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very popular from WWII as he was the commanding general of the Allied forces.
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This is one of Rosa Park, civil rights activist, most notable bold move that led to the Montgomery boycott. She later receives many congressional awards for her action as a civil rights activist, and freedom rights. (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks)
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The National Guard is called out to bar nine-black student to attend a ex-all-white highschool. There were multiple violence threats that made President Eisenhower to deploy Federal Troops later. (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration)
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Alaska is admitted into the U.S. (http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/alaska_native_villages.htm)
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The building and maintenance of the interstate highway starts with this bill (https://www.transportation.gov/content/federal-aid-highway-act-0)
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Hawaii is admitted into the U.S. (https://travel-hawaii.com/hawaii_map.html)
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President Eisenhower invites Nikita Krushchev to his farm in Gettysburg. This was a first for a Soviet Union leader to set foot and visit the United States
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Dies Tragically to a assassin in Dallas
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With the Soviet building a nuclear base in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered a blockade on Cuba, to stop any ships carrying missiles. This begins a series of events that America goes into total lockdown and fear. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/learning-from-the-missile-crisis-68901679/)
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The recitation of the Bible or any of the Lord's Prayer was deemed unconstitutional by a vote of 8 to 1. (https://www.thinglink.com/scene/508013513495543810)
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A long march to Washington D.C. led by Martin Luther King Jr. ends with his famous speech titled "I Have A Dream" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream)
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This outlawed the requirement of potential voters to take a literacy test in order to qualify to vote. It also gave a provision of federal registration of voters in areas with less than 50% of all voters registered. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/19/march-on-washington-voting-rights-act/2646695/)
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Brought the Vietnam war to an end and greatly improved relations with Soviet Union and China. This grew his popularity, however, his presidency ends with on of the most well known scandals the "Watergate"
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Four men were caught breaking in and trying to steal information from the HQ of the National Democratic Committee. They were later found to be associated with President Nixon and He later resigns. (https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2019/06/podcast-luke-nichter-nixon-tapes-watergate/)
