Period 8 + 9 Maps and Dates

1947

The Truman Doctrine; CIA & National Security Council is created

1949

NATO is formed, Russia acquired nuclear weapons

1954

Brown v Board of Education, McCarthy Trials (Red Scare)

1955

Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Warsaw Pact formed, murder of Emmett Till

1964

Civil Rights Act passed, 24th Amendment, ‘Freedom Summer’

1965

Voting Rights Act passed, March on Selma

1968

Martin Luther King assassinated, RFK assassinated, Tet Offensive, Nixon elected, Democratic National Convention Riots in Chicago

1974

Watergate Scandal

1979

Iran Hostage Crisis, Russia invades Afghanistan, 3 Mile Island accident

1980

Election of Ronald Reagan

Joseph McCarthy

Fueled fear of communism during the Cold War and led aggressive investigations that harmed many careers.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Advanced civil rights through nonviolent protest and helped lead major movements like the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington.

Malcolm X

Challenged mainstream civil rights approaches by promoting Black empowerment and self-defense.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Signed major civil rights legislation and launched the "Great Society" to fight poverty and inequality.

Thurgood Marshall

Helped end legal segregation by arguing Brown v. Board of Education and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.

Betty Friedan

Sparked the modern feminist movement with The Feminine Mystique and co-founded the National Organization for Women.

Emmett Till

His brutal murder and the open-casket funeral shocked the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement.

Bull Connor

His violent enforcement of segregation in Birmingham highlighted the cruelty of racism and helped gain sympathy for civil rights activists.

Richard Nixon

Opened diplomatic relations with China, escalated then ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and resigned due to the Watergate scandal.

Cesar Chavez

Organized farmworkers to demand better pay and working conditions, especially through nonviolent boycotts.

Rachel Carson

Launched the environmental movement by exposing the dangers of pesticides in her book Silent Spring.

Ronald Reagan

Influenced conservative politics, boosted the military during the Cold War, and pushed for less government regulation.