Throughout America's History by Abdul Sheriff

1948 Marshall Plan- What is the Marshall Plan?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-03 16:27:04 UTC

The Marshall Plan is a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall also known as the European Recovery Program.

June 1948 Berlin Blockade

asheriff3 — 2024-06-03 16:36:09 UTC

Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader, imposed the Berlin Blockade from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany. The Western Allies responded with a massive airlift to come to West Berlin's aid.

March 1946 Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-03 16:42:27 UTC

The Iron "Curtain" speech, in 1964 Speech delivered by Winston Churchill at Fulton, Missouri where he said "An iron Curtain has descended across Europe", the curtain refereeing to communism.

1945 Creation of the United Nations- What is the United Nations? What is its purpose?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-03 16:45:22 UTC

1945 United nations was formed to create civil rights and liberties, human rights, Social progress, political freedom, international security, and economic developement.

1949 Communist Revolution in China

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-03 16:51:20 UTC

Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. A political revolution in China led by Mao Zedong. After several years of fighting the Kuomintang, the communists won control of the country in 1949.

Roe v. Wade 1973

asheriff3 — 2024-06-04 17:13:09 UTC

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right. However, the government retained the power to regulate or restrict abortion access depending on the stage of pregnancy.

1969 “Red Power” occupation of Alcatraz

asheriff3 — 2024-06-04 17:20:31 UTC

California: From November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971, Native Americans took over and held Alcatraz Island as Indian Land. The Occupation of Alcatraz Island was led by the Native American group, Indians of All Tribes.

1949 NATO- What was the purpose of this organization?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:20:50 UTC

The purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to establish an international community of likeminded nations to protect one another in case of military attack. This was the first time the United States signed a defense agreement not during wartime.

1972-1974 Watergate

asheriff3 — 2024-06-04 17:23:01 UTC

The Watergate scandal began early in the morning of June 17, 1972, when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. This was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents.

1962 Creation of the United Farm Workers (UFW)- What is the UFW?

asheriff3 — 2024-06-04 17:25:23 UTC

United Farm Workers (UFW), U.S. The labour union founded in 1962 as the National Farm Workers Association by the labour leaders and activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. It seeks to empower migrant farmworkers and to improve their wages and working conditions.

June 1950- July 1953 Korean War

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:25:54 UTC

Korea was divided after the Second

World War. On 25th June 1950, North

Korea led by Kim Il Sung invaded the

South in an attempt to re-unite the

country by force.

Brown v. Board of Education 1954

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:29:07 UTC

Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision (1896); led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. The decision energized the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

Montgomery bus Boycott 1955-1956

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:32:53 UTC

In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.

1955-1975 Vietnam War

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:37:15 UTC

The Vietnam War was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Suez Crisis 1956

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:39:43 UTC

1956, Nasser (leader of Egypt) nationalized the Suez Canal, Oct. 29, British, French and Israeli forces attacked Egypt. UN forced British to withdraw; made it clear Britain was no longer a world powe

1957 Sputnik

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:42:22 UTC

Sputnik was the worlds first artificial satellite that was the size of a basketball, which was launched by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union launching Sputnik I ushered in new political, military, technologic, and scientific developments.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 1957- What is this group?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:44:53 UTC

An organization formed in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders to work for civil rights through nonviolent means.

1961 Bay of Pigs

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:52:26 UTC

The 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba, planned and funded by the United States, in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.

Freedom Riders Began in 1961

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 17:54:44 UTC

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. It began on May 4, 1961 and was led by James Farmer.

1961 Berlin Wall built

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-04 18:03:01 UTC

On 13th of August 1961, Berlin the centre of the Cold War since the division of Germany in 1945, was now a city of 2 halves, divded by a wall 87 miles long, that separated east from west. At first barbed wire was used but on 13th of August 1961 the first wall was built.

1963 Assassination of JFK- Who assassinated him?

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 00:57:08 UTC

Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for Kennedy's murder and charged with committing a murder of a nightclub owner and a police informant by the name of Jack Ruby.

Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:07:13 UTC

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded.

