History after 1945 By: Brittany Rue

This plan was to help Europe rebuild their economy.
This plan helped Europe become stable once again helped them become prosperous.

This was a internal fight between the division in Korea.
This war was a development in the Cold War because it showed two big powers, the U.S. and the Soviet union.

At this time there was a lot of worry about communism in the U.S.
Many have accused others of communism, some have been guilty and some have not been.

Many families moved to the suburbs.
Because of the move to the suburbs many new homes were made and a lot less people lived in cities.

Dwight Eisenhower was elected.
He was elected because of the use of media like radio and television.

Rosa Parks sits in the front of the bus and is arrested and sent to jail.
This incident started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

This bill gave $25 billion to build highways.
These highways helped travelers get from point A to point B easily.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference worked to end all segregation.
This group held non-violent protests which eventually led to desegregation.

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was a group that was mostly students who protested segregation.
This group had so many supporters that they raised money to help their work in the South , which played a big role in sit-ins and freedom rides.

Non-violent protests held to protest segregation and racism.
These sit-ins contributed to store's reversing their stand in racial segregation.

This was an unsuccessful attempt to invade Cuba and end their communism.
This unsuccessful attempt just strengthened Castro's rule of Cuba.

This group was started by John F. Kennedy after World War II.
This group helped countries that were behind developmentally by helping them with technology and other resources.

Civil Rights activists ride into the segregated South.
The buses got attacked and showed how unsafe and still segregated the South was.

This encouraged new investment and plant renovation through easier depreciation allowances and helped to promote a surge in the economy.
This act helped the economy grow during this time.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Texas.
The United States lost their young president and many mourned.

This act outlawed any discriminatory acts when it comes to voting.
This act eventually led to blacks voting without being afraid.

Richard Nixon becomes the United States President.
The United States involvement in the Vietnam War increases because he increased our involvement when he came into office.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Tennessee.
Many people in the United States mourned his death and many protesters were left without their leader.

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
This caused other countries to increase their space efforts.

This doctrine expected Asian nations to exercise more "self help."
This doctrine helped the United States stay out of some conflicts that they do not need to be in.

This was a political scandal that was linked to President Nixon.
This caused distrust in the government.

There was a embargo put on the United States in getting oil.
Prices of gas sky rocketed.

Abortion is legalized in the United States with restrictions.
Many questioned the morality of people now.

Nixon resigns due to possible impeachment.
Gerald Ford then became president.

Ronald Reagan becomes the president of the United States.
Reagan started his economic solution called Reaganomics.

Reagan administration secretly sold firearms to Iran.
This caused even more distrust in the United States in their government.

George H.W. Bush is elected as the president of the United States.
Bush became president with a huge victory.

The wall that divided East and West Germany went down.
This paved the way for Germany's reunification.

Bush sent in United States Forces to stop Saddam Hussein.
Bush was successful in his attack and devastated Iraq and crushed their tanks.

Bill Clinton was elected to be the United States President.
Bill tried to make the world better with his policies and new ideas due to his youth.