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Chicago Convention
A specialized agency of the United Nations charged with coordinating and regulating international air travel. -
Truman Doctrine
It was a policy which stated that the US would give aid to any country threatened by communism. -
Korean War
A conflict between North Korea and South Korea, lasting from 1950-1953, in which the United States along with other UN countries, fought on the side of the South Koreans while China fought on the side of the North Koreans. -
McCarthyism
Widespread accusations and investigations of suspected Communist activity. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. -
Sputnik
The USSR rocketed to the lead in the Cold War's "Space Race" with the launch of Sputnik, a basketball-sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
35 day confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
35 day confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union. -
March on Washington
A quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections. -
JFK Assasination
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
Civil Rights Act
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. -
Tet Offensive
A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. -
MLK killed
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
RFK Assassination
Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. PDT the following day. -
Moon Landing
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon. -
Watergate Break-in
The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's persistent attempts to cover up its involvement in the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C., Watergate Office Building. -
Roe vs. Wade
Court ruled with a 7-2 decision in 1973 for Jane Roe that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits states from "depriv[ing] any person of liberty without due process of law." -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
A terrorist act which triggered the most serious crisis of the Carter Presidency and began a struggle/problem for Jimmy Carter and the American people that lasted 444 days