WWII
Cold War
Civil Rights/Women's Movement
Vietnam War
80s, 90s, 2000s
100
The United States developed this secret project to build the atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project
100
This wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin.
Berlin Wall
100
This minister and activist delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This 1964 incident led to the U.S. Congress passing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson broad war powers.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
100
This company, founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, revolutionized the tech industry in the 1980s with the Macintosh and introduced the iPod in 2001.
Apple
200
This U.S. President declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
200
This war in Asia from 1950-1953 resulted in a stalemate, leaving the peninsula divided along the 38th parallel.
Korean War
200
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
200
This U.S. president escalated the number of American troops in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Lyndon B. Johnson
200
This event in 1986, involving the illegal sale of arms to Iran by the U.S. government, severely damaged President Reagan's reputation.
The Iran-Contra Affair
300
These men formed a group of Black American military pilots who fought during WWII.
Tuskegee Airmen
300
This Southeast Asian war involved heavy U.S. involvement to prevent the spread of communism, lasting from the 1950s to 1975.
The Vietnam War
300
This Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
300
This leader of North Vietnam played a key role in the Communist effort to unify Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
300
This 1991 conflict, sparked by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, saw a coalition of forces led by the United States defeat Iraq.
Operation Desert Storm
400
This iconic symbol encouraged American women to work in factories during WWII.
Rosie the Riveter
400
This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism after World War II.
Containment
400
These protests included women protesting restaurant discrimination in NYC.
Oak Room Protests
400
This event in 1970 saw National Guard troops open fire on students protesting the Vietnam war at a university in Ohio, resulting in four deaths.
Kent State Massacre
400
American critics thought Bush was starting an unprovoked, unnecessary war
Iraq War
500
U.S. citizens were encouraged to conserve goods through this system of controlled distribution.
Rationing
500
This U.S. senator led a series of investigations targeting alleged communists in the government.
Joseph McCarthy
500
In 1966, 28 women, including Friedan, founded this organization to push for gender equality
National Organization for Women
500
The Pentagon requested bids from 17 U.S. companies for the chemicals that make napalm and this company was the winning bid
Dow Chemical
500
This action during George H.W. Bush's presidency advanced women's rights
Violence against Women Act