Semester 2 8th by Samuel Werner

Yalta Conference 1945

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Germany's capital was split into four different parts along with all of Germany between, Great Britain, U.S., USSR, and France.

Marshall Plan 1947

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Were The U.S. would give aid and Supplies to East Germany.

La Violencia, Columbia 1948

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Ten year civil war in Columbia.

Israel established 1948

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Israel becoming it sown country.

NATO formed 1949

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization built to be alliances and stop superpower countries like China, and Russia.

People’s Republic of China formed 1949

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China communist won the civil war by beating the Nationalist led by Mao Zedong.

Korean War 1950-1953

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The civil war of North and South Korea to become either Nationalist or Communist with the U.S backing the Nationalist and the USSR and the Chinese and the soviets backing the communist. Overall Neither won and is is still split till today.

Armas stages coup to control Guatemala, 1954

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The U.S. helped back the Guatemalan military in order to contain communism in Guatemala.

Warsaw Pact, 1955

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A treaty between the Soviets and its satellite countries in eastern Europe.

Soviet Union invaded Hungary, 1956

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Soviets invade Hungary and make it communist under the Soviets.

Cuban Revolution, 1959

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Overthrew the regime in Cuba to establish a new democracy government being one of the most equal societies today.

June 11, 1963 - Alabama governor George Wallace personally attempts to block African American students from registering at a the University

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This connects to integration and the little rock nine. This connects because the little rock nine integrated into little rock highschool and had to have federal support to get it.

Dec 1955 Montgomery Bus boycott - launched in, Alabama, after Rosa parks is arrested

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Rosa Park refused to give up her seat which made her get arrested, due this this sparked a bus boycott in Montgomery.

February 1960 Sit-in protest - movement begins at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. and spreads to the nation.

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This was the cause of segregated restaurants,diners, and other food chains so people would peacefully protest and sit-in.

April 3 - May 10 1963 - Police arrest Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other ministers demonstrating in Birmingham Alabama and then turn fire hoses and police dogs on the marchers

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This is where Dr. M.L.K. would write the letters from Birmingham jail because of the arrest.

August 28, 1963 - March on Washington. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

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This is the best speech ever given and is consider the best speech of all time. This sparked the uproar for the justice and equality for the civil rights movement.

July 2, 1964 - President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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This was a law that would be a huge landmark on American history, and it was originally proposed by J.F.K. and made a law with Johnson.

February 21, 1965 - Civil Rights leader Malcolm X is murdered

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Malcom X was a great Civil right activist and felt the upset and anger of African-Americans to be murdered by the nation of Islam.

August 6, 1965 - President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banning prerequisite to voting such as fees and literacy tests

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Johnson would pass many laws and worked a very hard presidency term but this law and the civil rights law were by far the biggest.

April 4, 1968 - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee

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Martin Luther King was the biggest figure in the civil rights movement and represented so many people and their cultures and was important person in history. Unfortunately since he was so big he would be assassinated in 1968.

May 4th, 1970: Kent State shootings

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A school shooting of the University of Kent State, in Ohio that killed six people. This massacre is know and the May 4th Massacre and is still remembered today.

June 13th, 1971: Pentagon papers released

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This would lead to the Watergate scandal and how federal documents from the Pentagon were leaked. This was the cause of the resignation of president Nixon.

April 30th, 1975: Fall of Saigon

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North Vietnam took over the capital of South Vietnam leading the communist party to take over Vietnam. This was the end of war and made Vietnam communist.

August 9th, 1974: Nixon resigns

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The Watergate Scandal is connected to his resignation on how documents from the Pentagon were leaked.

August 11th, 1978: American Indian Religious Freedom Act

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Allowed Native American to practice rituals and other religious acts in sacred areas also without being persecuted.

September 17th, 1978: Camp David Accords

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Created a peace agreement between the countries of Israel and Egypt. In the following twelve days there were secret negotiation in Camp David about about the president.

October 6, 1973: Yom Kippur War

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A war in the middle east being the fourth war between them which was between Israel and other Arab countries led by Egpyt and Syria.