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Dr. Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was a medical researcher and virologist. He was the first to discover a vaccine to eradicate polio. He went to school at the New York University School of Medicine. After getting his medical degree, he began an internship and 2 years later he went to study vaccines. -
Ike Turner
Ike Turner was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. He became famous in the 1960's and 70's. He started playing instruments at the age of eight. He soon formed a band and released his fist recording in 1951. He recorded for many of the key R&B record labels of the 50's and 60's. -
Hiroshima
On 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Hiroshima, a Japanese city. The bomb was called "Little Boy," a uranium bomb that exploded 13 kilotons of force. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and killed 80,000 people. Thousands more would die later, due to their exposure to radiation. -
Nagasaki
Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing around 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s surrender in World War II through the radio claiming how powerful this new and most cruel bomb was. Although this bomb was bigger than the other one, there were less casualties because many were evacuated to rural areas of the city. -
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Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Iron Curtian
Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. -
Hollywood 9
Witnesses like, Walt Disney and Jack Warner, and movie stars Robert Taylor and Gary Cooper gave statements about the communist influence in the film industry.The “Hollywood Ten,” as the witnesses came to be known, was found in contempt of Congress and went to serve jail time.The fate of the Hollywood Ten scared many in the film industry when new HUAC hearings started, Hollywood quickly obeyed the committee’s demands.Hundreds of performers were placed on a “blacklist, banned from jobs. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would help all democratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces, either politically, militarily, or economically. The Truman Doctrine changed U.S. foreign policy, away from its usual neutral stance in external conflicts to the possible intervention in far away conflicts. -
Berlin Airlift
The Russians who wanted Berlin all for themselves–closed all roads and canals from western-occupied Germany into western-occupied Berlin.Instead of leaving West Berlin, the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air. This effort, known as the “Berlin Airlift,” lasted for more than a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin. -
Marshall Plan
was an American activity to help Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion[1] (roughly $130 billion in current dollar esteem as of June 2016) in monetary support to help remake Western European economies after the finish of World War II. The arrangement was in operation for a long time starting April 8, 1948 -
2nd Red Scare
alludes to the dread of socialism that saturated American governmental issues, culture, and society from the late 1940s through the 1950s, amid the opening periods of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. -
Fair Deal
The Fair Deal was President Truman's proposal to Congress to congress to continue New Deal liberalism. Many have said the fair deal is similar to the New Deal, only newer and modified a little. When he proposed it, only a few of its major initiatives became law. The most important ones were education, health insurance, and the Fair Employment Practices Commission. -
TV Shows
There is no exact date, but actual TV shows for entertainment did not air until 1950. Usually they just broadcasted news and other information. This was when TVs became a need in the home. Fathers would come home and the first thing they would do is turn on the TV. They saw another means of entertainment and it became very common. The first broadcast of Broadway Open House was aired in 1950. -
Beat Generation
They were radical, rebellious, experimental and had a way with words.The Beat Generation rose to prominence in America, inspiring a culture of nonconformity and social revolution. Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were some of the more famous faces of the group, as was William S. Burroughs. The American social and literary movement was centered in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco's North Beach, Los Angeles' Venice West, and New York City's Greenwich Village. -
Korean War
World War II divided Korea into a Communist, northern half and an American-occupied southern half, divided at the 38th parallel. The Korean War started when the Northern Communists crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As the Northerners were clearly overrunning South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. While North Korea was aided by China and the Soviets. -
Bill Haley and the Comets
Bill Haley & The Comets song “Rock around the Clock Tonight" made Rock 'n' Roll popular, but did not spread it as wide as Elvis did in his phenomenon of unique music. The group was formed in the year 1952 but would only go on to gain much of its popularity between the years of 1954-1956. Bill Hailey, was the most popular of the group and later went on to rip off songs of other African American artists taking the credit, and thereby elevating Rock 'n' Roll to a higher popularity level. -
Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he tested a vaccine against polio that was successful. In 1952, were 58,000 cases reported and 3,000 died from polio. He was notorious for promising to get rid of the disease that affected many kids in the United States for a long while. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
The decision of this landmark supreme court case declared that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The Brown v. Board decision helped end state-sponsored segregation, and provided a spark to the American civil rights movement. Chief Justice Earl Warren rejected the Plessy doctrine, declaring that “separate educational facilities” were “inherently unequal” because the intangible inequalities of segregation deprived black students of equal protection under the law. -
