1. The Modern United States
People, Events, and Places

2. From Mrs. Hodum’s Presentation, what did you learn about how children your age were affected during World War II?

3. Week #1
Cold War Space Race Berlin Wall Cuban Missile Crisis Korean War United Nations Peacekeeping Troops

4. Cold War Struggle between United States and Soviet Union
Democracy (freely elected government and free enterprise) VS Communism (government owns all of the businesses and land, individuals have little freedom)

5. Cold War

6. Space Race
A race between United States and Soviet Union to explore outer space.
Sputnik, Oct. 4, 1957 by the Soviet Union
First U.S. satellite, Jan. 1958, NASA founded in Oct. 1958
U.S. and Soviet Union continued to build and test new rockets and satellites, and soon space ships

7. Space Race

8. Berlin Wall
A wall made of concrete, stone, and barbed wire, that prevented people in East Berlin from fleeing to the non-communist West Berlin.
Those who tried to escape were shot.

9. Berlin Wall

10. Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba, with Soviet Unions help, became first Communist country in Western Hemisphere.
Soviet Union set up nuclear missiles in Cuba (90 miles from U.S.)
President Kennedy demanded they remove them.
After some debate, they did remove missiles from Cuba.

11. Cuban Missile Crisis

12. Korean War
Soviet Union helped North Korea start a Communist government.
United States helped South Korea form a Democratic government.
This was a Cold War fight: Communism vs Democracy.
North Korea invaded South Korea to unite the country under Communism
President Truman sent U.S. forces to protect South Korea.
Ended with country still divided.
33,000 Americans died in the war.

13. United Nations Peacekeeping Troops
One of the most useful tools to help countries
UN Peacekeepers provide security and support to help countries get peace.
During Korean War, the UN supported South Korea (the U.S. supported side) to fight against communism.
Provided military and supplies

14. Week #2
Brown vs. Board of Education Central High School Martin Luther King Jr. Nashville Sit-ins Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks Freedom Riders Diane Nash

15. Brown vs. Board of Education
Linda Brown, 7, was not allowed to go to public school a few blocks from her home.
She was bused to a school for African American students.
Browns took their case to court
May 17, 1954: Supreme Court ruled segregation of public schools was illegal under the Constitution.

16. Brown vs. Board of Education

17. Central High School a key event of the American Civil Rights Movement
nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957
Governor of Arkansas used National Guard to stop students from entering
President Eisenhower sent federal troops and ordered “the Little Rock Nine” to be allowed to go to school

18. Martin Luther King Jr. Fought for Civil Rights of African Americans
Promoted passive resistance
Planned many of the resistances

19. Martin Luther King Jr.

20. Nashville Sit-ins
 black and white college students used nonviolent methods to desegregate downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
The students stage a sit-in at segregated city lunch counters in February 1960.
First they are ignored, but when they return again and again, they are beaten and jailed.
leads to a boycott of downtown stores.
Business leaders apply pressure for a political solution.
bombing of a prominent black lawyer's house prompts the students to march on city hall and confront the mayor.
After he is forced to admit that segregation is wrong, Nashville begins to desegregate.

21. Montgomery Bus Boycott
As a result of Rosa Parks being arrested, African Americans refused to ride the busses in Montgomery.
Continued for more than a year.
Ended with a Supreme Court decision declaring that segregation on public buses was illegal.

22. Montgomery Bus Boycott

23. Rosa Parks
Arrested when she refused to move so a white passenger could have her seat.

24. Freedom Riders
Practiced passive resistance (oppose something without using violence)
People who rode busses to see if public transportation was obeying the law.
Often threatened, beaten, or arrested.

25. Freedom Riders

26. Diane Nash Civil Rights Leader
Organized black and white students during this time
Important student leader of Nashville, TN sit-ins
Important leader of the Freedom Riders
Her campaigns are among the most successful of the Civil Rights Movement

27. John F. Kennedy Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Vietnam War
Week #3
John F. Kennedy Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Vietnam War

28. John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United States
Assassinated on November 22, 1963

29. John F. Kennedy
Broadcast interrupted television shows to give them the news of President Kennedy.

30. Civil Rights Act
1964: a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

31. Civil Rights Act Explained

32. Voting Rights Act
This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

33. Voting Rights Act

34. Vietnam War One of the most difficult wars fought by Americans
United States fought with South Vietnam against North Vietnam (communists)
Reason: to stop the spread of communism.
Controversy: Most Americans were against the war.
Outcome: America left and South Vietnam surrendered.

35. Vietnam War

36. Richard Nixon Watergate Ronald Reagan
Week #4
Richard Nixon Watergate Ronald Reagan

37. 37th President of the United States of America
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States of America

38. Richard Nixon Worked to improve relationships with China.
No American President had ever been to China because of bad relationships with them.
He went and this was an important step toward friendlier relationship with China.

39. Watergate
5 men were caught breaking into any office in the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.
The men confessed they were there to collect information from Nixon’s opponents
Evidenced showed Nixon was involved
Congress was prepared to impeach him
He resigned as President (only U.S. President to do so)

40. Watergate
Watergate Scandal

41. Ronald Reagan 40th President of U.S. (1981-1989)
Was a popular two term president
He cut taxes, increased defense spending, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets, and is credited with helping to bring a quicker end to the Cold War.
Ronald Reagan History Channel