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Dwight Eisenhower Elected
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Operation Wetback
Thousand of illegal mexican immigrants were rounded up and sent back to mexico. This was done with Mexico's government too. APUSH Text Book WIKI... -
Bus Boycott
Led by MLK Jr. a bus boycott in Montgomery, psarked by Rosa Parks. No Blacks were to ride the bus and walk or carpool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person so she was arrested. She initiated a new era of civil rights to come. http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp -
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Integration Into Schools
Nine Black students were escorted into a school, by US troops, in Arkansas named Central High School. This was the first attempt to integrate Blacks into a white school, with Eisenhower's help. APUSH Text Book WIKI -
Election of 1960
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Civil Rights (Freedom Ride)
Aggrivated whites in Alabama burned down a bus carrying interracial group members of Freedom Riders. Picture APUSH Text Book -
March on Washington
A peaceful march of 200,000 blacks onto Washington led by Martin Luther King Jr. This is where King performs his famous "I Have Dream" speech. APUSH Text Book http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html -
Bombing At Baptist Church
The 16th Baptist chuch in Alabama was bombed. The explosion injured many people and killed 4 little girls.picture</a>
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JFK Assassination
America was stunned by JFK's death. He was shot in the back of the head and died second later. He was shot while he was riding though Texas in an open limousine. picture -
LBJ Presidency
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The Great Society
The Great Society was Johnson's domestic programs. CP Text Book -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
The Resolution was LBJ's blank check to whatever he wanted to do in the war. In reaction from The Golf of Tonkin incident. CP Text Book -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm was ready to make a apeech to the Organization of Afro-American Unity when 3 men went up stage and shot him dont with pistols and a sawed off shotgun. http://www.newsinhistory.com/blog/malcolm-x-assassinated -
Operation Rolling Thunder
This was a massive bombardment of bombs to cripple SK and Viet Cong. The US intended to blow them back into the stone age. http://www.history.com/topics/operation-rolling-thunder http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/rolling_thunder.htm -
Voting Rights Act
This act reinforced voting rights in the US. Specifically blacks in America. Any US citizen of any race may vote. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/voting_rights_1965.asp -
Anti-War Movements
These Anti-War Movements started in October when the draft raised from 3,000 to 33,000. The majority of the US people were not Anti-War in 1965, but 1969, the majority of the people were. APUSH Text Book http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/protests_vietnam_war.htm -
Tet Offensive
About 70,00 Viet Congs attacked on a Vietnamese holiday, Tet. The attack was unexpected due to the holiday and the US and North Vietnam forces lost. http://www.history.com/topics/tet-offensive -
MLK Jr. Assassination
King was shot by a sniper while he was standing on the balcony of a hotel in memphis. He died nearly an hour after he was shot. Stormfront....:p http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm -
Civil Rights of 1968
This act gave equal oppurtunities to buy or lease houses no matter you race, creed, or color. It prohibited discrimination in housing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968 http://www.examiner.com/article/civil-rights-act-of-1968 -
Election of 1968
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Bombing Cambodia
The US began to carpet bomb cambodia, without the knowledge or approval of Congress, and would comtinue for the next 4 years. The bombing stopped in 1973 because it went public. -
Inflation
Inflation in the 1960s erupted and reached it's peak in the 1970s. The consumer price index rose at an annual rate of more then 10%. -
Watergate
Five men were arrested for breaking into Watergate. This simple court case turned into a large scale scandal. Nixon became a suspect of the crime. He was guilty and resigned soon after. -
Women Suffrage
Women began a march for equality in 1970. Congress then passed the prohibition on sexual discrimination. APUSH Text Book -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords was a cease fire of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Afte the cease fire, The US troops would start to withdraw from Vietnam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords -
Enelected President...?
Ford was the first president to not be elected. After Nixon resignition, he left Ford in charge. APUSH Text Book
