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Nuremberg Trials
Nazi leaders were charged with crime against peace, crime against humanity, and war -
Brown v. Board
Supreme court ruled segregation in schools as unconstitutional. Schools must be integrated. -
U-2 Incident
The incident when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. a great embarrassment for the United States. -
Freedom Rides
Protest by blacks and African Americans who rode buses in the South -
Roe v. Wade
Supreme court ruled that there is right to privacy. Women had right to abortion -
Baby Boom
An era that showed a massive increase in birth rate. An estimate of 78.#3 Americans were born -
Cold War
Conflict between U.S and Soviet Union. Deadly threats were made but they never confronted each other directly
