My terrific padlet by Benjamin Hay

Chinese Civil War 1927-1949

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1927-1937 Nationalist control China

1945-1949 Chinese Communist Revolution

February 14th, 1950

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Russia and China sign 30 year treaty, Russia pledges aid to China and supplies China with Communist materials and credit for equipment and industrial projects, Russia uses treaty as a threat to exert influence over China making it the leader of the Communist world.

The Berlin Airlift 1948

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The allies merged their zones & created West Germany. Stalin closed all access to W. Berlin in 1948. US & the British led “Operation Vittles” flying food & supplies into W. Berlin. After a year, Stalin gave up the blockade.

NATO 1949

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Allies form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Member nations agreed that “an armed attack on one... shall be considered an attack on all” - resist w/armed force if necessary. Soviets respond w/the Warsaw Pact - a military alliance w/its satellite nations.

1951

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1951: radio disc jockey Alan Freed plays African American rhythm and blues on the radio - called it “rock and roll” Soon white artists were copying the sound - Famous artists: Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and the Comets, Elvis Presley, Several cities banned rock ‘n’ roll, Led to what became known as a generation gap, or cultural separation between children and parents.

Montgomery Bus Boycotts:

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1955: Rosa Parks & NAACP begin bus boycotts in Montgomery, AL. 1956: Supreme Court declared segregation on public transportation illegal. Movement makes MLK a national leader. MLK forms (SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Goal: massive non-violent protests.

June 11th, 1963

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Alabama governor George Wallace personally attempts to block African American students from registering at a the University

Cause: The stand in the schoolhouse door.

Dec 1955 Montgomery Bus boycott

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launched in, Alabama, after Rosa parks is arrested.

Cause: The Arrest of Rosa Parks

February 1960 Sit-in protest

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The movement begins at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. and spreads to the nation.

Cause: When young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service.

April 3 - May 10 1963 - Police arrest Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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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

Cause: speeding violation

August 28, 1963

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March on Washington. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

Cause: to protest segregation, the lack of voting rights, and unemployment among African Americans.

July 2, 1964

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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Cause: massive resistance to desegregation and the murder of Medgar Evers.

February 21, 1965

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Civil Rights leader Malcolm X is murdered

Cause: shot multiple times and died from his wounds

August 6, 1965

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

April 4, 1968

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Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee

Cause: fatally shot

May 4th, 1970: Kent State shootings

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Cause: a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by United States military forces as well as protesting the National Guard presence on campus and the draft.

June 13th, 1971: Pentagon papers released

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Cause: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara created the Vietnam Study Task Force on June 17, 1967, for the purpose of writing an "encyclopedic history of the Vietnam War". McNamara claimed that he wanted to leave a written record for historians, to prevent policy errors in future administrations, although Leslie H.

April 30th, 1975: Fall of Saigon

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Cause: Rampant inflation, glaring corruption, and the loss of U.S. support undermined army morale, with 24,000 troops deserting every month. The North Vietnamese, resupplied and scenting a final victory, were eager to fight.

August 9th, 1974: Nixon resigns

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Cause: The Watergate scandal was a significant political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.

August 11th, 1978: American Indian Religious

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Cause: On August II, 1978, President Carter signed into law the "Ameri- can Indian Religious Freedom Act. "

September 17th, 1978: Camp David Accords

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Cause: The Camp David Accords were the result of 14 months of diplomatic efforts by Egypt, Israel, and the United States that began after Jimmy Carter became President.

October 6, 1973: Yom Kippur War

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Cause: an Arab coalition of Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur—the Jewish holy day of atonement.