The Vietnam War was from 1960-1975. The were 4,368,000 American soldiers involved.
JFK established the Peace Corps
John F. Kennedy becomes first Catholic President
JFK diverted a nuclear war with the Soviet Union and secured the removal of missiles from Cuba.
October 1962
to Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R
John F. Kennedy was assainated in Dallas, Tx.
Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President
The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964,after JFKs death.
LBJ take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack.and to prevent further aggression in Vietnam
LBJ signed the Voting Acts Right
LBJ signed Wilderness Act
LBJ signed the Food Stamps Act
Richard Nixon became the 37th President
LBJ Presidency Ended
Nixon Doctrin would support democratic third world nations by providing them with financial and military aid, but not troops.
Nixon announced on national television that he would become the first president ever to visit the People's Republic of China, a nation which had remained isolated from the West since the Communist revolution in 1949.
Nixon went to Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R
Nixon signed an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty, an interim SALT treaty and a billion-dollar trade agreement
Nixon is reellected
Nixon's involvement in Watergate tarnished his legacy
Nixon announced that he would resign.
Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) became the 38th President of the United States when Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.
Unemployment reached a high rate of 8.9 percent.
Ford cut inflation by more than half and unemployment has decreased.