Monday - Berline Blockade/Airlift - Forced the western allied powers to abandon the post WWll, The airlift kept life going in West Berlin for 11 months
Berlin Wall - Divided Berlin and was put up during the early years of the Cold War, The communist built the wall to stop the eastern germans that fled to the west
Bay of Pigs Invasion - Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista, Many Cubans fled Cuba because they disliked Castro, Plan was to invade Cuba but didn't go as planned, We tried to bomb their air force but Castro knew of these plans, We surrendered in less than a day
Cuban Missile Crisis - 13 day military and political standoff, A spy plane saw missile assembly in Cuba, JFK was informed, US was being threatened, He planned to put up a blockade so the ssoviets couldn't send in additional equiptment, The deal was Khrushchev would remove missiles from Cuba if we would not invade Cuba, Oct 28th - Crisis ended
McCarthyism - Investigations opened on communist, McCarthy searched for communist using The Central Intelligence Agency
Tuesday - House Un-American Activities Committee - The house of representatives that investigated allegations communist. Called citizens to testify in front of Congress. They were formed because of suspected communism after the great depression.
How the Cold War ended - Mikhail Gorbachev came to power, More freedoms (freedom to vote, freedom of speech), Economy failing, Berlin Wall fell, Control Eastern Europe, War in Afghanistan
Amendments
22nd Amendment - Limited the number of times a president can be elected to two terms; A person who serves more than two years of a term that was started by a different president cannot be elected more than once.
23rd Amendment - Gave Washington D.C electors in the Electoral College
24th Amendment - Expansion of voting rights; Poll tax removal so African Americans could vote
25th Amendment - President removed = Vice President fills in, New President appoints new Vice President, President can temporarily give power, Allows removal of President
26th Amendment - Lowered voting age to 18
27th Amendment - Delayed laws affecting the salaries of Congressmen until after the next election of representatives
Harry S. Truman - Fair Deal - Health Insurance, Minimum wage, Expanded Social Security, Equal Rights by Law; CIA - Faily Newspaper to Inform the President
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Federal Highway Act 1956 - $30 Billion for 41,000 miles of Interstate Highways, Employed more than 10,000 workers, Built after Germany's highways
Wednesday - No School!
Thursday - John F. Kennedy - Inauguration Speech ("Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country"), Peace corps
Lyndon B. Johnson - The Great Society (End poverty, Reduce crime), National Origins Quota System, Immigration and Naturalization Act (New immigration policy)
Richard Nixon - Moon Landing, Environmental Protection Agency, War on Drugs, Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Visit in Communist China, Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act
Gerald Ford - Whip Inflation Now, Pardon of Nixon, Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Jimmy Carter - Department of Energy Organization Act, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, Energy Crisis
Ronald Reagan - Reaganomics, Space Shuttle Explosion. War on Drugs 1982
George H.W. Bush - Americans with Disabilities Act, Manuel Noriega takedown
Bill Clinton - NAFTA, Brady Bill, Assault weapons banned until 2003
George W. Bush - Bush Tax Cuts, No child left behind, Hurrican Katrina, Depression 08-11, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Barack Obama - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/Obama Care
Donald J. Trump - Tax cuts, Travel ban, Judicial Appointments, Individual Mandate Repeal
The Watergate Scandal - political scandal in the US following a break-in by 5 men at the DNC, Constituional crisis
Friday - Monica Lewinsky - Sex scandal involving President Clinton (49yrs) and Monica(22yrs)
Iran Contra - Political scandal in which the NSC became involved in secret weapons transactions prohibited by the U.S. Congress
Obama's Birthday - Conspiracy started by Trump with a series of tweets affirming Obama was born in Africa.