News
News has been on the TV for a long time. It all started around the 30's, but TVs were not very popular then. Also, Television news in the United States went from being 10-15 minutes to an hour. And people can watch news from all around the world. The very first TV news broadcast was in 1940 by NBC. It was only seen in NYC. -
Emmet Till Tragedy
While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman four days earlier. The white men made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton-gin fan to the bank of the Tallahatchie River and ordered him to take off his clothes. There they brutally attacked him and threw him into the river. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating, took place in 1955-56. It is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. -
Elvis Presley
As Elvis was growing up, he was very poor, but discovered his singing ability when he was in elementary school. He participated in many talent contests and released his first song in 1956. This was the birth of rock 'n' roll. His music changed many American lives. From the way they dressed, the hairstyles they had, and even their behavior he influenced their lives. -
Little Richard
Richard Penniman is a musician, singer, and songwriter. He influenced music and culture in the United States for over 6 decades. The work he is most famous for was written in the mid-1950's. His influence was also important in the creation of other music genres, like soul and funk. He made into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on September 9th. It was the first time after Reconstruction that the government took action to protect civil rights. Many southern congressman took away from the bill, but it still came with a lot of important changes for the African Americans. It protected voting rights and most importantly showed the government's commitment to civil rights. -
Little Rock 9
Despite the opposition, nine students registered to be the first African Americans to attend Central High School. On their way inside, they confronted many people that were not okay with their entry into school. They were being protested and had stuff thrown at them. -
Space Race
As World War II was ending, another conflict seemed to be rising. It was the Cold War. A battle that pitted the world’s two great powers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Space would become another place for them to compete. Each nation was trying to show its technological advancements and power. -
Feminism
Many women during this century split from Civil Rights and looked towards Feminism. Many famous authors encouraged women to explore their sexuality. Women influenced each other to believed they could do everything men could. The movements focused on equal treatment, opportunity and pay. -
Barry Goldwater
His brand of conservatism stressed small government and the absolute rejection of collectivism. Goldwater was particularly suspicious of labor unions as a base of political power and decried foreign aid and unbalanced budgets. His 1960 book, The Conscience of a Conservative, sold millions and firmly established his reputation.Goldwater lost to Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson branded Goldwater as a radical whose election would jeopardize the stability a country already in the Vietnam War. -
Greensbro, California
Greensboro, North Carolina recorded as the first Sit-In against segregation. The sit-ins started on February 1st, 1960 when four black students from North Carolina A&T College sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro. They protested to fight against the racial segregation of the "Whites only" lunch counters at Woolworth. These Sit-ins lasted from about February 1 - July 25, 1960. The end result was the light sparked in the hearts of young people to fight for civil rights -
Nashville, Tennessee
The Nashville sit-in movement is widely regarded as one of the most successful student-directed sit-in campaigns of the Civil Rights movement. Contributing to its success was the leadership and organization provided by the noted pacifist, James M. Lawson. Lawson and the Nashville Student Movement launched a large-scale sit-in campaign targeting segregated restaurants and department stores in the city's downtown commercial district. Eventually, the city agreed to desegregate public businesses. -
New Frontier
The term New Frontier was used by liberal Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention.The ideas behind the New Frontier instilled a sense of both confidence and new ambitions in America's society. Reaching new frontiers in space, economy, and politics. These promises made by Kennedy was a major catalyst in the positive vibes around the 1960s until a certain assassination occurred. -
Earl Warren Supreme Court
Earl Warren served in the military during WWI and later became a county district attorney. He won election to his home state's governorship, holding that position from 1943 until 1953, and was then appointed chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Warren led the Court through many landmark cases dealing with race, justice, and representation. After John F. Kennedy's assassination, Warren headed the investigating commission. He retired from the bench in 1969. -
Peace Corps
On September 22, 1961, Kennedy signed congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps that would “promote world peace and friendship”. This was done via an agenda of three key components, one being to help the peoples of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. The next, to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.Finally, to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. -
Freedom Rides
To challenge laws mandating segregated interstate transportation, busloads of integrated black and white students rode through the South. The first freedom riders left Washington, D.C., in May 1961 en route to New Orleans. Several participants were arrested in bus stations. When the buses reached Anniston, Alabama, an angry mob slashed the tires on one bus and set it aflame. Soon after, the rides ended by highlighting the bravery of civil rights activists all around, predominantly young teens. -
Birmingham March
