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The Vietnam War a major even during the 1960's as some 2.7 million American Soldiers served in the conflict and 58,000 died in trying to prevent vietnam from fallnig to communism
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John F Kennedy wins the 1960 election and chose Lyndon B. Johnson as his vice president, he defeated Nixon by over 100,00 popular votes
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Kennedy gave approval to the CIA to use cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro regime in Cuba, however things went wrong and it became a major failure, allowed Castro to gain soviet support and strengthened his grip on power
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When Kennedy refused to remove US military influence in Berlin soviet leader Khrushchev built a wall to prevent germans under soviet control from siding with the US, but Kennedy did nothing to stop the building of the wall and it stayed until the 1980's
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reconnaissance planes from the US discovered that the russians were building underground sites in cuba for the launching of offensive missiles that could reach the US in minutes
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Dr. Martin Luther King leads one of the largest and most successful demonstation in US history with 20,000 blacks and whites demonstating their support in a peaceful march for the civil rights bill, led to Kings I Have a Dream speech
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Presendent Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas Texas, making Vice President Lyndon Johnson President of the United States
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Vice President takes oath of office on a plane in dallas airport upon the death of president Kennedy hours before
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Civil rights act is passed and the 24th ammendement placed in the constitution
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As things began to fall apart in Vietnam, president Johnson made use of the naval incident in the Gulf of Tonkin to be granted a "blank check" that would allow Johnson to use any means neccessary to protect US intersts in Vietnam
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Johnson wins election by a landside against Senior Barry Goldwater of Arizona
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Medicare
Medicaid
Elementary School Education Act
new Immigration law
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
two new cabinet departments- DOT, HUD
increased funding for higher education
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when voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama were met with police beatings president Johnson sent in the troops to protect King and the other civil rights demonstators
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On the Occasion of their Lunar New Year (Tet), the Vietcong launched an all out surprise attack on almost every provincial capital and American Base in South Vietnam, while attack took a fearful toll in the cities the US was able to counter attack and recovered lost terriroy, but for those in America people saw a different story that raised concern if America should still be in Vietnam
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Dr. Martin Luther King is murdered in Memhis, Tennesse by a white man leading to massive riots and turmoil across the nation
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Richard Nixon wins election in a very close race against Humphrey winning barely in the popular vote but by a major marjon in the electoral college