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Vietnam was split into two countries
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The French lost their war in Vietnam. The country was split into two at the seventeenth parallel. The North was Communist led by Ho Chi Minh and the South was led by Ngo Dinh Diem and was backed up by the U.S. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
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The Warren Court in Kansas unanimously ruled that the segregation of public schools was "inherently unequal" and thus unconstitutional. It reversed the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. She was arrested for it, but it sparked the boycott movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of the movement -
President Eisenhower reelected
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President Eisenhower, a Republican, beat Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 presidential election. -
Interstate Highway Act
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The Interstate Highway Act was a $27 billion to build 42,000 miles of road. It is the biggest public works project in the U.S. -
The SCLL formed
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Martin Luther King Jr. formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to mobilize the power of the black churches to help black rights. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
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The Eisenhower Doctrine promised U.S. military and economic aid to Middle Eastern Nations threatened by Communism. It was another way for the U.S. to keep its holdings in Middle Eastern oil. -
Little Rock School desegregation crisis
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Nine black students wanted to go to the all white Central Highschool in Arkansas. The governor called in the state troops to prevent them. Then, President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to escort them to school. -
John F. Kenedy was elected President
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John F. Kenedy was the Democratic nominee and ran against Richard Nixon, a Republican. He narrowly won. He was the first Catholic president. -
The SNCC was formed
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Southern black students formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee help the "sit-in" movements. These movements were aimed at obtaining equal treatment in restaurants, transportation, employment, and voter registration. -
The Peace Corps was created
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Kenedy created the Peace Corps, a group of youthful and idealistic volunteers to bring American skills and help to underdeveloped nations. -
Trade Expansion Act
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The Trade Expansion Act authorized tariff cuts up to 50% to promote trade with Common Market counrties. It ened in 1967, but significantly expanded American and European trade. -
The March on Washington
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Martin Luther King Jr. led 200,000 black and white citizens on a peaceful march to Washington D.C. It was in support of new civil rights legislation. King gave his powerful "I have a dream" speech. -
24th Ammendment added to the Constitution
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The 24th ammendment to the Constitution abolished the poll tax in federal elections. Now blacks had a much easier time voting in elections. -
Lyndon Baines Johnson was elected President
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Johnson, who was already president after the assassination of JFK, was elected over Goldwater, the Republican, in 1964 -
The Civil Rights Act was passed
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The Civil RIghts Act of 1964 helped the government to enforce school desegregation orders and the prohibition of racial discrimination. -
Medicare and Medicaid
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Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for the poor were made. It gave these people money from the government to help their situation. It helped millions of lives. -
The Voting Rights Act was passed
Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006The Voting RIghts Act of 1965 outlawed literacy tests and sent federal voter registrars into several southern states. It basically gave blacks the ability to vote easily and without the fear reprisals. It also ended the nonviolent era of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Immigration and Nationality Act
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The Immigration and Nationality Act abolished the "national origins" quota system from 1921. It doubled the number of immigrants allowed to enter annually but also set a limit on the number of immigrants from the Western Hemisphere. -
The Black Panther Party began
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The Black Panther Party was a group of black people who wanted to protect their black neighborhoods from police brutality. They were based in Oakland, CA and were a large force in the Black Power movement. -
Richard Nixon was elected president
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Richard Nixon was elected the president of the U.S. in 1968. He was a Republican and his Vice President was Spiro Agnew. -
Tet Offensive
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The Viet Cong launched a devastating attack on 27 important South Vietnamese cities, including Saigon. The Viet Cong lost militarily, but won a lot of support politically. -
Bombing Cambodia
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The U.S. Air Force had secretly been bombing North Vietnamese positions in Cambodia. It lasted four years before the U.S. public found out. -
The U.S. invaded Cambodia
Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006Nixon ordered the American forces to invade Cambodia, the nieghboring country to Vietnam, even though they were neutral. The North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong used Cambodia as a refuge and place to get weapons and supplies. However, Nixon ordered the withdrawl of the troops only two months later. -
Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency was created to protect human and environmental health. It created much needed regulations for the environment. -
Equal Rights Ammendment
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The Equal Rights Ammendment won in both houses of Congress, however it was not ratified by enough states, and therefore didnt't become a law. It said that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any Sate on account of sex". -
The ABM and SALT accords
Kennedy, David., et al. The American Pageant. Thirteenth edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
The Anti-ballistic Missle treaty was between the U.S. and the USSR. It limited each nation to two clusters of defensive missiles. The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks froze the number of long-range nuclear missiles for five years. -
Title IX of Education Ammendments
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Title IX of the Education Ammendments prohibited sex discrimination in any federally assisted educational program or activity. It helped create women's athletics at schools and colleges, and women's professional sports. -
Gerald Ford became president
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Gerald Ford was the first unelected president in history. He was Nixon's Vice President after Agnew resigned and became the president after Nixon resigned. -
The end of U.S. occupation in Vietnam
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The last of the U.S. military was removed for Vietnam in 1975 and South Vietnam fell to Communist North.
