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The Ban of Discrimination in the Defense Industry
To prohibit ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry. It was the first federal action, though not a law, to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States. -
CORE was Founded
The Congress of Racial Equality was established and played a very important role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers making him the first African American in the MLB. -
Truman Desegregates the Military
Harry Truman was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953 one of the many things he did was the desegregation of the Military. -
America decides to help the French more.
When america saw that the french were doing bad we would automatically come to there aid and help them. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Established that racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Southeast Asia Treaty
Southeast Asia Treaty contains the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. -
The French Surrender
The French garrison at their fortress at Dien Bien Phu finally surrendered to the Viet Minh communist revolutionaries after months of siege. -
SEATO was Established
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was formed by The US, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan. The purpose of the organization was to prevent communism from gaining ground in the region. -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks decided to make a change and wouldn't move from her seat at the front of the bus. Which inspired other African Americans to stop riding the buses all around. -
The Southern Manifesto
In 1956, 100 southern members of congress endorsed the Southern Manifesto, they pledged to oppose the Brown ruling through lawful means. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan made a sudden revival. -
Accords call for free election
The United State supported Diem for blocking elections so Vietnam doesn't reunify. -
Little Rock Highschool
In Little Rock Arkansas central high school nine African American students start the desegregation of schools. -
Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act of 1957 established the United States Civil Rights commission which gave them the power to Investigate violations of civil rights. -
Fidel Castro over threw the regime of Fulgencio Batista
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The Sit Ins
Four African American students started sit ins a peaceful protest, the African Americans would sit in white diners filling spots for customers until the closed. -
The SNCC was established
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was established. -
King was Jailed
MLK was sentenced to six months in prison, with the help of President John F. Kennedy he was freed extremely early. -
President JFK rises Defense Spending
President Kennedy rises defense spending by 6 billion dollars. -
First U.S. Troops in Vietnam
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SDS is formed
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Peace Corps
The Peace Corps was created, it sent American Voulenteers to developing Countries for support. -
The Alliance for Progress
The Alliance for Progress was created to bring back the Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The bay of pigs invasion failed as we sent in 1400 Invaders and all but 300 were captured or killed. -
James Meredith helps Desegregation
James Meredith helps desegregate an all white school in Mississippi. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The U.S. discovered the Soviet's were building nuclear missile sites in Cuba. -
King Inspires from Jail
King headed to Birmingham where he was arrested while in jail he wrote a letter that got to the news paper. -
The March on Washington
Over 200,000 people gathered for King and his I Have a Dream speech. -
John F. Kennedy was Assasinated
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SCLC Headquarters Blown up.
The SCLC old headquarters was blown up after the SCLC left the explosion killed four young African American girls. -
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed by the US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. -
Freedom Summer
The SNCC started a major campaign known as Freedom Summer where volunteers would help African Americans register to vote. -
The Twenty Fourth Amendment
The Twenty Fourth Amendment The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Teach In's Started
Teachers would protest and have antiwar seminars. And some would protest by not teaching. -
March on Selma
Along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
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Operation Rolling Thunder
President Johnson ordered the start of operation Rolling Thunder to stop the reinforcements to the vietcong. -
U.S. Troops arrive in Vietnam
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Congress Passes Voting Rights Act
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Bloody Sunday
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Water Quality Act
Water Quality Act of 1965 required states to issue water quality standards for interstate waters, and authorized the newly created Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to set standards where states failed to do so. -
More draftees than volounteers for the War.
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Black Power
Black Power was a movement in support of rights and political power for black people, especially prominent in the US in the 1960's and 1970's. -
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
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Water Restoration Act
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Black Panther and "Black Power"
The party's original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. -
Congress Divides into Hawks and Doves
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Air Quality Act
A comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions. -
Vietcong Launches Insurgency
Viet Cong, in full Viet Nam Cong San, English Vietnamese Communists, the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam and the United States. The name is said to have first been used by South Vietnamese Pres. -
Agent Orange
From 1965-1973 American Pilots dropped Agent Orange and Napalm. -
Nixon Becomes President
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My Lai Massacre
One of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. -
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated
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Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. -
Affirmative Action Nixon
"We would not impose quotas, but would require federal contractors to show 'affirmative action' to meet the goals of increasing minority employment."- Nixon -
EPA Created
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The Kent State Killings
The Kent State Killings confrontations between Students and Authorities. -
26th Amendment added to the Constitution
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Paris Peace Accords
Made to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
Vietnam becomes One Nation
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Vietnam United Communist
It became a unified country once more in 1975 when the armed forces of the Communist north seized the south -
Vietnam Invades Cambodia
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War, otherwise known in Vietnam as the Counter-offensive on the Southwestern border, was an armed conflict between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Kampuche. -
Vietnam War Memorial
