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during WWII the was black buses and white buses for new recruits and also segregated barracks, after WWII and during Korea and Vietnam buses were not segregated due to the Montgomery bus boycott (56) and Executive Order 9981. -
the space race started with the launch of sputnik (russian for "Traveler") which caused Eisenhower to make the space organization called NASA which started the Apollo missions, and the CIA to gather intelligence on the Soviet Union. -
JFK evoked a sense of security and a spirit of idealism which reassured Americans of their nation's strengths and inspired them to serve their country and the world. "my fellow Americans -- ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world--ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man," Kennedy said in his inaugural address.
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On October 21, 1967, one of the most prominent anti-war demonstrations took place, as some 100,000 protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial; around 30,000 of them continued in a march on the Pentagon later that night
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Robert Kennedy was JFK's brother and he was assassinated in his kitchen when he was running for president of the United States. when JFK was president he was also his attorney general. -
Napalm was controversial to the war in Vietnam because it burnt down forests and killed civilians who weren't taking part in the war.
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The war in Vietnam was to stop the spread of communism and to stop the domino theory of "if Vietnam Falls then other countries will fall to communism soon thereafter". -
Charlie is the letter c in the NATO alphabet but during the war in Vietnam it was used to let allies know about the VC or Viet cong, other names for the Viet Cong were "Victor Charlie" and "VC". -
Richard Nixon was the president that led the Watergate scandal and was pardoned all allegations from it by president Ford. he was also the president that ordered the withdrawal of American forces in Vietnam. -
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual attempts to cover up its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal -
Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, which marked a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the collapse of South Vietnam nine months into his presidency, US involvement in the Vietnam War essentially ended. In one of his most controversial acts, he granted a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal.
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Jimmy carter was the 39th president and also the president that sold the Panama Canal to panama. when he was president he was controversial for not being able to get the Americans being held hostage in Iran during the Iranian Hostage Crisis. -
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president and was the president that helped stop the cold war and save the American Hostages in Iran During the Iranian Hostage Crisis. -
back in the late 20th century, Apple was mainly a computer company, creating one the first desktop computers
