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Plessy v Ferguson was a decision of the US Supreme Court, which is the foundation for the idea of "separate but equal." It states that segregation will be upheld, as long as both races had equal facilities.
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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded to protect and expand the rights of African-Americans. CORE was also one of the leading activist groups for African-Americans during the civil rights movement.
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Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to join a professional baseball team.
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The segregated US military became integrated, allowing African-Americans to fight on the front lines.
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The US contributed millions of dollars to France during World War II, since they were an ally.
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The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was created by the Manila Pact for collective defense in Southeast Asia.
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The French surrendered at Dien Bien Phu against Ho Chi Mihn's army during the Vietnam War.
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Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who refused the give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Because of her failure to do so, she was arrested; this was the beginning of the civil rights movement.
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The Southern Manifesto was a document written by the US Congress in opposition to the integration of public places.
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The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African-American high school students who enrolled in a racially segregated school in Little Rock, Arkansas. However, before entering the school the kids were prevented from entering by the governor of Arkansas.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was a civil rights activist group with Martin Luther King Jr. as its leader.
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Viet Cong was a political organization in South Vietnam with its own army.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first civil rights legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1865. Its goal was to uphold the civil rights of the American people.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Act (NASA) was signed by President Eisenhower. NASA conducts all non-military space activity.
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Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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The Greensboro sit-in was an act of the civil rights movement where African-American students sat at the counter of a racially segregated restaurant. The students were denied service but still refused to leave.
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The was a civil rights activist group formed by African-American students. They were turned away by other activist groups because the adults thought they would become violent.
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The Students for a Democratic Society was a civil rights activist group that was against the war in Vietnam. African-Americans were against the war because they did not want other African-American soldiers pushed to the front lines in front of white soldiers.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was led by the US and was a failed invasion of Cuba.
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CORE's freedom rides started where equal African-Americans and white passengers boarded a bus leaving North Alabama and headed into deep southern Alabama.
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The Berlin wall was built to divide East and West Berlin. This wall also came to be a symbol of the Cold War.
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President Kennedy signed legislation for the Peace Corps, which promoted world peace and friendship.
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John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth and the third man in space.
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After the desegregation of Ole Miss, an African-American student, James H. Meredith, was escorted onto campus by US Marshalls. As he entered the school riots broke out.
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The Cuban missile crisis was initiated by the US after discovering that the Soviet Union had missile deployment in Cuba.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during one of his peaceful protests and was locked up in a Birmingham jail. There he wrote a letter where he explained, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons unless they are conducted underground.
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The March on Washington was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. and was a massive protest which advocated for the rights of African-Americans. This was where King delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.
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An African-American church in Birmingham was bombed by white supremacists. The casualties of the bombing included four innocent young girls.
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President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a convertible in a parade in downtown Dallas.
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The Beatles were very popular in the US and this was the first time they had ever visited the US.
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Teach-ins took place in schools across the US. Those who were a part of the teach-ins were against the war in Vietnam and made this into a protest against the war.
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The Nation of Islam believed that African-Americans and whites should be segregated and have their own separate public places. Malcolm X's view of that had changed though, so he went and joined Martin Luther King Jr. and his activist group.
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The Freedom Summer Campaign's goal was to gather as many African-Americans as they could and attempt for all of them to register to vote.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a turning point for the civil rights movement. It stated that discrimination, whether it was race, color, sex, was prohibited. It also ended all segregation in work, schools, and public places.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was enacted by the US Congress after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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The Economic Opportunity Act was created as a part of the War on Poverty.
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The Immigration and Nationality Act abolished the law that only relatives of Americans could immigrate into the US. With the new act, regardless of race, sex, or nationality, anyone was able to immigrate to the US.
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The first US troops to enter into the Vietnam War were sent in 1965. After the US's involvement in Vietnam, many Americans protested against the US's involvement in the war.
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The Water Quality Act was enacted as part of the Great Society, as well as other environmental acts. Its main goal was to help eliminate pollutants in the waters.
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Operation Rolling Thunder was part of an aerial bombardment of the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. However, the result ended up being a US failure.
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The Selma March was a nonviolent protest from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. The march took three attempts before it was successful.
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was also a part of Johnson's War on Poverty Act. The act gave funding to elementary and high schools and gave an opportunity for education for low-income families.
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Medicare and Medicaid are both government-run programs that help with the cost of medical expenses for low-income families, handicaps, etc.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 gave African-Americans and all racial minorities the right to vote.
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The National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities was dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs.
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The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act developed safety standards for motor vehicles and traffic safety laws.
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The Black Power movement was where African-Americans fought for their rights and equality.
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The Clean Water Restoration Act is now regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is responsible for sewage treatment plants.
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The Air Quality Act's goal is to control air pollution nationally and regulate the source of all air emissions.
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The Haight-Ashbury District was a diverse community in the late '60s. It was a birthplace for hippies and drugs.
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Thurgood Marshal was the first African American in US history to serve as a judge in the Supreme Court Justice.
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The race riots of the '60s are known as the most violent riots in US history. The riots were between African-Americans and whites.
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King was a great activist leader and was considered the "most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement," even after his assassination in 1968.
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Tinker v Des Moines School District was a court case which fought for the first amendment rights for students in public schools.
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Neil Armstrong was the first man in history to step foot on the moon.
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Woodstock was one of the biggest concerts in US history; there were so many people that the place overflowed.
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In Ohio, at Kent State University, unarmed college students were shot by members of the Ohio Nationa Guard after protesting the bombing of Cambodia lead by the US.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent organization that regulates environmental protection.
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White v Regester was a court case that made the redrawing of voting districts in the US to make them in equal proportions.
