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U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb
At Los Alomos U.S knew that a hydrogen bomb could be created. After the war, when the Soviets started their nuclear program, Truman order scientists to created hydrogen bomb program. After the order of construction of the h bomb arms race became more dangerous. -
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Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
United States detonated an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.United States dropped a second atomic bomb, this time on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. After the second bomb japan could not take anymore so they decided to back out with a peace treaty. -
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
this case began when a little girl named Linda Brown who lived in Topeka, Kansas, was not able to go to a nearby all white-school.Brown’s family and supporters brought a law suit against the board of education.Psychologists showed evidence that children at a small age became habituated to dislike colored people because of segregation. This evidence made the Supreme Court to rule an end to the belief of a separate but equal society. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus
After a long day of work as a seamstress for a Montgomery, Alabama,Rosa Parks went on a city bus to go home. because of the seat law for black people rosa parks was told to move from her seat for a white person. Rosa parks did not move from her seat leading her to get arrested. -
NASA founded
NASA is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program.President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Most U.S. space exploration efforts have been led by NASA. -
Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
Castro and his newly recruited rebels used guerilla tactics against Batista's troops. Batista admitted defeat and left the country. Castro took power of the new Cuban government. -
JFK Assassinated
Kennedy was shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline.Kennedy's death was the fourth successful assassination of an American President. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, -
Malcolm X Assassinated
He was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. He emphasize Pan-Africanism, black self-determination, and black self-defense. He was killed by three Nation of Islam members. -
Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
As part of the Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module and stepped out onto the ladder. Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon and became the very first man on the moon. After Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin followed him. -
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
The war was costing too much and lasting way too long. There was a lot of rebellion back home in the U.S and this was during the hippy movement. The U.S was in debt and lost too many soldiers. -
U.S. President Nixon Resigns
Nixon was the president during the Apollo 11 moon landing.The watergate scandel grew, and cost Nixon much of his political support he then resigned because of impeachment and removal from office. After his resignation, he was issued a pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. -
First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
The first women who was appointed to the supreme court was Sandra Day O'Connor. She was an elected official and judge in Arizona serving as the first female Majority Leader in the U.S.She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court.
