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The Cold War
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Vietnam War-Independent Vietnam
United States became an ally to communist-trained Ho Chi Minh, and after War World II he saw an opportunity to declare independence from Japan. -
WWII Ends, Baby Boomers, A New Hope
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COLD WAR- The Iron Curtain
This era in time was seen as an "East vs. West" division of Europe. Each area had their own political, social, economic controlled. -
COLD WAR-Berlin Blockade/ Airlift
The Soviet closed off main highways for supply trucks and need supplies, depriving Berlin of the nessessities. Joesph Stalin tried to force other countries to negotiate on his terms. Air drops happened for three years and finally ended in 1949. -
COLD WAR- Communists take over China
20 million citizens were killed by the Soviet Union and Soviets occupied Eastern Europe as a buffer zone against German invasion. -
1950-Vietnam Alli
United States became the primary ally of the Vietnimese State and advised vietnanimese armies. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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The Vietnam War
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Brown vs. Board of Education
This decision on segration of schools allowed blacks to attend white schools all over the nation. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus and was arrested doing so. This act initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott and it finally ended in 1956. -
Space Race
Soviet Union 2 satillites, powered by rockets. People believed that these satillites had the potential to become spaced-based weapons. It put the soviet society in the lead into technology. -
COLD WAR-Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by a CIA sponsered military group. John F. Kennedy evenutally took responsibility for the lives lost and the embarrassment caused to the CIA network. -
JFK Assissinated
During the middle of his presidentcy John F. Kennedy was publicly asassinated in Dallas, Texas. Shot twice by Lee Harvey Oswald. He is remembered for establishing a great society, and for his contribution to domestic activism. -
China Explodes 1st atomic bomb.
The country of China successfully conducted its first atomic bomb testing. -
Fall of South Vietnam
South Vietnam falls to the communist forces of South Korea. -
End of Vietnam War
South and North Korea ended their "civil war", due to the fall of Saigon. -
End of Cold War
Soviet Union abolished, Communists stage unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. Soviet Union abolished. Boris Yeltish becomes President of Russia.