The Birmingham Campaign was a movement led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which sought to bring the national attention to the efforts of local black leaders to desegregate public facilities. The campaign was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverends James Bevel and Fred Shuttlesworth, among others.it was launched with lunch counter sit-ins, a march to city hall, and a boycott of downtown merchants. King spoke to black citizens about nonviolence and appealed for volunteers. -
Birmingham Bombing
At 10:22 a.m. on the morning of September 15, 1963, some 200 church members were in the building–many attending Sunday school classes before the start of the 11 am service–when the bomb detonated on the church’s east side. The bodies of four young girls were found beneath the rubble and injured more.This event in Birmingham only elevated the intensity of the civil rights movement. In the aftermath of the bombing, thousands of angry black protesters gathered at the scene of the bombing. -
Assasination of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas. As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. Kennedy's assasination ended the optimistic era of the 1960s. -
Lee Harvey Oswald
The presumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Oswald allegedly shot Kennedy from a high window of a building in Dallas on November 22, 1963, as Kennedy rode down the street in an open car. Oswald was captured the day of the assassination but was never tried. A government commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded later that Oswald, though active in communist causes, was not part of a conspiracy to kill Kennedy. Assumed to be working with another organization or person. -
Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby, had relations with a number of Dallas police officers, operated strip joints and dance halls and had minor connections to organized crime.On November 24, Oswald was brought to the basement of the Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. As Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed .38 revolver. Ruby, who was immediately detained, claimed that rage at Kennedy’s murder was the motive for his action. -
Warren Comission
On November 29, 1963, Johnson established the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy in order to investigate his predecessor’s death.During its almost yearlong investigation, the Warren Commission reviewed reports by the FBI, Department of State and the attorney general of Texas. The commission concluded that the bullets that killed Kennedy and injured Connally were fired by Oswald from a rifle pointed out of a sixth-floor window in the Texas School Book Depository. -
Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Following Johnson’s lead, Congress enacted sweeping legislation in the areas of civil rights, health care, education and the environment. The 1965 State of the Union address heralded the creation of Medicare/Medicaid, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act. -
Death of MLK
MLK was assassinated in Memphis,Tennessee an event that sent shock waves around the world. A minister and founder of the SCLC, King had led the civil rights movement, using speeches and nonviolent protests to fight segregation and achieve civil rights for African Americans.His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among blacks, as well as national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A group of American soldiers brutally killed women, children and old men in the village of My Lai. More than 500 people were slaughtered in the My Lai massacre, including young girls and women who were raped and mutilated before being killed. U.S. Army officers covered up the carnage for a year before it was reported in the American press. -
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Nixon Presidency
Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever resign the office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. -
○ Phyllis Schlafly
Schlafly, the political activist who galvanized conservatives to help defeat the ERA and push the Republican party to the right.She contended that the amendment would deprive a woman of the fundamental right to stay home and care for her children.Her emotionally charged argument against the amendment included warnings that it would force women to serve in combat zones, cause unisex restrooms to proliferate and allow gays to marry. -
Stagflation
Stagflation increased unemployment in the U.S due to stagnant business activity and persistent inflation rate. Americans started expecting a continuous increase in the prices of goods and service and as a consequence, they bought more.To combat economic instability, President Jimmy Carter took some desperate steps. He increased government spending, constituted voluntary wage and price guidelines with an objective to control inflation, his attempts turned out unsuccessful. -
Equal Rights Amendment
First proposed by the National Woman’s political party in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. More than four decades later, the Amendment won the requisite two-thirds vote from the U.S. House of Representatives in October 1971. In March 1972, it was approved by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states. However, it failed to achieve ratification. -
Title IX
On June 23, 1972, the President signed Title IX of the Education Amendments into law. Title IX was a comprehensive federal law that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. The principal objective of Title IX was to avoid the use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices. -
Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership. Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making and is considered to be one of the most influential conservative research organizations in the United States. -
Nixon's Resignation
In an evening televised address, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign. With impeachment proceedings underway against him for his involvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White House.Minutes later, Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States in the East Room of the White House. Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon. -
OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, with an objective to co-ordinate and unify petroleum policies among Member Countries, in order to secure fair and stable prices for petroleum producers. The 1970s saw OPEC rise to international prominence as its Member Countries took control of their domestic petroleum industries and Member Countries embarked on socio-economic development schemes where membership grew to 13 by 1975. -
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Jimmy Carter Presidency
Jimmy Carter Jr is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Governor of Georgia prior to his election as president. Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. -
Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor, near Middletown, Pa., partially melted down on March 28, 1979. This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history. Its aftermath brought about sweeping changes involving emergency response planning, reactor operator training, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations. It also caused the NRC to tighten and heighten security and its regulatory oversight. Caused U.S. nuclear power plants to increase safety. -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. ... The students set their hostages free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural address. -
Rap Music
Rapping first gained popularity in the 70s as a street art, among African American teenagers.When the Sugarhill Gang released their hit, ‘Rapper’s Delight,record producers took notice of this musical genre.Numerous rap acts, including Run-DMC and N.W.A. and rap’s audience began to swell. It wasn’t just Black male rappers getting in on the act. By the 1980s, white rap bands such as the Beastie Boys and female rap bands such as Salt-n-Pepa were reaching the top of the charts. -
Sam Waltons Just in Time Inventory
The purpose of JIT production is to avoid the waste associated with overproduction, waiting and excess inventory, three of the seven waste categories defined in the Toyota Production System.The simplest tool used to increase the performance of your application is the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. A JIT is a code generator that converts Java bytecode into native machine code. Java programs invoked with a JIT generally run much faster than when the bytecode is executed by the interpreter. -
A.I.D.S Crisis
AIDS caused by HIV found its way to the U.S in the 60s but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in young gay men in Los Angeles 1981. Treatment of HIV/AIDS is a "drug cocktail" of protease inhibitors, and education programs to help people avoid infection.Foreigns were turned away at the border to help prevent infections.Gay and Bi's,African Americans, and Latinos remain disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the US. -
Reagonomics
The four pillars of Reagan's economic policy were to reduce the growth of government spending, reduce the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reduce government regulation, and tighten the money supply in order to reduce inflation.Reaganomics is based on the theory of supply-side economics. It states that corporate tax cuts are the best way to grow the economy.It also says that income tax cuts give workers more incentive to work, increasing the supply of labor. -
Space Shuttle Program
NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch on April 12,1981, and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through 30 years of missions. Starting with Columbia and continuing with Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, the spacecraft has carried people into orbit repeatedly, launched, recovered and repaired satellites, conducted cutting-edge research and built the largest structure in space, the International Space Station. -
Music Television MTV
August 1, 1981, MTV Music Television goes on air. MTV went on to revolutionize the music industry and become an influential source of pop culture and entertainment in the United States and other parts of the world. In MTV’s early days, its programming consisted of basic music videos that were introduced by video jockeys and provided for free by record companies. As the record industry recognized MTV’s value as a promotional vehicle, money was invested in making creative, cutting-edge videos. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006 and was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions. In opposition to the Republican call to reverse the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights, O’Connor provided the vote needed to uphold the court’s earlier decision. She tended to vote in line with her politically conservative nature. -
SDI
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983, under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. With the tension of the Cold War looming overhead, the Strategic Defense Initiative was the United States’ response to possible nuclear attacks from afar. -
Reagan Doctrine
President Reagan pledged his support for anti-Communist revolutions in what would become known as the "Reagan Doctrine" the U.S was already helping the anti-Soviet freedom fighters, forcing Soviet troops to leave.This policy supported the Contras in their attacks on the Sandinistas, the Afghan rebels in their fight against the Soviet occupiers; and anticommunist forces in that nation’s civil war. President Reagan continued to defend his actions throughout his two terms in office. -
Challenger Explosion
Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, The disaster killed all seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian in space. It was later determined that two rubber O-rings, which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster, had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The tragedy and its aftermath received extensive media coverage and prompted NASA to temporarily suspend all shuttle missions. -
Persian Gulf War
Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait in the early 1990s.Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to leave Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air and on the ground, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire. -
Rodney King Incident
