Timelines & Date Keys for
Fasttrack to America's Past
Section 8:  Modern America
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   Use this page to help you complete the corresponding timeline in Fasttrack to America's Past.  Limited reproduction rights are granted to teachers - please see details below.


Timeline of American history 1950 to present



 
 

Dates for the events shown:
Korean War begins - 1950
Brown v. Board of Ed. - 1954
Sputnik in space -  1957
Cuban missile crisis - 1962
March on Washington - 1963 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 1964
First moon landing - 1969 
Woodstock Music Fair - 1969
Nixon resigns - 1974
S. Vietnam falls - 1975
IBM PC introduced - 1981
AIDS officially identified - 1981/82  (named in 1982)
Berlin Wall falls - 1989
Desert Storm War - 1991 
Russia rejects communism - 1991 
Welfare reform passes - 1997
World Trade Center Destroyed - 2001
Iraq War - 2003


 
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