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African American civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride on city buses with segregated seating.
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This was in Little Rock Arkansas, where the governor prevented 9 African American students from entering their racially segregated school.
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The Soviet Union launched the first satellite into low orbit around the earth called Sputnik.
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This was a policy brought by Dwight D. Eisenhower that said that if a country in the middle east was under threat the United States could assist them with military force. Focused on the Soviet Union.
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This act was to show more racial support from the Federal Government.
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This was the United States first intercontinental ballistic missile, and one of the largest pieces of metal to be launched into space and earth orbit.
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NASA was founded, coming from the former National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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The United States occupied part of Lebanon during a time of turmoil for the country. This only lasted a few months.
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John F. Kennedy was elected President
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A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviets while doing reconnaissance. The pilot was captured and taken prisoner.
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The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt to overtake Cuba and remove Castro as a communist leader.
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The Freedom Riders were people who challenged unconstitutional segregation that was ignored by states by riding buses.
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A 13 day confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union, that was the closet the cold war ever got to becoming a full on nuclear war.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX while riding through a motorcade by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Amendment that stated that you cannot have a poll tax or any type of tax to vote.
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A confrontation between the United States and North Vietnam, where shits were attacked by North Vietnamese subs attacked US ships. Leading to a more direct involvement in the war by the US.
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Malcolm X was assassinated by Thomas Hagan before he could go to address the OAAU in Manhattan.
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A sustained aerial bombing campaign by the US against North Vietnam.
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The National Organization for Women was formed.
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France withdraws from NATO.
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This was one of the deadliest and destructive riots in history, lasting five days in Detroit between black residents and the Detroit Police Department.
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Series of surprise attacks by rebel supporters of North Vietnam on many cites and towns. Considered to be the turning point in the war.
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Richard Nixon was elected President
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Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Apollo 11 Landed on the moon, with Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin being the first man to take steps on the moon
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Nixon begins talks with China.
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A political scandal involving President Nixon and his administration.
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Richard Nixon ordered a ceasefire of aerial bombings in North Vietnam
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The last remaining troops withdrew from Vietnam after Nixons orders.
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Nixon resigns from office due to the watergate tapes, Ford pardons him of his crimes.
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The capture of Saigon by the Peoples Army of Vietnam, the end of the Vietnam War.