the number of Embassy employees to 11. Cuba wanted the numbers to equal out to the number of embassy workers they have in the U.S -
Berlin Wall?
Video and information about the Berlin wall
East Germany began building the wall in order to keep western fascists from entering the East. This wall basically seperated the East side and West side of berlin. The wall stood up until november 9, 1989, then the government announced that citizens could travel freely and people crossed over and some brought hammers and picks to bring it down. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Test Ban treaty
Test Ban Treaty
This treaty was made ban the test of nuclear weapons. Though it was signed on August it did not enter effect until October 10. It was said that no one could test any nuclear weapon in the atmosphere because they were starting to see the effects of radiation. This treaty was signed in Moscow by the U.S, Russian and great Britain -
Military Coup Overthrows Diem in Vietnam
Diem overthrown and dead
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J. F. Kennedy Assassinated
Death of J. F. Kennedy.
President JFK was assassinated while traveling through Dalllas, Texas. 24 hours after the death of JFk Lee Harvey Oswald was captured. Kennedy died at the age of 46 due to three fatal gun shots. After being shot he passed away 30 minutes later. -
Race Riots ub Watts L.A
Riots
A routine traffic stop started a six-day race riot in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts. The riots left 34 dead and more than 1,000 injured. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
Death of MLK
The Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. He had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel Tennessee. The 30-caliber rifle bullet entered his right cheek, then traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. -
Buried Under Sea
Missing Submarine?
A nuclearn submarine and the crew vanished in the Atlantic and failed to return on the date expected. Hours that passed by made it a major military crisis that spread in the Pentagon E-Ring and White house. -
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
Assassination of Robert Francis Kennedy
Senator Robert F. Kennedy's life ended in Los Angles when Palestinian born Sirhan Sirhan fired his .22 at the senator. Robert was shot 3 times and rushed to a hospital where he later died. -
First manned mission to land on the moon.
The moon landing
The first steps by humans on the moon. On Apollo 11 there was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Humanity achieved one of the greatest technological events in history.
