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History 1955-1975

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    Dwight Eisenhower

    Dwight Eisenhower is elected as president.
  • The Geneva Summit

    The Geneva Summit

    A Cold War meeting of "The Big Four" world powers.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks was the mother of the civil rights movement. She refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested. That launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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    John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy is elected as president.
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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    Lyndon Johnson

    Lyndon Johnson is elected as president.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination.
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    Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon is elected as president.
  • Neil Armstrong

    Neil Armstrong

    Men finally landed and walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
  • The Vietnam War Ends

    The Vietnam War Ends

    The war was originally between North and South Vietnam.