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Korean War
The U.S. got involved in an attempt to stop communism in korea after World War II, Korea was divided into a war between South Korea supported by the United Nations, and the North Korea, supported by the people's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Brown v. Brown of Education
A little girl wanted to go to school where her friends were doing and also close to home, but she couldn't because of her skin color. As a result her father and more parents went on to sue the Board of education. It was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court case in which the court declared state laws establishing separate schools for black and white students unconstitutional -
Vietnam War
Was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School but were denied access to the school. The governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus called the Arkansas national guard to keep the nine students out. -
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix , an American rock guitarist, singer, an songwriter. Widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists. -
Assassination Of JFK
John F. Kennedy the 35th president of the United States was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas at 12:00 p.m. A ten month investigation led Warrens Commission to Lee Harvey Oswald as the suspect who assassinated JFK. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Also referred to as LBJ , an American politician who served as the 36th president after JFK was assassinated. His vision was to make "A Greater Society" -
Civil Rights Movement
Many leaders from within the African American community rose to prominence during the Civil Rights Movement. It was a way for americans to have equal rights. -
Richard Nixon / Watergate Scandal
The 37th president from 1969-1974 Richard Nixon was caught being involved in a major scandal in the 70's, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee. -
Vietnam War
The causes of the Vietnam War revolved around he believed held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over South East Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all out war against each other. The war resulted in 3 million dead and North Vietnam winning. -
HIV/AIDS
Sciences identified a type of chimpanzee in west Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. The earliest case came from a man in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Genetic analysis of this blood sample to suggested that the HIV-1 may have been from a single virus. -
Cold War
The cold war was caused by mistrust, differing political systems, and a disagreement over the rebuilding of Berlin and Europe. The cold war lasted about 45 years. The result of the Cold War was western Europe and the US got together and formed NATO while the satellite states and Soviet union got together to make the warsaw pact. -
Technology Advances
The "World Wide Web" (WWW) was first proposed Pastor Tim Berners-Lee of CERN in (the European organization for nuclear research) in 1989. By 1990, HTML came about which was a read only system of distributed document linking called hypertext which was based on a markup language.
