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The Fall of the Berlin wall symbolized the end of The Cold War. Many citizen's were overjoyed. Reuniting West and East Germany was a huge step forward for both Nato, and the Communist countries.
A total of 587 military and civilian prisoners were released by the North Vietnamese, and during that same period, 23,500 US troops were withdrawn from South Vietnam. Was a huge step for Nixion's p...
During the Vietnam War, protests were going on in the United States. Students from Kent State University were protesting, untill officers shot and killed four students. This is significant in histo...
Woodstock was one of the biggest music festivals in America's history. It was mainly to protest the Vietnam war. It exemplified how people had peaceful protests against the Vietnam War. The fest...
Landing on the moon was a huge step in World history. Neil Armstrong, a United States citizen, was the first man to step on the moon. This was a exploration for the world. The world discovered some...
One of the most influential speakers of his time. Devoted 13 years of his life devoted to the Civil Rights Movement. King was a huge believer of non-violence protest and many followed him. Unfortun...
During the Vietnam War, men from the Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, entered the Vietnam village of My Lai. Approximately 500 people were killed, and some were raped and tortured...
The North Vietnamese and Vietcong squads in the south took advantage of the truce during Tet ( Vietnamese New Year) and launched a massive offensive. Heavy fighting went on and the communists claim...
This act allowed desegregation of all public aspect and prohibited any discrimination and segregation based off of ethnicity, color, religion, sex, and national origin. This was a huge turning poin...
The 35th President of the United States was a great person who had great on how to change America. Kennedy had a huge impact on America, he loved America and America loved him back. Sadly, Kennedy ...
On August 28, 1963, in Washington DC, one of the greatest and most significant events, that would be remember in America's history forever, took place. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "...
John F. Kennedy had many advisores telling him what he should do about the missiles in Cuba and the United States missiles in Terkey. JFK decided on a blockade. didn't result in a nuclear war. This...
John F. Kennedy's planned invasion on Cuba. Kennedy was trying to put a stop to the nuclear warfare that was escalating. The Bay of Pigs turned out to be a huge failure for Kennedy, and an embarras...
Nine African American students went a white school in order to recieve a better education and make an advancement in black rights. The students were treated poorlyat the school. Only one student wa...
African Americans decided that they would boycott the city buses of Montgomery, Alabama until they could sit anywhere they wanted on the bus. With the African Americans not riding, the busses were ...
Oliver Brown was upset when his daughter didn't get into a white public school, in fact, he took it all the way to the Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court over ruled Plessy v. Ferguson...
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of being communist spies during the Cold War. The two were put on trial, and found guilty with faulty evidence. On June 19, 1953, the two were electricut...
World War II divided Korea into a Communist, northern half and an American-occupied southern half (non-Communists). North Korea invaded South Korea and the United States and the United Natioins hel...
After Germany had been split by WWII, the Soviet Union tried to take over all of Berlin by using a blockade, until West Berlin would need their supplies and agree to follow the Soviet Union. Howev...
On August 10, 1945, Japan finally accepted the unconditional surrender the Allies had offered, and on August 15, both Japan and the United States were informed of the Surrender by their country's l...
It all started with The Manhattan Project, which was the secret development of the Atomic Bomb. On July 26, 1945 Harry S. Truman orders for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese. Japan refuse...
Victory in Europe Day took place during World War II, when the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany. VE Day declared the defeat of the Nazis. However, Japan and the Allies were ...
The Iron Curtain was an imaginary wall or curtain that divided all of europe in to two. The Iron curtain seperated the NATO countries from the communist countries.
American soldiers and others invaded Normandy and five other beachheads. Both the Allies and the Axises lost a lot of men, but the Allies came out on top. The invasion lasted about a day and conti...
On March 18, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an order that had people of Japanese decent placed into relocation centers. The relocation centers were unfair and unconstitutional. Of t...
In 1939, Hitler and his Nazi followers came up with a plan to exterminate all of the Jews, called the "Final Solution." The plan was a policy of genocide, and when it reached its final stage in 19...
The U.S. home front played a key role in World War 2. Although the home front wasn't directly involved it made huge contributions for the U.S. winning World War Two. Many citizens made countless ef...
“A day which will live in infamy.” The U.S. cuts of all shipments of petroleum because Japan is allies with Russia. Japan is ready and willing to go to war for petroleum. On December 7, 1941 the H...
Blitzkrieg means "lightening war". Blitzkrieg was first used by the Germans in World War Two and was a tactic based on speed and surprise. This was developed by the Germans and had a devistating ef...
Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939, and within days, takes the entire country. This invasion sparks the entire world's attention, and soon afterwards, both France and Britain declare war ...
