APUSH Period 8 Timeline
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 14 abr 2021
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Created byWilliam Milliken
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Truman's "Fair Deal"Congress passes the Taft-Hartley Act, putting
restrictions on unions out of fear of socialismThe Baby BoomThe Berlin Airlift OccursStart of the Korean WarEisenhower Administration creates
The Interstate Highway SystemMcCarthy becomes chairman of Senate
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.Senate passes an official
condemnation of McCarthyEnd of the Korean WarBrown v. Board of Education rules that
segregation in schools in unconstiutional.The Soviets launch Sputnik, the first
man made satellite into orbit.The failed Bay of Pigs invasion is launchedThe Cuban Missle Crisis almost
results in nuclear ahnialation.In his farewell address Eisenhower warns the American
people of the dangers of the Military Industrial ComplexPresident JFK is assinated in Dallas TexasCivil Rights Act of 1964LBJ proclaims a "War on Poverty"The Woodstock music festival is heldStart of The Vietnam WarNorth Vietnamese forces make a
large push called the Tet OffensiveThe Enviornmental Protection Agency is FoundedCongress Passes the War Powers ActOPEC oil embargo and subsequent energy crisis.U.S. becomes first country to land men on the moonRoe v. Wade is passedNixon beginns the withdraw of U.S. ground
forces from vietnam (Vietnamization)Nixon Resign from Office following the Watergate ScandelThe Fall of Saigon, effectivly ending the Vietnam WarCamp David Accords ease middle eastern tensions temporaily
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