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The end of world war II
The axis powers surrendered, Germany surrendered in May and Japan in September. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea. North Korea was supported by the soviet Union and china and South Korea was supported by the United States. There was no end to that war but both sides are currently not fighting each other. -
Brown V Board of education
The U.S supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks an African American women refused to give up her seat to a white men and was arrested and fined. After the boycotts refused to ride city buses to protest segregated seating. -
Southern christian Leaders
It was formed by the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It was created by Martin Luther King Jr to advance civil rights in a non-violent matter. -
Sit in movements
Martin Luther King Jr helped African American activists win supporters across the world by sitting in protest at an all-white lunch counter. -
The March on Washington
The march on Washington was a massive protest for jobs and freedom, it aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities. -
assassination President JFJ
President John F Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas, Texas. -
Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination, it is considered one of the crowning legislative achievement of the civil rights movement. -
The National Farm Workers Association
The National Farm Workers Association was led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. It helped improve farmworkers to improve their working conditions and wages. -
Mexican American youth organization
This organization was formed to fight for Mexican-American Rights -
Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive was a series of massive coordinated attacks by the Vietcong throughout south Vietnam. With the Tet offensive Americans gave up the idea that the United States was winning the war. -
The Poor People's campaign
This campaign was a march on Washington to gain economic justices for poor people in the United States. -
The assissanation of Martin Luther King Jr
An American clergyman and the civil rights leader was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. -
La Raza Unida Party
it was developed to reflect not purity but the mixture inherent in the Hispanic people.