Rodney King was caught by the LAPD after a high-speed chase. The officers beat him brutally and caught it all on videotape. The four LAPD officers were indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of force. After a three-month trial, a white jury acquitted the officers and sparking the violent Los Angeles riots.Two decades after the riots, King told CNN that he had forgiven the officers.King was found dead in his swimming pool in 2012 in California, at the age of 47. -
NAFTA
Congress passed the Trade and Tariff Act. That gave the president "fast-track" authority to negotiate free trade agreements. It removes Congressional authority to change negotiating points. Instead, it allows Congress only the ability to approve or disapprove the entire agreement. That makes negotiation much easier for the administration.Canadian Prime Minister agreed with Reagan to begin negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement. It was signed 1988 and went into effect 1989. -
Robert Johnson
Johnson and his wife Sheila founded Black Entertainment Television, the first cable network targeting the African-American market. It was launched in January 1980, initially broadcasting for two hours a week. In 1991, BET became the first African American-owned company. The network has continued to grow since that time. Viacom announced plans to purchase BET.Johnson’s majority stake earned him more than $1 billion, made him the richest African American in the U.S. -
Ross Perot
Born in Texas in 1930, Ross Perot is best known as one of the most successful third-party candidates in American history. In 1992, Perot ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. presidency, winning 19 percent of the popular vote.The Reform Party, which he founded in 1995,established its autonomy from him. Perot has authored several books, including Ross Perot: My Life & the Principles for Success. -
George H.W. Bush
George H W Bush served as president from 1989 to 1993. Bush, a World War II vet, and Texas oil executive began his political career in the House of Representatives. he held a variety of government posts, including CIA director. In 1988, Bush defeated Michael Dukakis to win the White House. In the office, he launched successful military operations against Panama and Iraq; his popularity at home was marred by an economic recession, and in 1992 he lost his bid for re-election to Bill Clinton. -
Bill Clinton
During Clinton’s time in the White House, America enjoyed an era of peace, low unemployment, declining crime rates. Clinton appointed Janet Reno, the first female U.S. attorney general, and Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state. In 1998, the House of Representatives impeached Clinton on charges related to a sexual relationship he had with a White House intern. He was acquitted by the Senate. Following his presidency, Clinton remained active in public life. -
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Bill Clinton Presidency
Bill Clinton Presidency
During his presidency, Clinton advocated for a wide variety of legislation and programs, most were enacted into law or implemented by the executive branch. His policies, particularly the NAFTA and welfare reform, have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance. His policy of conservatism helped to reduce deficits on budgetary matters.Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. -
Oprah Winfrey
In 1976, Winfrey hosted a hit television chat show, People Are Talking.she was then recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show. She became the host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired for 25 seasons. Winfrey launched her own TV network, the Oprah Winfrey Network. In 1994, talk shows were becoming trashy, she pledged to keep her show free of tabloid topics. Although ratings initially fell, she earned the respect of her viewers and was soon rewarded with popularity. -
Lewinsky Affair
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern in her early 20s.The two began a sexual relationship that continued for two years.Lewinsky was transferred to a job at the Pentagon, where she confided in Linda Tripp about her affair with the president. Tripp secretly taped some conversations with Lewinsky. In 1998, when news of his extramarital affair became public, Clinton denied the relationship before later admitting to “inappropriate intimate physical contact” with Lewinsky. -
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Lewinsky Affair
The Lewinsky scandal was an American political sex scandal that involved 49-year-old President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. The sexual relationship took place between 1995 and 1996 and came to light in 1998. Further investigation led to charges of perjury and led to the impeachment of Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial. -
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader went on to study law. In 1971 he founded the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen and became an opponent of unchecked corporate power.Nader ran for president in every election from 1992 to 2008. In all of them, he operated a no-frills campaign, accepting no corporate or taxpayer money. Nader ran for president as the candidate for the Green Party. The election turned out to be one of the closest in American history between the two major party candidates. -
Bush Vs. Gore
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98, was a decision of the United States Supreme Court that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election. The ruling was issued on December 12, 2000. On December 9, the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring. Eight days earlier, the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board. The Electoral College was scheduled to meet on December 18, 2000, to decide the election. -
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Contemporary Times
The Contemporary World, characterized by a number of events, and the ongoing advent of war in the Middle East. Now in modern times, technology has made a gigantic leap in the medical, science, and engineering field. A number of healthcare and economic reforms have also been laid out in the century, as the rate of living has increased all around. However, on the horizon and outwards America's foreign policies and connections will undoubtedly bring about a new era of war and injustices. -
World Trade Center
