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1950 - 2000 Review with students the layout and purpose of a timeline. Be sure students understand how the flow of time is shown in this visual format. The dates shown in the answer key below are for your reference, and students do not need to list them on their timeline or the timeline guide. Timeline event guide, page 200 To help study the timeline, students should complete the "fill in the blanks" event guide using the word bank at the bottom of the page. It's a good small group project, with students sharing what they already know, and then using a textbook, online encyclopedia, or other resources to help them pick the correct answers. 1. Korean War begins - 1950 ...stop the spread of communism. 2. Brown v. Board of Ed. - 1954 ...segregated public schools illegal. 3. Sputnik in space - 1957 ...launched by Russia. 4. Vietnam conflict growing - 1961 ...became very large. 5. Cuban missile crisis - 1962 ...while, nuclear war seemed... 6. March on Washington - 1963 ..."I Have a Dream" speech. 7. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 1964 It outlawed discrimination in public places. 8. First moon landing - 1969 ...it united all Americans... 9. Woodstock Music Fair - 1969 ...of the hippie movement. 10. Nixon resigns - 1974 ...at the Watergate office building. 11. South Vietnam falls - 1975 ...about two years earlier. 12. Apple Computer I introduced - 1976 ...new industry of personal computers. 13. IBM PC introduced - 1981 ...rapidly in business offices. 14. AIDS officially identified - 1981/82 (named in 1982) ...body's immune system. 15. Berlin Wall falls - 1989 ...the Cold War was... 16. Desert Storm War - 1991 ...to free Kuwait from occupation... 17. Russia rejects communism - 1991 ...just not working. 18. Welfare reform law - 1996 ...from both political parties. |
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