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1
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Black Thursday

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Thursday 24th October 1929

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Dust bowl

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1931

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Bonus Marchers

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May and June 1932

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Emergency Relief Act

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July 1932

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Roosevelt’s election win

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November 1932

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Second New deal

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January 1935

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Reduction of New Deal budget

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1937

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Sick Chickens Case

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1935

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US vs Butler

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1936

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Roosevelt’s death

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12th April 1945

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Black soldiers allowed into the marines

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1944

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Desegregation in the navy

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1946

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13
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Army and Air Force desegregation

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1948

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14
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Decision of Brown vs Board

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17th May 1954

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15
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Little Rock High School incident

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3rd September 1957

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16
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Re-opening of Arkansas schools

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1959

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17
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James Meredith case

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June 1962

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18
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End of Montgomery Bus Boycott

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20th December 1956

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19
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Sit ins

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Early 1960

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20
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Freedom rides

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May 1961

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21
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I Have A Dream speech

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1963

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22
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MLK’s death

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4th April 1968

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23
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Malcom X’s death

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21st February 1965

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24
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Civil Rights Act

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1964

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25
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March to the Bridge in Selma

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7th March 1965

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26
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Voting Rights Act

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Summer 1965

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27
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Watts Riot

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11th August 1965

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28
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Founding of the Black Panther movement

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October 1966

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29
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Kennedy wins the General Election

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1960

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30
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Kennedy’s assassination

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1963

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Nixon first election win

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1968

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Nixon second election win

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1972

33
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Nixon resignation

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8th August 1974

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Nixon hands over all White House tapes

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30th April 1974

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When was the Election Campaign Act passed?

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1974

36
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When was the War Powers Act introduced?

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1973

37
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When was the Privacy Act passed?

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1974

38
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Reagan 1st election win

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1981

39
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Reagan 2nd election win

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1985

40
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Stock market crash due to Reaganomics

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1987

41
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Challenger space shuttle crash

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January 1986

42
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War on Drugs

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14th October 1982

43
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When was George Bush Snr’s presidential term?

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1989-1993

44
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Bill Clinton election win

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1992

45
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Yalta conference

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January 1945

46
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Potsdam Conference

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July 1945

47
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When was the Marshall Plan introduced?

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June 1947

48
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When was NATO set up?

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1949

49
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When was the Berlin Crisis blockade?

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24th June 1948

50
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Beginning of Operation Planefare

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28th June 1948

51
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End of the Blockade

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12th May 1949

52
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Order to build the Berlin Wall

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August 1961

53
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Cuba invasion by the USA

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April 1961

54
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Beggining of Soviet missile installation in Cuba

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September 1962

55
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Photos of Cuban missiles

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14th October 1962

56
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When was the beginning of naval blockade to stop missiles?

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20th October 1962

57
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

57
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

57
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

57
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

57
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

57
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

58
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US spy plane shot down over Cuba

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27th October 1962

59
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Partial Test Ban treaty

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August 1963

60
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Geneva Agreement

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1954

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When was the beggining of the Vietcong terror campaign?

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1959

62
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Overthrow of Diem

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1963

63
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Gulf of Tonkin incident

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1964

64
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Operation Rolling Thunder

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1965-1968

65
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Beggining of the Tet Offensive

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31st January 1968

66
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Ceasefire for Vietnam

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23rd January 1973

67
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Helsinki Agreements

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1975

68
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Declared end of the Cold War

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2nd December 1989

69
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Fall of the Berlin Wall

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9th November 1989

70
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Gulf War

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1990-1991

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