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Iron Curtain Speech
Sir Winston Churchill traveled with President Harry Truman to give a speech in Fulton, Missouri. One of the most descriptive phrases from the speech is "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." This speech changed the way that the democratic West views the Communist East.
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Marshall Plan
SourceThe Marshall Plan sent over 13 billion dollars to help the recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951.The money was sent by the United States of America. It successfully helped the recovery of Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
[Source](Swofford)The Berlin Airlift was a program that sent supplies from the U.S. to Berlin. The U.S. was sending supplies on the ground but after the Russian found out they block off all roads to Berlin. After this the U.S. sent supplies in by air, this is why it is known as the Berlin Airlift. -
38th Parallel
SourceThe 38th parallel was the longitude line that seperate North Korea and South Korea. The Nourth was a communists supportting party and the south was anti-communists. The North had invaded the south on June 25, 1950 and this was the first military action of the cold war. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
SourceThis couple was convicted and charged for the conspiracy to commit espionage. They were accused of passing on top-secret information about the atomic bomb onto Russia. Both were later on executed on June 19, 1953. Julius was the first on to be executed at about 8 p.m. -
Joe McCarthy
SourceJoe was the Wisconsin Senator in the 1940s to 1950s and was a eduring symbol of the Red Scare. He also created McCarthyism. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regardfor evidence. On March 9, 1954 McCarthy was attacked on a National news station for his ways and methods in front of millions of Americans. -
Brown vs Board of Education
OUr Documentsthis event started up because a little girl wanted to go to school at a school, in Topeka, Kansas, that was more convenient for her than to go to the colored school across town. The school board denied her access because of the color of her skin. The segregation violated the Constitutions Equal Protection Clause. the ending decision was that seperate but equal has no place in the school systems. -
Rosa Parks
SourceRosa Parks was a black women born in 1913.Rosa Parks is famous for her decision to not give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in 1955. This decision sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Montgmery Bus Boyccott
SourceThe Montgomery Bus Boycott was a reaction from Rosa Parks decision to not give her seat to a white man. The African American were mad about segergation laws that gave white better privliages. So they decided to boycott the public buses in Montgomery until something changed. Since 70% of bus riders were African Americans the buses were not making profit. This caused segergation laws to change by December 20th 1955. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Sourcethe civil rights act of 1957 had to do with the decision of Brown v. Board of Education. The trial had stated segergation in schools were illegal. But even though it was ruled illegal that southern states didnt like to follow it. This act pushed to have the schools desegergated. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States and the Soviet Union fought with politics and the military for 13 days. President Kennedy addressed the nation on October 22, 1964to let the citizens of America know that the military, if they have to, will take action against the missles, and Cuba, and protect the nation. History Channel -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther Kin gJr was an African American social activist and a Babtist minister who was trying to stop segregation everywhere. He led peaceful protests, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington help raise aweareness on the cruelty that African Americans have been going through. he wanted to put an end to all of it. He was assasinated on April 4th, 1968. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. we also have a national holiday called Martin Luther King Jr Day. -
24th Amendment
SourceThe 24th amendment stated that all poll tax was illegal. This decision was made because people with the right to vote were not able to vote because the tax was so high. This also made it able for many African Americans to vote. This helps them change segergation laws. -
Civil Right Act of 1964
SourceThe act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, This was a huge landmark for the African American citizens. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the law in after JFK had proposed it.
