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Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
an American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats -
McCarthyism
Also known as the Second Red Scare, An attack on individuals on suspected beliefs. -
Korean War
A fight between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea invaded the South in an attempt to unify the peninsula under the 'communist' North. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
a court case that supported separate school systems for black students and white students were considered unequal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Jump Started because of the arrest of Rosa Parks, a 13 month long protest against racial segregation that ended with the U.S. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Vietnam War
A lengthy, expensive, and controversial struggle between the communist regime of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, supported by the United States. -
Iranian hostage crisis
Fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage by a group of militarized Iranian college students. -
Sputnik
Earth's first artificial satellite orbited the Earth for three consecutive months and transmitted signals back to Earth. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrontation between the U.S. government and the Soviet Union. -
March on Washington
The largest civil rights march of its time that advocated for african americans rights. -
JFK assassinated
Noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
Civil Rights Act
The act prohibited discrimination against race, color, age, sex, and religion. -
MLK killed
At 6:05 P.M. On Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
RFK Killed
On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched an attack against targets in South Vietnam. -
Moon landing
Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed Apollo , the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. -
Watergate break-in
In the morning of June 17th, 1972 a guard noticed suspicious activity and alerted authorities, Five burglars acting as plumbers broke in. -
Roe v. Wade
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion.