GOVERNMENT ACTION
weakened the power of labor unions
Taft-Hartley Act
two main nations involved in the idealogical war
USA/Soviet Union (America/Russia)
Montgomery-born lady who refused to give up her bus seat
Rosa Parks
December 7, 1941
attack on Pearl Harbor
New Frontier (president)
JFK
provided GIs with loans for farms, college, etc.
GI Bill
two main countries involved in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crises
USA and Cuba
had a dream to peacefully end discrimination against black Americans
Martin Luther King, Jr.
1948
Israel becomes a modern nation
treaty to protect western and North American nations from Communist aggression
NATO
allowed Allies to purchase American weapons and supplies during WW2
Lend-Lease Act
made a non-aggression pact and later attacked each other
Hitler/Stalin (Germany/Soviet Union)
peacefully stood up against racial prejudice in the Major Leagues
World War II ended
1945
expressed Soviet Union's desire for a "peaceful coexistence" with the free world
Geneva Summit
sent volunteers to improve the health and farming practices of underdeveloped areas in the world
Peace Corps
two men who had issues about the Communist activity in Asia (a general and a president)
MacArthur and Truman
wouldn't let discrimination stop her from singing in the Metropolitan Opera
Marian Anderson
1963
assassination of JFK
nation which seized the Suez Canal
Egypt
encouraged democracy and investment in Latin America
Alliance for Progress
the man who shot JFK and the man who shot the man
Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby
occupations of: Marian Anderson/Jackie Robinson/Martin Luther King, Jr.
singer/baseball player/preacher
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis/Bay of Pigs
first US satellite
Explorer I