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| French loses agianst the Vietnamese (in North Vietnam) and the U.S ends up going in. |
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| The only way to avoid a war is to be willing to go to war |
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| Any attack on the US and there friends they will attack them with anything they got |
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| Addresses congress that the 2 systems (communist and democarcy) can get along |
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| U.S sends in "advisors" (which are really soilders) to help out the Vietnam military. Sends in thousands |
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| Gives President unlimited authority to protect the U.S "advisors" (pretty much to send in U.S troops to fight) |
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| North Vietnamese smuggle weapons on the trails |
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| There is supposed to be no fighting on the Tet holiday but instead the NV ( North Vietnamese) attack the U.S |
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| President Johnson doesnt want to Re Run for President |
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| The U.S train SV solders so they can fight the war on there own while U.S troops slowly decrease and leave the war to them. |
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| The US start to secretly bomb Cambodia and Laos |
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| Protest going on agianst Anti-War. Army called in to settle the riots and 4 students is killed ( Nobody knows what happens) |
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| US plans to pull out of Vietnam but the war is not over |
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| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, This deal puts a cap of the # of missles the U.S and Soviets can have |
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| Cambodia falls to Communism, Domino Effect begins |
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Soviet Union invades Afrighanistan. ( 2 sides of the story)
US- Soviets invaded
USSR- The goverment invited them in the help influence Communism |
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| President Reagan wants the USSR destroyed |
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| Satillites are to be put into space to shoot down any incoming missles that is headed towards the U.S ( never happens) |
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| Gorbachev: Glasnost and Peristoroika |
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Glasnost- Openess
Peristoroika- Change |
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| The INF treaty reduces the weapons that the US and Soviets can have. (actually reduces the weapons from the SALT I and II treaty) |
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| The Berlin wall falls down |
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| Massive uprising in China and the Chinese army comes in and kills a lot of people there to "get rid of the problem" |
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| Norewaga smuggles drugs to the US from Panama and the US sends in the army to get him. He is tried for trafficing and is jailed for 20 years |
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| The supreme court rules Seprate but Equal. ( thats all you need to know) |
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| First started off with lawyers who tried to over turn and overthrow the Jim Crow law. Then becomes a major group whi fights for Civil Rights |
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| Brown v.s Board of Education |
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| This trial goes to Supreme Court the is ruled that Sepreate But Equal is not just and removes segregation |
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| Whites and blacks get on a bus from Washington and drive down to the South the challenge the State Laws which says that Blacks have to ride the back of the bus |
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| Federal Goverment allows everybody (including Blacks) to register to vote |
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| This amendment bans Poll tax |
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