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Nixon declared that American troops and South Vietnamese troops would invade Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines.
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Occurred at Kent State University in Ohio and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard. Four students were killed, and 9 others were wounded. This event epitomized the division that the Vietnam war had created in America.
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This film was an American crime film that is regarded as one of the greatest. It centers in the Mafia. The film also won three Oscars.
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This was a break in at the Democratic National Committee. the Nixon administration tried to cover up their involvement. They were then found to have been involed in the break in and this ended up causing Nixon to resign.
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Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in the Olympics in Germany. He was a swimmer.
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In this case the Supreme ourt ruled that a person has the right to abortion until the baby can potentially be able to live outside the mother's womb.
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American troops slowly withdrew from Vietman through a process called Vietnamization. All military involvement ended as a result of the Church Case Amendment.
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The OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo.
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A 19 year old girl was kidnapped from her apartment.
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The Congress voted to start proceedings against Nixon as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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Gerald Ford became president after Nixon resigned. He was the first person to become president without being elected.
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Nixon resigned because he was embarrassed after the Watergate scandal and he knew he was going to be impeached.
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Microsoft was established by Bill Gates. It became the world's largest software maker.
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This was the fall of Saigon which was the capitol of South Vietnam. This also ended the Vietnam war.
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This was a series of celebrations that paid tribute to the historical events that lead to the creation of the United States.
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Carter served as a U.S. Naval officer and then served two terms as a senater before becoming president.
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In Jimmy Carter's first dat in office he fulfilled his campaign promise and granted pardons to a majority of the draft dodgers.
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This was a home/personal computer. It was Commodore's first full featured computer.
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Roots was a tv series about an American family. It also won 9 Emmys.
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This was the diplomatic efforts to settle disputes between Israel and Egypt.
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This was a partial nuclear meltdown of the nuclear reacters. The melt down released small amounts of radioactive gases into the environment.
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52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days after islamist militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran.
