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Jospeh McCarthy causes and accuses people of communism ideals. Which led to the 1950 ebnts and increased the sense of threat from Communism in the States.
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Korean War starts. Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korean communists invade South Korea. Truman supported the war. http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war
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Landmark Case In the US Sumpreme Court. Established that sepreate but equal for blacks was unconstitutional.
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The muder of 14 year old Emmett Till by white men, cause alot of outrage because he was brutally murdered and the men were let free.
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JFK initated the The Space Race in his presidency. It was a competition between the Soviet Union and the US to see who would be the first to get into space.
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During the JFK's term, the Soviet Union and Cuba were on one sided while the US was left to fend for themself. It was a 13 day confrontation.
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First march from Selma to Mongomery. Many protestors were injured.The police attacked them with tear gas and billy clubs. The civil rights mobement kept going on no matter what.
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Between July 16 -24 1969 the US was able to successfully land man on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to land. July 21 Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html
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The end of the war.The US fianlly withdraws their troops. Many people protested this war and were glad to be withdrawed from the war.
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Before known as Nike, the company used to be Blue Ribbon Sports. The company changed their name to Nike. Now is a sports icon
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John Lennon from The Beetles was shot and murdered by Mark David. The world morned the loss of such an icon. http://www.john-lennon.com/
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The world wibe web came about. Which is a system of documents. From then on the interntet was a hit.
