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United Nations
The five members apart of this event were the United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and China. This was to help improve the worlds jobs. It was also too help out the six major bodies. This event took place all around the world in 1945. The United Nations is important to history because it helped people out with education and jobs. The United Nations affected society because it helped people have better lives. Including when sick or when they needed to learn something totally new. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson and the MLB were both involved in this event. Jackie Robinson was the first African american MLB player. He got to join the MLB for being really good at baseball. This event took place in the United States in 1947. This event is important to history because he was the first African American to do this. This was also when everything was segregated. Jackie Robinson impacted society because it changed the whole perspective of African Americans. African Americans became more free. -
T.V. Age
The whole world was apart of TV age in 1948. Television was used for entertainment at first. After, people were starting to think television was bad because it made kids not do there homework. This event took place all around the word. The TV age is important to history because it was the next step to get further into mankind. The TV age impacted economy by making more money be spent on something. This also made it so we needed more businesses to produce the televisions.. -
Joe McCarthy
The senator of Wisconsin was involved in this event. His name was Joe McCarthy. Joe McCarthy started to think that there were communists trying to take , so there was a list for all communists. It went from people, to government, to military. The event was in the US and was in 1953. It happened because he wanted to stop the U.S. from becoming communist. Joe McCarthy impacted politics because he was trying to keep the USA from becoming communist. people looked at the Wisconsin senator a bad way. -
Berlin Wall
The places apart of the Berlin wall were Berlin and Germany. The Germans didn't like how they were getting embarrassed. So they decided to build a concrete wall that was 69 1/2 miles long. This event took place in 1989 at the edge of Berlin and Germany in 1961. This event is important to history because there was many family's that got divided. The Berlin Wall impacted society because of family's getting separated. This also made family's get treated differently. -
JFK's Assassination
JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald were apart of this event. JFK was in a parade in a convertible with his wife. JFK got sniped in the head and slumped over dead. This event took place in Dallas Texas in 1963. This is important to history because it was a U.S. president who got assassinated. The JFK assassination impacted Politics because JFK was the president at the time. JFK was one of the best presidents the USA had. -
Kent State Massacre
The people who were apart of the Kent State massacre were students at Kent. State, the police, and the national guardsmen. What happened was there was a protest at Kent. State from Nixon's pledge to send troops to Cambodia in 1970. So 61 bullets were shot. This event is important to history because it was Americans killed American. Students died from national guards. The Kent. State Massacre impacted society because people got killed from protesting. The people were just innocent people. -
Gerald Ford
The main person involved in this event was Gerald Ford. Gerald Ford was the president of the United States from the span of 1974 to 1976. He was president for only half a term because he picked u the second half of JFK's term. He tried to get reelected in 1976, but lost. This event took place in the United States in 1974. This event happened because JFK got assassinated. Gerald Ford impacted Politics because he had to take over for JFK. He was the back up president in case JFK got assassinated. -
Jimmy Carter
The people/places involved in this event was Jimmy Carter and the United States. Jimmy Carter was the president of the United States from the span of 1976-1980. Jimmy Carter passed the social security act. Before, he was a billionaire peanut farmer. This event took place in the United States in 1976. It is important to society because he was a president of the USA. All of the presidents matter. This impact society because Jimmy ran the United States. He controlled everything that happened. -
George H.W. Bush
The people involved in this event was the entire United States and George H.W. Bush. George H.W. Bush was the president of the United States from the span of 2000-2008. He helped with tax relief and started no child left behind. The event happened in the United States in 1988. This event is important to history because he was a president. George H.W. Bush impacted society because he was the president of the United states. He protected the people. -
September 11th, 2001
The people involved in this event was the United States and Osama Bin Laden.What happened was there were 4 planes that crashed. Two crashed into the twin towers, one on each one. One crashed into the pentagon, and the other got hijacked and crashed in Pennsylvania. This event took place in Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington D.C in 2001. This is important to history because it was the 2nd on US soil. This impacted society because many people died. The US lost many policemen and firemen. -
FInancial Crisis 2008
The only ones involved in this event was America. The event happened in the USA in 2008. America lost nearly 2 million jobs from from trading credits. This forced the unemployment rate up to 7.2%. This event is important to history because a bunch of american lost there jobs. Also, there were a bunch of businesses shut down. The Financial Crisis of 2008 impacted economy because a bunch of businesses got shut down due to money. This also impacted society because a bunch of people lost there jobs.
