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In a speech, U.S> President Dwight D. Eisenhower syas the fall of French Indochina to communists could create a "domino" effect in Southeast Asia. This is called Domino theory.
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive engagement in the First Indochina War. it consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh(Vietnamese Communist and nationalist) forces for control pf a small mountain.
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This event Brown v. Board Education not only helped to integrate America's public schools but also served as an important catalyst in bringing change of other areas of the public domain, where there is still segregation against African Americans.
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Republicans attacked Truman's handling of the Korean War and the broader Cold War, and alleged that Soviet spies had infiltrated the U.S. government.
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He is one of the youngest president in the United States who was assassinated in Dallas.
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President John F. Kennedy sends helicopters and 400 Green Berets to South Vietnam and authorizes secret operations against the Viet Cong.
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It abolished the use of a poll tax in national votes.
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It reduced the legal voting age to 18, bringing in a generation of young voters.
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He was re-elected as a president of the United States right before the end of Vietnam war.
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The president Nixon withdraw all American forces from Vietnam.
