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FDA Approves Birth Control Pill
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The solution to take away missiles from countries held by both the USSR and US made the brinksmanship of nuclear warfare less intense. -
JFK's Assassination
Shook the country and started instability in the government -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Got rid of segregation and biased voting requirements -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Allowed American soldiers to participate in the Vietnam War -
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Assassinations of Civil Rights Leaders
Assassinations of Malcolm X and MLK. Delayed civil rights movements -
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The Tet Offensive
Vietnamese soldiers attacked Saigon during a holiday cease fire -
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1968 Democratic National Convention
anti war protesters met aggressive police in Chicago -
Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
The US beat the USSR to the moon in the space race showing their technological superiority -
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Woodstock
Festival that combined the liberal ideas of free living with the rock music of the time