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Harry Truman
DOMESTIC
Truman sets up the committee on civil rights and orders an end to discrimination in the armed forces. This was the first Civil Rights message to Congress. -
Harry Truman
FOREIGN AFFARIS
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Korea temporarily along the 38th parallel, a latitudinal line that bisected the country. -
Harry Truman
\Baby Boom: Between 1946 and 1952, about 25 million children were born. -
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Truman to Raegan's presidency
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Harry Truman
DOMESTIC
Americans face the second Red Scare, causing a fear of communism conspriracy within the governement. This fear sparked after the Cold War, which led to the formation of search committees for communism. -
Harry Truman
DOMESTIC/FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. Truman Doctrine emphasized policy of containment with communism, meaning "keep it where it is". -
Harry Truman
FOREIGN AFFARIS
Truman intervened with American troops in the conflict between North Korea and South Korea. Fearing that the Soviets intended to seize the entire peninsula from their position in the north, the United States quickly moved its own troops into southern Korea. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DOMESTIC
Brown vs Board of Education was matricuted into law under President Eisenhower, making "seperate but equal" unjustifiable and overturning precedent by Plessy vs Ferguson. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Vietnam is divided along the 17th parallel. Also, CIA mission to prevent the spread of communism is established in South Vietnam. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Civil RIghts Act, first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, was passed by Eisenhower to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Doctrine is created, allowing countries to ask for protection and economic aid when pressured by armed aggression. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower warns against the threat of a growing "military industrial complex" in which a policy exits between legislators, armed forces, and the arms industry that supports them. -
John F. Kennedy
DOMESTIC
Mapp vs Ohio-this Supreme Court case allowed the Bill of Rights to be applied to states, expanding ferderal jurisdiction. -
John F. Kennedy
DOMESTIC
Kennedy develops the theory of "flexible response" in approach to containment, involoving multiple response mechanisms to enemy threats. -
John F. Kennedy
Bay of Pigs invasion: failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA. -
John F. Kennedy
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Cuban Missile Crisis: an incident in which Soviet missiles were placed in Cuba,leading to the brink of a nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis greatly increased tensions between the Soviets and the Americans. -
John F. Kennedy
DOMESTIC
Gideon vs Wain Wright- This Supreme Court case ruled that under the 14th Amendment, denfedants should have the right to counsel. -
John F. Kennedy
DOMESTIC
Civil Rights movement is gaining support especially after MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. The nation feels more united after his speech, while a few are still stuck in their narrow-minded views toward blacks. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
DOMESTIC
Johson declares a "war on pverty" which included a variety of programs aiding the poor. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
DOMESTIC
Cicil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimnation of African AMericans in employment, voting, or public accomdations. This was a monumental step in eliminating discrimination engrained in society. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
DOMESTIC
Voting Rights Act of 1965 guaranteed the right to vote to all African Americans, expanding democratization nation wide and eliminating the presence of Jim Crow laws. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
March of Selma occurs, emphaszing the participation in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Richard Nixon
DOMESTIC
Watergate scaandale occurred, leading to mistrust among American population towards the president and his policies. -
Richard Nixon
Roe vs Wade argued the use of contraceptives and women health, leading to a much larger dialougue among women. -
Richard Nixon
FOREIGN
Nixon withdras combat troops from Vietnam and signs the Paris Accords to officially end US involvement in Vietnam (opposite to the theory of escalation in which there was an increase in involvement in Vietnam). -
Gerald Ford
Ford pardons Nixon creating anxiety and a loss of faith among the American population. -
Gerald Ford
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Under Ford, North Vietmanese forces overrun South Vietnam and Saigon falls to Northern troops. The US's loss shows thier inability to contain communism. -
Jimmy Carter
DOMESTIC
US is in an economic crisis, resulting in instablility and regression in society. -
Jimmy Carter
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
US faciliates peace tallies between Israel and Egypy at Camp David (David Accords). -
Jimmy Carter
US boycotts Olympic games in Moscow in protest of Afghanistan's invasion, causing high levels of global tension. -
Ronald Reagan
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Iran releases US hostages on Raegan's presidency. -
Ronald Reagan
DOMESTIC
Reagan appoints first woman woman associate justice of Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor. (This is huge)! -
Ronald Reagan
DOMESTIC
US national debt rises to $130 billion. -
Ronald Reagan
DOMESTIC
Challenger space shuttle explodes,. -
Ronald Reagan
Stock market crashes. -
Ronald Reagan
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of West Bank and Gaza.
