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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court case where segregation of children in school was ruled unconstitutional
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil rights protest in Alabama where African Americans didn't ride buses due to the segregation of seating
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Cuban Missile Crisis
When the US discovered the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba pointed at the US and everyone got scared
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JFK Assassination
The day the 35th President of the US was shot in the head in the car with his wife
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Act stating all discrimination toward race, religion, or color was to be outlawed -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Resolution giving Johnson all power in southeast Asia to opposed communist aggression -
MLK Assassination
The day MLK was murdered because he was a non-violent civil rights leader -
Election of 1968
Former Vice President Richard Nixon won the election over Hubert Humphrey -
First Man to Walk on the Moon
Apollo 11 was the first successful trip to the moon and back when Neil Armstrong was the first man one the moon -
Nixon goes to China
Diplomatic strategy to show the new relationship between the US and China -
Watergate
Huge political scandal involving Nixon's campaign in which it was discovered people were sent in to gather information of the Democratic candidates plans -
Richard Nixon Resigns
Although Nixon denied knowing anything about Watergate tapes came out exposing that he did so he resigned before he could be impeached -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Struggle between Iran and the US in which American diplomats were taken hostage for 444 days -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
When communism fell the wall was taken down and citizens were free to go where they liked -
Persian Gulf War
US's response to Iran's invasion of Kuwait -
Clinton is Impeached
Clinton was the 42nd President of the US and was impeached due to a sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky -
9/11
Infamous day in US history when the terrorist group ISIS over took 2 planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers -
War on Terror Begins
After 9/11 terrorism became a real threat causing the US to send troops abroad to fight it -
Obama get elected
Obama was the 45th President of the US and the first African American President