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the french and indian war
The first phase of this war was a sheer disaster for Britain. -
the battle sartoga
The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. General John Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his expeditionary force that had triumphantly marched into New York from Canada in the early summer of 1777. -
mc-carthyism
At a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 9, 1950, McCarthy proclaimed that he was aware of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party who worked for the United States Department of State. This speech set off an era of paranoia and accusation and propelled McCarthy into the national spotlight -
cold war
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact). -
the korean war
Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. -
civil rights movements
In some situations, they have been accompanied, or followed, by civil unrest and armed rebellion. -
brown v. board of education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
space race
The Space Race was a 20th-century (1955–1972) competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability -
emmett till's murder
was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. -
rosa parks
She was an African American activist. United States congress called her ,The first lady of civil rights and The mother of the freedom movement. -
vietnam war
The U.S. government viewed its involvement in the war as a way to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam -
the little rock nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
technological advances of the time period
The LASER was invented byTheodore Maiman. It is now used to read blue-ray. LASER is an ancronym and stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. -
the falling of the berlin wall
was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989,[1] constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989.[ -
assassination of john f. kennedy
By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign -
lyndon b. johnson
In the 1960 campaign, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President as John F. Kennedy's running mate. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to build "A Great Society" for the American people -
malcoln x
Malcolm X electrified urban audiences with his eloquent prose and inspirational style. In 1963, he split with the Nation of Islam; in 1964, he made the pilgrimage to Mecca. Later that year, he showed signs of softening his stand on violence and even met with Martin Luther King Jr. to exchange remarks. What direction he might have ultimately taken is lost to a history that can never be written. As Malcolm X led a mass rally in Harlem on February 21, 1965, rival Black Muslims gunned him down. -
hippie culture(music,clothing,beliefs)
The first clearly used instance of the term “hippie” occurred on September 5, 1965 in the article “A New Haven for Beatniks” by San Francisco journalist Michael Fallon (who was writing about the Blue Unicorn coffeehouse -
war protest
The military arm of this political group is known as the Vietcong. -
MLK
Early in the morning of April 4, 1968, King was shot by James Earl Ray. Spontaneous violence spread through urban areas as mourners unleashed their rage at the loss of their leader. Rioting burst forth in many American cities. -
assassination of robert f. kennedy
Robert Kennedy, who served as Attorney General in his brother's cabinet and later became a senator for New York. In his campaign for his party's presidential nomination he emerged as the champion of the poor and ethnic minorities. (March 1962). (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was shot three times by Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan after giving a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Robe -
richard nixon
was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. -
woodstock
During the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of 400,000 young people.[2] It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history. -
george wallace,governor of alabama
Wallace has the third longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,848 days -
disco music/culture
Apple computer inc is officially created after the company is incorporated. Mike Markkula invests $92,000 in Apple, with intent to invest $250,000. -
john lennons murder
John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the members of The Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. -
assassination attemp of ronald reagan
It was carried out by two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, while the President resided at the Blair House during the renovation of the White House. Both men were stopped before gaining entry to the house -
ronald reagan/reaganomics
Entering the Presidency in 1981, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics", advocated tax rate reduction to spur economic growth, control of the money supply to curb inflation, economic deregulation, and reduced government spending -
hiv/aids
It Is A Contagious Disease That Can Be Transmitted By Sexual Contact If Not Protectef Correctly. -
gulf
was a military response to Iraq’s invasion and subsequent annexation of Kuwait. Led by the United States, Coalition forces began a massive aerial campaign on January 17, 1991, followed by a ground offensive, and liberated Kuwait from the army of Saddam Hussein.