JFK Assassination - Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
Malcolm X - The Nation of Islam, Assassinated in New York City, NY
MLK Jr. - Shot by James Earl Ray
Bobby Kennedy - Shot in LA, Shot by Palestinian Sirhan
Ronald Reagan Attempt - Shot by Mark Hinckley Jr.; He recovered
Monday - Brown vs Board of Education - Seperate schools combined together
Clinton Twelve - 12 teenagers walked into a public highschool to desegregate it
Freedom Riders - Rode interstate buses into the segregated southern US
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Banned empoyment/public discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, origin
24th Amendment - Abolished poll tax for federal elections - To allow African Americans to vote
Little Rock Nine - 9 black students chosen to show segregation is happening ; Aftermath - Widely recognized, Inaugauration of Obama
Desegregation - Miltary - Harry S. Truman, Armed forces; Business - Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc., Force private business, Deny passage into hotel; Restaurants; Marriage - Black women and white man married in DC were found guilty and suspended
Malcolm X - Muslim minister, Human rights, Changed last name to X in rejection of slave names
Rosa Parks - Disturbing peace, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Led by MLK Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. - "I Have a Dream Speech", Non-Violent
The Letter of Birmingham Jail - Was put in jail for protesting when he was told not to, Only in jail for one week, Wrote a letter about why he was in jail , Nonviolence
March on Washington - Massive protest march, "I Have a Dream" Speech was delivered
Selma - Selma to Montegomery march was a series of marches in the state of Alabama, 54 mile mark, Alabama's state troopers attacked the group with wielding whips, nightstick, and tear gas
Black Lives Matter - Rodney King, N.W.A, Trayvon Martin
Womens Rights - Betty Friedan - Advocated for an increase role for women in the political scene, Wrote about confining gender stereotypes
Frida Kahlo - Defying the "Female Beauty"
Mary Tyler Moore - Came out of a longtime relationship, Was intimate
Jackie Kennedy - Know for her "Unwillingness to become a housewife", Truly wanted to work, Hated the idea of being a feminist
Gloria Steinem - Feminist, journalist, social political activist
#MeToo - Harvey Weinstein - accused by over 50 women, Blames "the culture" for actions; Bill Cosby - Accused by over 50 women, sentenced to 30 years in prison, Larry Naasar - More than 265 women accused him, 175 years in prison, Charline Rose - So far 11 women have accused him
Tuesday - Women in the Military
Title 9 - Law that prohibits discrimination of gender in any education program or activity that is federally funded
FMLA - Family Medical Leave Act - Allows family members to take of time maternity, paternity, adoption, sick family member, chronic conditions
Equal Pay - Women are paid less than men at every education level, For every dollar a man made, a women still only made 77 cents
LGBTQ Rights
Stonewall Riots - Raid on a gay bar
Harvey Milk - Gay rights activist, First openly gay Board of Supervisors, Killed by Dan White
Aids - No cure, Virus that kills the body from the inside out, "Gay man disease"
Freddie Mercury - Lived with aids for 5 years and died 24 hours after announcing it
DADT Act - Banned LGBTQ community from joining the military, Obama repealed this, Trump has now disqualified transgender to serve in the military
DOMA Act - Defense of marriage act, Allowed states the refuse to recognize same-sex marriage
Transgender Bathroom - Obama signed off saying anyone who identifys as a man or woman could use the bathroom of their choice; Trump took back what Obama said and said Man parts = male bathroom and women parts = female bathroom
Changing Hollywood - Hollywood had LGBTQ diversity, Trying to change
Ellen DeGeneres - Came out on her show, Became the first gay character on a prime time network
Wednesday - Iraq War - US soldiers found Saddam Hussein in a 7 foot hole near Tikrit, Began trial in Oct 2005 for crimes against his people and mass killings, US troops fight militants, Obama plans to remove some troops from Irage by Aug. 2010
9/11 - al - Qaeda, 2,996 died, 6,000 wounded, 4 planes were hijacked, 2 crashed into the world trade centers, 1 crashed into the pentagon, the other in a field
Patriot Act - Uniting and strengthening America by providing apporpriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism
Afghan War - Started after 9/11, 2nd longest war
Thursday - Trumps Plan - Wants victory, Find a solution, Taliban and other Terrorist groups, Troops
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Started in 2004, Started as part of Al Qaeda, A terrorist group, Radical anti-western militant group, Wanted to establish an independent Islamic state
Fighting for and what they did - To make Allah's word supreme in the world, Restore the power of Islam, 143 attacks, 29 countries, 2,043 killed\
Isis became popular for their acts of violence
Obama's Fight - U.S started airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria.
Trump's Fight - Followed with Obama's plans, Cut ISIS forces down to 3,000 left in Iraq and Syria, Trump increased airstrikes
Current ISIS - ISIS is now weakened both militarily and financially
Korean War - June 25th, 1950 - 75,000 North Korean soldiers cross the 38 parallel kicking off the Korean War, By July the US had entered the war, Was not a war
Stalemate - Both sides were willing to call a ceasefire, Both were willing to have a demilitarized zone, The US didn't want to give back POWs
Korean Armistice Agreement - Peace talks began in 1951, The talks were to release pows, In 1953 the armistice was signed, South Korea didn't sign the agreement, Both sides retreated 1 mile from the border
Modern Day - Tension, In 2006 North Korea got nuclear weapons, North Korea made promises, Both sides are working towards officially ending the war
Vietnam After WW2 - Ho Chi Minh declares freedom 1945, Divided in half at the 16th parallel, Seeks to be accepted but truman ignores him
Friday - SEATO
Early stages of the war - Universal militarism is imposed on the people, 20,000 Viet Cong attack, 1962 bombing starts
The Jungle War - Operation flaming dart, Operation rolling thunder begins, US troops grow to 500,000
Operation Flaming Dart - In 1965 Viet Cong attack multiple US bases
Operation Rolling Thunder - Sustained aerial bombardment, 4 goals - boost South Vietnam moral, stop Vietcong, destroy northern transporation, halt flow of men into the south, Most intense air battle of coldwar
US Pulls Out - Operation Dewey canyon last operation, Troops reach 543,000, Pull out 25,000 men in 1969, 1973 count to 50 US pulls out
Operation Dewey Canyon - Sweep of the people's army
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