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The Korean War was one of the first military actions of the Cold War. Americans believed that the reason for the war was against the international forces of communism.
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During the first day of school at Central Highschool, a large group of white people gathered in front of the school and the National Guard was sent by Governor Orval Faubus to stop the nine African American students from attending the Highschool. Soon enough a large group of NAACP lawyers came together including Thurgood Marshall and won a federal district court injunction to prevent the governor from blocking the students way in. The students finally walked into the school on September 23 1957
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In the sixties a wide varity of rock and roll music came about. Bands like The Beatles, The Supremes, The Beach Boys and the Temptations etc.
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On Novemeber 8, 1960 JFK was elected President against Richard M. Nixon. JFK won by one of the closest elections in U.S. history. JFK was the youngest president, he was also the first and only Catholic president.
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JFK's assassination took place during a trip he took to downtown Dallas. Around 12:30 Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
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In March 1965, President Johnson decided to send U.S. combat forces to fight in Vietnam. 82,000 troops were stationed in Vietnam by June 1965. By the end of 1965 General William Westmoreland wanted 175,000 more combat troops sent over to Vietnam.
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On gaint leap for mankind! President Kennedy was determined to set foot on the moon before the decaded ended, and even after his death the NASA fulfilled his dream in a sense by landing man on the moon just before the decade was over.
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The United States ended military involvement in vietnam, but the war truly didnt end till 2 Years later, South Vietnam did not recieve any American assistance.
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President Nixon resigned due to the Water Gate Scandal. President Nixon knew that he would be convicted so instead of the worse he resigned.
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On March 30, 1981 John Hinckley Jr. opened fire on Reagan infront of the Washington Hilton Hotel. The bullet only punctured his lung. After only 12 days in the hospitial Reagan was sent home.
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President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Challenger launched out of Cape Canaveral Florida and within 73 seconds after the launch the shuttle exploded killing all 7 members of the crew.
