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