Dates Flashcards
(32 cards)
march 1947
introduction of FELP ( Federal Employee Loyalty Programme)
1947
hollywood 10
1948
Alger Hiss case
august 1949
ussr explodes is first atom bomb
august 1949
rosenburgs arrested
february 1950
McCarthy accuses State Department of harbouring 205 Communists
1950
Alger Hiss imprisoned
september 1950
McCarran Internal Security Act
1954
Brown vs Topeka
december 1954
McCarthy officially reprimanded by Senate
december 1955
rosa parks arrested - montgomery bus boycott begins
december 1956
montgomery bus boycott ends
1957
little rock high school
first civil rights act (president eisenhower)
Foundation of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
1959
formation of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
1960
Greensboro sit in
April-formation of (SNCC) Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee
election of JFK
1961
freedom riders
1961-1962
the Albany movement
1962
voter education project
the meridith case
1963
betty friedan writes ‘the feminine mystique’
equal pay
march 1963
march on birmingham
28 august 1963
march on washington
MLK i have a dream speech
november 1963
assassination of JFK
1964
freedom summer
second civil rights act (president johnson )
USA declared war on north vietnam
1965
malcom x assassinated
march on selma
voting rights act
watts riots
