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President Roosevelt bans discrimination in defense industries.
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Gunner Myrtle publishes a famous book called "The American Dilemma"
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Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers. He was the first African American to play in the major league, and paved the way for integration in professional sports.
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President Truman officially desegregated the military. The government would officially start working to integrate the United States military.
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SEATO was formed to prevent the spread of communism in the region.
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Rosa Parks an African American woman, started the buss boycott. She sat in the front of the bus, and wouldn't give her seat up to a white passenger, when asked to do so. She was arrested and started the famous movement of boycotting buses, to fight segregation.
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A document against Integration.
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NASA was created. National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed so America can dominate on land, sea, air and space. NASA was competing with the Soviet Unions space program.
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The first United States soldiers are sent to Vietnam, to combat North Vietnam and there communist ideology. They were sent to also assist South Vietnam troops in the fight.
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John F Kennedy becomes the United States President. Kennedy accomplished many things is office. He prevented WW3 many times, and sent the first man to the moon. John F Kennedy is an American hero.
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The DP choose Kennedy as nominee and Johnson agrees to VP.
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A group of African Americans remained in their seats after being told to move, starting a new movement.
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The United States invaded Cuba in a kinda secretive opertaion. They sent Cubans who fled because of Castro, to take back Cuba from him. The operation failed miserably and was a disaster for every single person involved.
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Discriminated people would ride on interstate buses to protest discrimination, and to show that the Federal government is not enforcing the laws and protecting them.
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Peace Corpse would send people all over the world to help the poor or sick.
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Both leaders focus on Germany as a main issue, in the Cold War.
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To separate the commies and the normal people they build a wall down the middle of Germany.
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Fidel Castro lets the Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba. In response to the U.S. and all the nuclear missiles they have around the Soviet Union. The issue get resolved and the missiles are taken out of Cuba.
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John Glean was the first American to orbit space. At this time America and the Soviet Union were in a space race. So every step we took that brought us closer too dominating space was huge. America and John Glean made a huge leap with the space program.
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Members of the KKK planted explosives at a church in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion killed four people.
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UK, US and Soviet Union all sign the Nuclear Test Ban treaty.
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More than 15,000 American Troops were fighting in Vietnam.
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Medgar Evers was assassinated, he was a civil rights activist.
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MLK was in jail and sent an important letter out of his jail cell.
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Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Ole Miss.
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One of the most popular bands this world has ever seen. The Beatles music is still heard around the world today, and its a crime to not know who they are.
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Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba. He becomes a puppet for the Soviet Union, and the US cuts their ties with Cuba.
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The Civil Rights Act was major change in America. Even though it made discrimination against color illegal, it took many people years to accept that its illegal to discriminate. The act was a major step for civil rights activists.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was signed.
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President Johnson faces his first major crises in Vietnam
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The Economic Opportunity Act was formed to help the poor.
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President Johnson has a vision for the US people, he called it The Great Society.
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U.S. Airstrikes hammer North Vietnam. They also bombed Vietcong strongholds in the south and would continue to do so throughout the war. America had massive air superiority in Vietnam, but it still wasn't enough.
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Martin and a extremely large group of all races, march on Selma Alabama, to ensure that their voting rights are protected and that they have an equal opportunity at voting. The march attracted an extreme amount of attention from around the world!
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Americans were not happy with the war in Vietnam and 2/3 of American citizens disagreed with it. American men were getting drafted and in protest, would burn there draft letters, and not show up at all.
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This act was passed by Johnson. This act outlawed the discriminatory processes adopted by the southern states. They ensured that African Americans had equal rights, when it comes to voting.
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The most American soldiers were drafted into the Vietnam war.
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Operation Rolling Thunder begins in Vietnam, US air attacks.
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It was a bill passed for illegal immigrants, already in the US.
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President Johnson dramatically changes US role in Vietnam War.
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Marines arrived to defend the Danang airport.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act aids low income schools.
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The NTMV was established to establish and regulate motor vehicles, and establish laws and guidelines.
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Water that is polluted will get cleaned and there can be no tampered water.
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War had developed into a statement for the US.
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2,000 people flock to San Francisco, because of the Counterculture movement.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated on his balcony. He was shot by a racist. Martin was the leader of the whole civil rights movement, and he worked to get African Americans equal rights.
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The Democratic Convention erupts in violence because of disagreement.
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North Vietnam attacks South Vietnam on a holiday, and it was unexpected.
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Americas was the first country to send someone to the moon. NASA, which was a government funded agency, sent the successful rocket to the moon. We beat the commies to the moon, and that's all that matters.
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Disaster at a Hippie concert slows the Counter Culture movement.
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The Environmental Protection Agency was formed, and was made to protect the Earths environment and limit pollution. The EPA is still a highly respected and active organization to this day.
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The United States declares war on Cambodia. The US did this to stop the spread of communism and limit the supplies that North Vietnam was getting. The guns and all of there supplies were coming through Cambodia.
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Students shot at a protest at Kent State
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American troops went to a region in Vietnam and started killing innocent people. Including women and children. They killed and killed simply because the enemy doesn't wear a uniform, so that was an excuse.
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Papers that showed why the US was still in Vietnam.
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The War Powers Act was passed by congress to give some of the power back to the legislative branch. So the president cant just declare war and has to go through congress still.
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Agreement between N Vietnam, S Vietnam and the US.
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After America draws out of the war, South Vietnam and North Vietnam continue to fight, even though they sign a "peace" treaty. Eventually South Vietnam was no match for the North Vietnamese army.
