Early Cold War
U.S. flew planes over the Soviet blockade of Berlin to provide supplies via
Berlin Airlift
ended segregration in public areas and workplace
Civil Rights Act of 1964
allowed President to start a conflict without permission from Congress
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tonkin Resolution
energy crisis led to long gas lines and shortage of gas
OPEC
Energy Crisis 1973
music & sports adopted world wide
cultural diffusion
globalization
baby boom led to increase in more housing
suburbs
government agencies could no longer discrimnate in their employment practices
Equal Employment Opportunity
unique 60s culture and music that was against the Vietnam War and traditional values
Hippies
Counterculture Movement
U.S. negotiate a peace treaty with Isreal and Egypt
Carter
Camp David Accords
Obama 1st elected AA president
2008 presidential election
Servicemen's Readjustment Act; education opportunties after military
GI Bill
ended literacy test set up by Jim Crow laws
Voting Rights Act of 1965
decreased voting age from 21 to 18
26th amendment
Reagan sold weapons illegally to Iran
Iran Contra Affair
easy access to information, increased manufacturing, telecommunications
Modern Technology
Technology
Computers and Internet
created a space race because of this U.S.S.R satallite
Sputnik
Governor Orval Faubus tried to keep schools segregrated
Little Rock Arkansas
Little Rock Nine
media exposed setbacks-people protested-Kent State Shooting
Anti-War Movement
Media opposed war
Nixon tried to cover up a scandal called
Watergate
passed in response to 9-11 to prevent another attack but took away your privacy
US Patriot Act
Patriot Act
provided $ assistance to Western Europe countries to rebuild after WWII.
Marshall Plan $
Required desegreation of public schools; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown V. Board of Edu
Kennedy orderd a naval blockade of Cuba to stop missiles from U.S.S.R
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iran kidnapped U.S. citizens in Iran because we helped a shah
Iran Hostage Crisis
removed trade barriers increased competiton, decreased prices
NAFTA
North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement