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Eisenhower became the 34th President of the U.S. He served two terms and battled communism around the world.
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Similar to the Korean War, the country was divided into a communist state and an anti-communist state. The communist state, North Vietnam had the support of China and the Soviet Union. On the other hand, South Vietnam had the U.S. as an ally.
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Rosa Parks, and African American woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was removed and arrested. Her arrest influence the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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JFK was the 35th President of the U.S. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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the Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed CIA / military mission and invasion on Cuba. This failure made Fidel Castro look like a national hero and increased his support and Communist support.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most famous speech, "I Have A Dream" at the March on Washington. King's dream is for equality and freedom for all in the America he loves.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon. This mission won the Space Race for the Americans against the Russians.
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Five men break into the DNC headquarters at Watergate in D.C. Later, President Nixon's involvement was found and recognized, leading to his impeachment.