Chernobyl Disaster (1986)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:08:59 UTC

On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.

End of Apartheid in South Africa (1994)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:09:24 UTC

International opposition, especially in the form of economic sanctions, finally forced South Africa's president to resign in 1989. New president F.W. deKlerk overturned the apartheid laws, released political prisoners and allowed free elections. Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994.

September 11 Attacks (2001)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:09:43 UTC

The hijacked Flight 11 was crashed into floors 93 to 99 of the North Tower (1 WTC) at 8:46 a.m. The hijacked Flight 175 struck floors 77 to 85 of the South Tower (2 WTC) 17 minutes later at 9:03 a.m. When the towers were struck, between 16,400 and 18,000 people were in the WTC complex.

Fall of the Soviet Union (1991)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:10:02 UTC

During the failed 1991 August coup, communist hardliners and military elites attempted to overthrow Gorbachev and stop the failing reforms. However, the turmoil led to the central government in Moscow losing influence, ultimately resulting in many republics proclaiming independence in the following days and months.

Handover of Hong Kong (1997)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:10:43 UTC

The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841.

Global Financial Crisis (2007-2008)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:11:02 UTC

The crisis rapidly spread into a global economic shock, resulting in several bank failures. Economies worldwide slowed during this period since credit tightened and international trade declined. Housing markets suffered and unemployment soared, resulting in evictions and foreclosures. Several businesses failed.

Introduction of the Euro (1999)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:11:16 UTC

After a decade of preparations, the euro was launched on 1 January 1999: for the first three years it was an 'invisible' currency, only used for accounting purposes and electronic payments. Coins and banknotes were launched on 1 January 2002, and in 12 EU countries the biggest cash changeover in history took place.

Arab Spring (2010-2012)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:12:26 UTC

The Arab Spring or the First Arab Spring (to distinguish from the Second Arab Spring) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. Arab Spring, wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010 and 2011, challenging some of the region's entrenched authoritarian regimes.

COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-Present)

asheriff3 — 2024-06-06 19:12:59 UTC

COVID-19 can cause mild to severe respiratory illness, including death. The best preventive measures include getting vaccinated, wearing a mask during times of high transmission, staying 6 feet apart, washing hands often and avoiding sick people. It changed people's lives because the world itself fell apart such as businesses getting shut down are a lot of events were banned.

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:31:22 UTC

In 1962, Cuba (a communist country off the coast of Florida very close to the U.S.) allowed the Soviet Union to come into the country and place nuclear missiles aimed at the United States

March on Washington 1963

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:33:23 UTC

In August 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Publication of the Feminine Mystique 1963- What did this publication led to?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:39:20 UTC

The Feminine Mystique was a book written by Betty Friedan in 1963. The book focussed on the situation of white, middle class, American women during the 1950s and 1960s. The Feminine Mystique was written to expose the true feelings of housewives who were being oppressed by men. Had a large impact on women in America as it put into words their feelings of entrapment and uselessness.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:41:31 UTC

Prohibited racial discrimination in employment, institutions like hospitals and schools, and privately owned public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters. It also banned discrimination on the grounds of sex.

Voting Rights Acts of 1965

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:42:56 UTC

It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

1968 Tet Offensive

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:45:14 UTC

30th January 1968, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch a simultaneous military attack on US targets, including the US embassy and over hundred towns and cities in South Vietnam. It took three weeks for US and South V troops to retake all of the captured cities.

1969 Stonewall Riots- What did this event cause to happen?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:47:06 UTC

Just after 3 a.m., a police raid of the Stonewall Inn—a gay club located on New York City's Christopher Street—turns violent as patrons and local sympathizers begin rioting against the police

Title IX of the Educational Amendments passed 1972- What did Title IX do?

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:50:00 UTC

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ("Title IX") is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs and activities.

August 9, 1974 Resignation of Richard Nixon

mbernaba1 — 2024-06-06 19:51:15 UTC

Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, becoming the only American president who has ever done so. President Nixon tried to give more power to local and state governments through his economic policy ofSingle choice.