Preceden

ElzeyK timeline 1946-1977

Presidents

Harry Truman

1945 - 1953

Dwight D Eisenhower

1953 - 1961

John F Kennedy

1961 - 1963

Lyndon B Johnson

1963 - 1969

Richard Nixion

1969 - 1974

Gerald Ford

1974 - 1977

Legislation, Amendments, Supreme Court

Taft-Hartly Act

1947

22 Amendment

1951

it was ratified on Febaruary 27, 1951
it said that a president could have more than 2 terms in office

Brown v. Bored

1954

23 Amendment

1961

it was ratified on the 29th of march it said that the seat of coverment must be appointed in a certain manner

24 Amendment

1964

it was ratified on the 23 of January and it was to take away the poll taxes

Civil Rights Act

1964

Voting Rights Act

1965

Miranda v. Arizona

1966

25 Amendments

1967

ratified on th e10th of Febaruary and it said that if a president dies that the vicew president would take office

26 Amendment

1971

ratified on the 1st of July it said that you hade to be 18 to vote

World Events

Cold war begins

1947

Isreal is created

1948

NATO is formed

1948

U.S 1st attempt to launch a satellite

1957

Alaska is Ammitted to the U.S

1959

Bay of Pigs Invasion

1961

Cuban Missle Crisis

1962

March on Washington

1963

Gulf of Tonkins

1964

Technology

Microwave oven

1946

Passeger Jet

1952

Color TV

1953

Hovercraft

1956

Satillite

1957

Laser

1958

First Copy Machine

1959

Audio Cassette

1962

Campact Disk

1965

Hand Held Calculator

1967

Society & Culture

Mashelle Plan

1947

Montgomory Bus Boycott

1955

Rosa Parks

Supreme Court orders Desegrigation

1955

Polio Vacine

1959

made by salk

Pop Art

1962

Hippie Movement

1966

Martin Luther King Jr. Assination

1968