Topic 9

• February 1, 1960

  
  

  - Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in --------, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter

  - protesting their DENIAL OF SERVICE

  - caused a national campaign, waged by 70,000 students, both white and black, over the next 8 months, in sit-ins across the nation for Civil Rights


  Greensboro
• April 1, 1960

  
  

  - The first weather satellite, ----- --, is launched by the United States.

  Tiros 1
• When did the 1960 census include a US population of 179,323,175 which was an 18% increase since 1950?


  April 1, 1960
• May 1, 1960

  - in the Soviet Union, a United States U-2 Reconnaissance plane is shot down by Soviet forces

  - leads to the capture of US pilot ----- ------- and the eventual cancellation of the Paris Summit Conference


  Gary Powers
• July 4, 1960

  
  

  -The 50-star flag of the US debuted in ----------, --------- reflecting the admission of HAWAII into the Union in 1959.


  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• November 8, 1960

  
  

  -Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic candidate from Massachusetts wins election over incumbent Vice President --------- --- --------.

  - narrow victory of electoral college votes: 303 to 219

  - first campaign for a president to televise a debate

  Richard M. Nixon
• January 3, 1961

  
  

  Disputes over the nationalization of the US businesses in ------ cause the US government to sever diplomatic and consular relations with the Cuban government.


  Cuba
• February 15, 1961

  
  

  -The entire United States figure skating team is killed in a plane crash near -------, -------- on their journey to the World Championships.

  - 73 people are killed

  Brussels, Belgium
• April 17, 1961

  
  

  - The ----- ---- ----- Invasion of Cuba is repulsed by Cuban forces in an attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the US government to overthrow the regime of FIDEL CASTRO


  Bay of Pigs
• May 5, 1961

  
  

  - the first US manned ---------- space flight is completed with Commander ------ -- ------- --- inside a Mercury capsule.

  - 20 days later, President Kennedy announces his intention to place a man on the mood by the end of the decade

  suborbital; Alan B. Shepard Jr.
• August 13, 1961

  
  

  - The construction of the ------ ----- begins by the Soviet bloc, segregating the German city

  - the wall would last for 28 years

  Berlin Wall
• December 28, 1961

  
  

  -The NATIONAL PARK SERVICE extends its lands into the US VIRGIN ISLANDS when President John F. Kennedy proclaims the ------ ------ ------- as a National Monument.

  - includes an underwater nature trial and one of the best marine gardens in the Caribbean Sea.

  Buck Island Reef
• February 7, 1962

  
  

  - the first sign of a looming VIETNAM conflict emerges when President ------- admits that the military advisors already in Vietnam would engage the enemy if fired upon.

  Kennedy
• February 20, 1962

  
  

  - --- ------ ------ ------ becomes the first US astronaut in orbit in the FRIENDSHIP 7 MERCURY CAPSULE

  - circled the earth 3 times before returning to earth

  - equalized the space race with the Soviet Union that did the orbit 1 year earlier.


  Lt. Colonel John Glenn
• April 21, 1962

  
  

  - SEATTLE CENTURY 21 EXPOSITION

  - first World's Fair in the US since WWII

  - main theme is ------ -------

  Space Exploration
• August 4, 1962

  
  

  - -------- ------- dies from supposed overdose

  Marilyn Monroe
• October 1, 1962

  
  

  - first black American, ----- -------, enters the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).

  -has to be protected by an armed guard

  - there were 3,000 troops in Oxford to stop the riots.


  James Meredith
• October 14, 1962

  
  

  - CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS begins

  - ----- ------ puts missiles in Cuba and has aimed them towards the US

  - premier of Soviet Union and US reach an agreement

  - closest the Cold War will get to being NUCLEAR.


  Soviet Union
• March 21, 1963

  
  

  - US Attorney General, ----- -----, closes ALCATRAZ

  - removes last 27 prisoners held there

  - closed due to harsh conditions and the safety of the workers.

  Robert Kennedy
• June 11, 1963

  
  

  - 8 men patent the first manned space capsule

  - known as ------- Space Capsule

  Mercury
• June 17, 1963

  
  

  - Supreme Court Case: Abington School District vs. Schemp

  - Said it was unconstitutional to require students to pray the ——- ——-

  - Schemp said freedom of religion should involve all religions not just Christianity.


  Lord's Prayer
• July 25, 1963

  
  

  - United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to stop doing ———- tests above ground.

  Nuclear
• August 28, 1963


  - Civil Rights March at WASHINGTON D.C.- over200,000ppl there- MARTIN LUTHER KING would give his speech “I Have A Dream“ on the LINCOLN MEMORIAL steps- for freedom and jobs
• August 29, 1963

  
  

  - land dispute was settled by ------- ----- in TEXAS

  - established the boundary in ----- ------ ------ -----

  - commemorated by Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas.

  Chamizal Treaty; El Paso Juarez Valley
• November 22, 1963

  
  

  - JFK was assassinated by ---- ------ ------ in ------, ----- (location)

  - Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president.


  Lee Harvey Oswald; Dallas, Texas
• November 22, 1963

  
  

  - JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.

  - ------- -- ------- is sworn in as president.

  Lyndon B. Johnson
• November 24, 1963

  
  

  - Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by ----- -----

  Jack Ruby
• January 9, 1964

  
  

  - ------ ------ Incident

  - Panamanian mobs attack American troops

  - 21 Panamanians died and 4 US soldiers died

  Panama Canal
• January 13, 1964

  
  

  - Beatlemania hits the shores of the US when they release the song "-- ----- ---- ----- -----".

  I Want to Hold Your Hand
• When do the Beatles arrive in the US for the first time?

  February 7, 1964
• February 9, 1964

  
  

  - Beatles appear on the ---- ----- -----

  Ed Sullivan Show
• February 25, 1964

  
  

  - ------- ------ ;a.k.a. ---------- ------a 1960's champion, becomes the world's heavy weight champion.

  Cassius Clay; Muhammad Ali
• April 22, 1964

  
  

  - In ------, ---- ----- , there's a World's Fair held in the same location as the 1939 World's Fair


  Queens, New York
• July 2, 1964

  
  

  - Landmark Legislation from Congress on Civil Rights

  - put a ban on discrimination in ----, -----, and ---------.

  jobs; voting; accommodations
• August 7, 1964

  
  

  - ------- ------- is passed by Congress

  - granted powers to the president to take action in Vietnam

  - gave him power bc NORTH VIETNAMESE BOATS attacked US DESTROYERS


  Tonkin Resolution
• November 3, 1964

  
  

  - Lyndon B. Johnson (republican) wins his first election, from TEXAS

  - won against --------

  - Electoral college votes: 486 to 52

  - Kennedy hated Lyndon B. Johnson

  Goldwater
• When does LBJ order the BOMBING of Vietnam?

  
  

  - happens around the ----- -------

  February 7, 1965; 20th parallel
• February 21, 1965

  
  

  - ------- ---- is murdered

  - MUHAMMAD AZIZ and KHALIL ISLAM were arrested but later found wrongfully imprisoned and exonerated.

  - -- ----- ------ was blamed for this bc he wrongfully imprisoned ppl

  Malcom X; J. Edgar Hoover
• March 25, 1965

  
  

  - MARTIN LUTHER KING gives a speech at a Civil Rights Rally on the steps of the ALABAMA STATE CAPITAL

  - would lead to the March from ------ to -------

  - walks over 50 miles


  Selma; Montgomery
• August 6, 1965

  
  

  - ----- ------- ----- -- ----- is passed

  - outlawed literacy tests


  Voting Rights Act of 1965