US History B 2.2

By AaronMartinez

  • 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