The Civil Rights Movementgory
The Vietnam War
The Watergate Scandal
The Space Race
The Korean War
100
Rosa Parks ignites 381-day bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Montgomery bus boycott
100
American ground forces engage the Viet Cong in direct fighting for the first time. Platoons are sent to "search and destroy," that is, to ambush enemy forces and then withdraw immediately.
What is Search and Destroy Missions
100
On March 1, 1974, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted several former aides of President Nixon, who became known as the "Watergate Seven": Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Charles Colson, Gordon C. Strachan, Robert Mardian and Kenneth Parkinson, for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation.
What is The WaterGate Scandal.
100
USSR launches Sputnik 1
What is the Space Race?
100
Following Japanese surrender, Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American troops in the South. Temporary border at 38th parallel established
What is Korea divided between North and South
200
10 men sat at a "whites only" counter in Rock Hill, South Carolina in a protest against segregation. They were arrested and nine ("The Friendship Nine") were sentenced to 30 days labor on a chain gang.
What is Lunch counter protests
200
In an attempt to spur negotiations with North Vietnam, President Johnson orders a halt in the bombing. The pause will last just over a month
What is Bombing Halt
200
FREE POINTS USE THEM WISELY
What is CONGRATS!
200
Became the first men in history to walk the moon.
What is Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz"
200
North Korean capital now in UN control
What is Pyongyang falls to UN forces
300
Supreme Court rules that concentration camps were a wartime necessity
What is Korematsu v. U.S.
300
DAILY BOUNS!!!! Over 30,000 people attend a three-day anti-war teach-in at U.C. Berkeley. Among those in attendance are novelist Norman Mailer, socialist leader Norman Thomas, philosopher Alan Watts, civil rights activist Bob Moses, and Mario Savio, a prominent leader of the Free Speech Movement.
What is Berkeley Teach-in
300
The White House releases more than 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary Committee, but the committee insists that the tapes themselves must be turned over.
What is In relations to the WaterGate Scandal.
300
Luna 10 launches into to orbit.
What is the first satellite to orbit into space.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public (69% support MacArthur) by firing the US commander
What is Truman relieves MacArthur of command?
400
Blacks and whites take buses to the South to protest bus station segregation. Many are greeted with riots and beatings
What is Freedom riders oppose segregation
400
Thousands march to the Pentagon to demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
What is March on the Pentagon
400
August 8, 1824, becomes the first U.S. president to resign.
What is Richard Nixon.
400
Luna 9.
What is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.
400
In emotional speech, MacArthur declares "Old soldiers never die, they merely fade away".
What is MacArthur addresses Congress after being away from the U.S. since 1935
500
In first of more than 100 riots, Los Angeles black suburb erupts in riots, burning, looting, and 34 deaths
What is Watts Riots
500
An American serviceman dies in Vietnam, the first combat death reported. For many Americans, the death will mark the beginning of the Vietnam War.
What is the First combat death?
500
“I’m not a crook,” maintaining his innocence in the Watergate case.
What is Richard Nixon
500
Luna 3.
What is orbits the Moon and photographs 70% of its surface.
500
Whether North Koreans acted with Stalin's approval is still debated
What is North Korea invades South Korea
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