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Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in North Vietnam (1954)
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Vietnam War (1955- 1975)
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Kennedy versus Nixon TV Debate (1960)
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
A Invasion was a failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba -
Peace Corps Formed (1961)
John F. Kennedy signed into law the Peace Corps Act, making good on a promise to seek Americans “ -
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John F. Kennedy (1961- 1963)
He signed the first nuclear weapons treaty -
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
the Missile Scare, was a 1 month, 4 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas, Texas (1963)
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Lyndon B. Johnson (1963- 1969)
He was a American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
The Great Society (1964)
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
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Tet Offensive (1968)
North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre (1968)
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Vietnamization (1969)
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Woodstock Music Festival (1969)
Woodstock was a music festival -
Draft Lottery (1969)
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Manson Family Murders (1969)
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Apollo 11 (1969)
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Richard Nixon (1969- 1974)
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Invasion of Cambodia (1970)
military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia -
Kent State Shootings (1970)
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Pentagon Papers (1971)
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26th Amendment (1971)
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War Powers Resolution (1973)
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Fall of Saigon (1975)
known as the Liberation of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon