1955-1975

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    President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    The Vietnam War

    Communist northern Vietnam fought a guerrilla war against southern Vietnam. The United States aided the government of southern Vietnam.

  • The Little Rock Nine

    These were the first African American children integrated into a white school.

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    NASA was created to challenge the Soviet space exploration.
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    President John F. Kennedy

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The soviet Union planted a missile base in Cuba as retaliation against the United States' missile base in Turkey.

  • President John F. Kennedy's Assassination

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    President Lyndon B. Johnson

  • The Voting Rights Act

    Discrimination against voters, specifically African Americans, was made illegal through this act.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

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    President Richard M. Nixon

  • The Watergate Scandal

    Several of President Nixon's employees broke into the Democratic National Committee.

  • Homosexuality No Longer Mental Illness Under the American Psychiatric Association

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    President Gerald R. Ford