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School integration
According to a ruling in 1955, the Supreme Court ordered for the speedy integration of schools ending, at least officially, segregation in that region; however, many other issues remained regarding civil rights that had yet to have been answered and it will not be long until they will have to be addressed. -
Statehood of Alaska and Hawaii
In 1959, both Alaska and Hawaii became states of the U.S. Though America had control of the territory for many years previous, they were not officially recognized as states until then, so it can be said they were way overdue. -
Bay of Pigs
After the Communist takeover of Cuba, Cuban insurgents wanting the removal of the regime organized an attack on Cuba alongside help by the U.S. government with air support. However, that didn't work out as President John F. Kennedy pulled the U.S. out of it last minute and left the Cuban insurgents like sitting ducks as the Bay of Pigs attack failed miserably, leaving the Cuban government Communist to this day. -
Kennedy's assassination
While Kennedy was on tour across the country, he was assassinated in Dallas, TX, presumably by Lee Harvey Oswald though he had many other helping hands to aid in the assassination. Not soon after, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into office and became president of the United States; however, the people did not forget about the sudden and tragic death of their beloved president. -
"I Have a Dream" speech
After years of civil rights activists pursuing reform in the nation, it all culminated to the massive Civil Rights march in Washington D.C., attended by roughly 200,000 people, and it is where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his motivational "I Have a Dream" speech where he told the world his dream for the country regarding civil rights being one of the main highlights of the civil rights movement. -
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam
The Vietnam war had already been going on for several years earlier, but it was not until 1964 when the U.S. passed the Tonkin Resolution, entering the conflict. America could have easily won the war, but due to a strict policy of containment and turmoil about the war at home, the U.S. held back on some of the opportunities it could have taken and it cost us the war. A peace treaty was settled in 1973 but just two years later after American troops left the area, South Vietnam fell to the North. -
First black Supreme Court Justice
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn into the Supreme Court making him the first African-American to be a part of the Supreme Court in U.S. history. It illustrated that segregation had been severally severed with this major victory for the civil rights movement. -
Apollo 11
As tensions grew between the U.S. and Soviet Union, the space race began to prove which nation had the better technological advancement and thereby was the better nation. It was extremely strenuous as the Soviet Union won some early victories but America was going for the big one, landing on the moon. In 1969, Apollo 11, boarded by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr., was launched and landed on the moon successfully illustrating America's success as a whole and acting as a symbol for the free. -
Roe v. Wade
In 1973, the Supreme Court passed the Roe v. Wade decision making abortion legal in the United States. Since then, millions of babies have died to this despicable and rebellious act which is plagued with all out hatred towards God and his laws. Attempts have been made to reverse this putrid decision, but thus far, abortion is still legal in America and because of it millions have perished and millions more will follow suit if nothing is done about it. -
Nixon resigns
After the Watergate scandal occurred, Nixon's presidency was unrepairable especially after the trials and questionable actions taken by Nixon. So, Nixon instead of being impeached, decided to resign from office making him the first president to ever do so. About a month or so later he was pardoned by President Gerald Ford making him completely free from consequence of whatever did or did not happen.