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The organization becomes established.
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Law was passed by President Franklin Roosevelt
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The United States experienced a major spark in birth rates which caused an increase in the population to 78 million.
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Winston Churchill mentioned the "Iron Curtain" to indicate that the Soviet Union conquered most of Eastern Europe and formed a boundary around the captured countries.
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President Truman announed this policy as a way to involve in the activity of foreing countries to prevent the spread of communism.
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George F. Kennan proposed this policy to the west as a method to prevent USSR to intervene other countries.
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Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase known as "Beat Generation" which gave a generalization that people followed in the trend were characterized as beatniks.
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President Truman signed this revovery act law to economically aid European countries after the war.
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The Berlin Airlift was a solution by the Allied forces to transport supplies and goods using planes to Western Berlin.
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The organization became founded.
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U.S Senator Joe McCarthy assumed of there being severe communism related activity in America and conceived this campaign to avoid the uprising of communism.
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The Korean war starts with North and South Korea battling against each other.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were two U.S citizens that proceeded to court for being accounted as Soviet Spies by providing information to the USSR about atomic bombs.
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Took office as becoming the 34th president of the United States.
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Rock n' Roll was brought as a brand new genre of music in the United States and instantly sparked popularity.
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President Eisenhower referred to the term during at a conference when concerned about the activity of communism in Indochina.
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Segregation was now marked as illegal in America which finally gave equal rights to every race.
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Invented the first ever Polio vaccine and announced it as being effective and beneficial.
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Ray Kroc opened the first ever McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois in which it later came to be one the most successful fast food franchises in America.
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Also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, President Eisenhower signed it into law
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Commences during the time of the Cold War when Russia launched the first satellite known as the Sputnik to outer space.
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Became elected as the 35th president of the United States
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An unsuccesful attempt was made by the CIA to invade the Bay of Pigs in the southern coast of Cuba as Fidel Castro took over all of Cuba.
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While the United States and Soviet Union had tensions between them, the U.S concerning about deployed Soviet Union missiles in Cuba became the first day of the crisis.
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This rally brought a huge impact to American society by there being an increase in support for social equality and rights.
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Became the 36th President of the United States
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Congress authorized the document.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson brought the idea to advance civil rights and aid people who are in poverty.
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Was the Co-founder and first ever president of the National Organization for Woman (NOW).
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A decision was made by The U.S Supreme Court case to alter the Law Enforcement in the U.S by implementing what is known as Miranda Rights in which every police officer must inform all of the rights the criminal/suspect has.
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Martin Luther King Jr openely argued about how wrong it was for the United States to intervene in the Vietnam war.
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Contributed to finding the Youth International Party known as "Yippies".
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The Vietcong and North Vietnam launched a series of offensive attacks towards South Vietnam and became the major turning point of the Vietnam War.
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Valiantly performed combat in Loc Ninh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam war to later receive the Medal of Honor.
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Positioned as the 37th President of the United States.
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President Nixon introduced this policy to drive out the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.
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The United States stumbled a major migration from the Rustbelt states to the Sunbelt states.
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The amendment was passed by congress which gave people at the age of 18 the right to vote.
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The War Powers act of 1973 to effect during the times of the Vietnam war which required to check the president's power to use armed conflict if there is no permission given by congress.
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The Fall of Saigon was a battle that occured during the Vietnam war. This event involved North Vietnam to capture the city of Saigon in South Korea.
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Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to be placed in the U.S supreme court. This decade transformed the United States government to be more gender diverse.
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The Cold War ends as the Soviet Union was no longer powerful and subsequently ceased to exist.