NATO is formed
Berlin Wall is Constructed
NATO is formed (1949)
President whose goal was to build the Great Society.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Brown v. Board of Education
Event which occurred in LA after attempted arrest of DUI near his home.
Watt's Riots
Bay of Pigs
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
Robert Kennedy is assassinated (1968)
Richard M. Nixon
Event which immediately followed arrest of Rosa Parks.
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Two key US leaders assassinated in 1968.
MLK and RFK
Bert became concerned when the U2 spotted these in Cuba.
Nuclear capable missiles.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
The Great Society begins
The Great Society begins (1965)
US President during Iran Hostage Crisis
James E. Carter
Students which were escorted to school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
Student Committee which Promoted non-violent actions.
SNCC
It definitely wasn't a blockade.
Quarantine
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion (1961)
Leader during the beginning of the Cold War.
Harry S. Truman
Integrated Bus rides through the south.
Freedom Rides
Black power movement which was closely aligned with communism/ socialism.
Black Panther Party
Leaders who personally communicated to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Kennedy and Khrushchev
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v. Fergusson
Plessy v. Fergusson (1896)
Leader who pushed for admission of Little Rock Nine.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Keynote speaker in March on Washington
MLK, Jr.
Former slave who inspired MLK's approach to Civil Rights.
W E B Dubois
Negotiated settlement of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1. US promises to never invade Cuba
2. USSR removes all missiles from Cuba
3. US secretly promises to remove missiles from Turkey