An American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors.18 minutes after, a second Boeing 767 United Airlines Flight 175 appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center and sliced into the south tower near the 60th floor. -
Patriot Act
“Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” Bush hoped the legislation would empower law enforcement to prevent future terrorist attacks on American soil. The law was intended to enhance the penalties that will fall on terrorists or anyone who helps them.The act increased intelligence agencies’ ability to share information and lifted restrictions on communications surveillance. The Patriot Act superseded all state laws. -
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George W Bush
George W. Bush was America’s 43rd president. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Bush worked in the Texas oil industry before becoming governor. In 2000, he won the presidency after defeating Democratic challenger Al Gore. Bush’s time in office was shaped by the 9/11 terrorist attacks against America. In response to the attacks, he declared a global “war on terrorism,” established the Department of Homeland Security and authorized U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. -
No Child Left Behind
The NCLB law grew out of concern that American education was no longer internationally competitive; increased the federal role in holding schools responsible for the academic progress of all students. it put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the performance of certain groups of students, such as English-language learners and poor children, whose achievement falls behind. if states didn’t comply, they risked losing federal Title I money. -
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2nd Iraq War
Iraq War that consisted of two phases. The first of these was a brief, conventionally fought war, in which a force of troops from the United States invaded Iraq and rapidly defeated Iraqi military and paramilitary forces. It was followed by a longer second phase in which a U.S.-led occupation of Iraq was opposed by an insurgency. After violence began to decline in 2007, the United States gradually reduced its military presence in Iraq, formally completing its withdrawal in December 2011. -
Hurricane Katrina Diaster
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the US. When the storm made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating; it brought winds of 100–140 mph and stretched 400 miles across. The storm itself did damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic. Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama were displaced from their homes, and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage.The government was slow to meet the needs of people affected by the storm. -
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the 5 deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the 3rd most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. At least 1,245 people died in the hurricane and floods, making it the deadliest United States hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. -
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The Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets. In terms of overall impact, the International Monetary Fund concluded that it was the worst global recession since World War II.The Great Recession was related to the financial crisis of 2007–08 and U.S. subprime mortgage crisis of 2007–09. -
The Great Recession
The Great Recession was a global economic downturn that devastated world financial markets as well as the banking and real estate industries. The crisis led to increases in home mortgage foreclosures worldwide and caused millions of people to lose their jobs and their homes. It’s generally considered to be the longest period of economic decline since the Great Depression of the 1930s. its effects were definitely global in nature. -
Barack Obama
Born in Honolulu in 1961, Barack Obama entered Harvard Law School in 1988, went on to become President of the Harvard Law Review and a U.S. senator representing Illinois. Obama went to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer with the firm of Miner. In 2008, he was elected President of the United States, becoming the first African-American commander-in-chief. He served two terms as the 44 presidents of the United States. -
John McCain
John McCain was born in Panama. He was dispatched to Vietnam, where he was tortured as a prisoner of war between 1967 and 1973. After his release, McCain served as a Republican congressman and senator from the state of Arizona. He launched a bid for the U.S. presidency in 1999 and earned the Republican nomination in 2008, losing to Obama. winning a sixth Senate term in 2016, McCain made headlines for his opposition to Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare and his battle with brain cancer. -
Sonia Sotomayor
Her desire to be a judge was first inspired by the Perry Mason show. She graduated from Yale in 1980. She became a U.S. District Court Judge in 1992 and was elevated to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 1998. In 2009, she was confirmed as the first Latina Supreme Court justice in U.S. history. When she joined the court, she was its youngest judge.1997, she was nominated for the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals by Bill Clinton. Sotomayor began teaching law at NYU and Columbia -
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Obama Presidency
Obama's first-term addressed the global financial crisis and included a major stimulus package, a partial extension of the Bush tax cuts, legislation to reform health care, a major financial regulation reform bill, and the end of a major US military presence in Iraq. In his second term, Obama attempted to combat climate change, signing a major international climate agreement and an executive order to limit carbon emissions. Obama also presided over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. -
ObamaCare
(ACA) or Obamacare, is a U.S statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by Obama on March 23, 2010. The term "Obamacare" was first used by opponents, then reappropriated by supporters, and eventually used by himself. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.
