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44th presidential election between (D) John F. Kennedy and (R) Richard Nixon. Kennedy wins.
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John F. Kennedy addresses the country as the 44th president about stopping the spread of communism.
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Bombers flown by Cuban exiles attack airfileds and misses targets.
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Kennedy said US should commit itself to having a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
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500 people were arrested to try to get rid of ALL segeration in Albany, Ga.
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Book written by Rachel Carson that exposed different chemicals that were hurting the enviorment, like DDT.
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America had to figure out away to get Soviet missiles out of Cuba which lead a 14 day confrontation.
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Riots broke out and got national inernational attention, goal was to desegrate down town stores in Birmingham Alabama.
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Medgar Evers was a NAACP leader who was murder in Meridian, Missippi for leading civil rights boycotts.
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200,000 people marched to Lincoln Memorial in order to get equal jobs and freedom for minorites.
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4 girls killed and 15 injured during a bombing at a church in Birmingham, Alabama which was a turning point for voting rights.
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A law designed to control air pollution.
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Ratified to end the poll tax.
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Outlawed major public discrimination agasint race,gender,religion.
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North Viertnamese attacked three American PT boats.
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Congress gave President Johnson a blank check to take all the necessary measures to prevent further issues in Vietnam.
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Civil rights leader killed by 3 members of the Nation of Islam.
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Professors taught a special night session with issues concerning Vietnam war first taking place at the University of Michigan.
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A 54 mile walk to Montgomery,Alabama to get the right to vote for blacks.
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Properly made registration equal for all individuals taking away restrictions and literacy test.
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The government had to now set laws and make new safety standards for motor vechiles and road traffic safety.
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New militant political party formed by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton causing a major split in civil rights movement.
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A law that regulates the Federal meat inspection.
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Viet Cong did a sneak attack on major cities causing a change in the public opinon in the U.S.
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U.S. soldiers of the 23rd Battalion killed 567 old men, women, and children over in Vietnam.
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President Johnson tells the world he's not running for a 2nd term as president due to growing problems in Vietnam.
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Killed by James Earl Ray, which marked the end of the Civil Rights movement.
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(R) Richard Nixon won the election over (D) George Humphrey.
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Where people fathered for days to listen to rock bands, introducing drugs,sex and nudity.
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A counterculture rock concert where 300,000 people attended.
