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Assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, which all happened within 5 years, shocked the country and pushed people to fight for more justice and change.

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Communism is a political and economic ideology originating from Karl Marx that aims to create a classless society where the major production is controlled by the public.

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What is Communism? Communism Explained | Property Vs Personal Property | Communism Vs Capitalism

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The Soviet Union was the former Eurasian country and the largest Marxist-Communist state that played a major role in global affairs, especially during the Cold War.

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Soviet Union - Countries, Cold War & Collapse | HISTORY

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The Soviet Union, or U.S.S.R., was made up of 15 countries in Eastern Europe and Asia and lasted from 1922 until its fall in 1991. The Soviet Union was the world’s first Marxist-Communist state and was one of the biggest and most powerful nations in the world.

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: June 28th, 1914

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: June 28th, 1914

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This triggered the start of WWI, because after Ferdinand was killed, Austria-Hungary declared War on Serbia, then triggered many other European Nations to declare war on each other.

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This was a powerful movement led by people standing up against racism and demanding equal rights, changing laws/lives across the country.

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President Harry S. Truman addressed a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million for emergency military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey who were under communist threat. The goal was to prevent the spread of communism (contain it), and was a shift from the U.S.'s previous non-interventionist policies.

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Segregation was legal, which separated races in schools, housing, and public areas, and it developed inequalities that took years of activism to break those barriers.

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People worked through the courts and public action to fight racial discrimination, and this helped lead to the end of school segregation, Brown V. board of Education, and more.

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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The Vietnam War occurred in Southeast Asia, this was a painful conflict that took years and even brought in the U.S. military. It led to anti-war protests and questioned the government’s role.

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The Marshall Plan was a U.S. program that provided more than $15 billion in aid to Western Europe after WWII to help finance rebuilding efforts.

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The Marshall Plan: Definition, Date & Cold War - HISTORY

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The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination in public areas and employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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The Clean Air Act was one of the first steps taken in environmental legislation, it was created in 1970 to help reduce pollution and protect people’s health by setting these laws.

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The Clean Water Act was created in the 1970s to set standards for clean water sources to help reduce pollution in rivers and lakes, and to keep the future implementation of water safe.

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The Peace Corps was created in 1961 to send American volunteers around the world to support education, health, and poverty in other countries.

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The War on Poverty was a set of federal programs by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s to reduce poverty through education, healthcare, housing, and jobs to build a better future.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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12 countries create the NATO military alliance in 1949 to provide a collective defense against the Soviet Union threat after World War II.

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The History of NATO | Why It Matters | PBS LearningMedia

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Learn the history behind the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its relevance today in this video from Why It Matters, the history video series where the past is used to explain the present.

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This was an attempt by the Soviet Union to cut off all land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in an attempt to force the Allies to abandon their jurisdiction there.

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The Soviet Blockade Of Berlin: A Cold War Chapter Closes

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Seventy years ago -- on May 12, 1949 -- the Soviet Union ended its 11-month-long blockade of Berlin. The blockade had begun on June 24, 1948, amid a currency dispute with the Western Allies. Moscow cut off road, rail, and water access to Berlin's Western sector. Food and electricity would soon run out.

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The Korean War was a conflict between (communist) North Korea and (non-communist) South Korea beginning on June 25, 1950, when North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea at several points along the 38th parallel, the line that divided the two. North Korea aimed to unify Korea under the communist regime.

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Part of the "Red Scare Era" in which U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy oversaw a series of investigations and hearings to expose alleged communist infiltration of areas of the U.S. government during the 1950's.

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What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker

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OAS is a regional organization formed in 1948 to promote economic, military, and cultural cooperation among almost all of the independent states of the Western Hemisphere.

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the USA and served during the entirety of the American Civil War. (One sentence)

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American Neutrality by President Woodrow Wilson had America remaining impartial in the war conflict. Eventually they entered the war in April of 1917.

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President during 1913-1921, he is best known for advocating for the League of Nations and leading the US during WWI.

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This was a ship from Britain that was sunk by a German U-boat, killing over 1,000 people and contributing to the entry of US into WWI.

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The Allied powers of WWI were Britain, France, Russia, and later Italy and the US.

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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris between the Allied powers and Germany.

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The Monroe Doctrine ordered that European nations stay out of the Americas and that America would not influence European nations.

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The US took the project over after France could not complete, making a revolutionized trade route from the atlantic to the pacific.

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In 1906, this was the first law enacted for consumer protection of sold food and drugs. Eventually this led to the creation of the FDA.

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This was a period in the US known for man progressive social and political reforms like worker reforms, food safety laws, and rights for women.

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The Federal Trade Commission Act was a federal law passed in 1914 which created the Federal Trade Commission which was established to protect consumers from unfair competition methods between businesses.

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Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics