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1
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Republicans regain Congress under Truman

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1946

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GI Bill of Rights

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1944

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21 point plan for reconstruction after WW2

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Sep 1945

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4
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Double V Campaign

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1942-45

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Attacks on returning soldiers

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1945-46

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6
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Potsdam Conference

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July/August 1945

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7
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Atom Bomb dropped on Japan

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6th and 9th August 1945

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8
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Long Telegram sent from Kennan

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1946

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9
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Taft Hartley Act - Truman’s veto overturned

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1947

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10
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States Rights Democratic Party win 4 states in the deep south

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1948 election

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11
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Truman wins a surprise re election

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1948

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12
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National Secuirty Act creates National Security Council and CIA

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1947

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Executive Order 9981 - Desegregate the military

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1948

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14
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To Secure These Rights published

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1947

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15
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Truman speech to NAACP

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1947

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16
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Jackie Robinson breaks colour bar in the MLB

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1947

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17
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Truman Doctrine

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1947

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18
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Marshall Plan - European Recovery Plan

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1948

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19
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Belin Blockade and Airlift Begin

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June 1948

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20
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Joseph’s McCarthy speech on communism in State Dept

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Feb 1950

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21
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NSC 68 Proposed

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1950

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22
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Soviet Union gets Atomic Bomb

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1949

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23
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Berlin Blockade + Airlift End

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May 1949

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24
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NATO set up

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1949

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25
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Loss of China

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1949

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26
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Korean War Starts

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1950

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27
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Truman’s approval rating hits 22%

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1952

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28
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Steel Industry strikes

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1952

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29
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Stalemate in Korean War

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1951

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30
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MacArthur Sacked from leading UN forces in Korea

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1951

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31
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H-Bomb tested

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1952

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32
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Army-McCarthy hearings

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1954

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33
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Rosenburgs executed

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1953

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34
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Dept of Health, Education and Welfare set up

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1953

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35
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Recession hits economy

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1953

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36
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Brown v Board of education
- desegregate public schools
- role of Earl Warren

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1954

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37
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Armistice in Korea

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1953

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38
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Iran Coup

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August - 1953

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39
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Guatemala Coup (PB Success)

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1954

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40
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French defeat in Vietnam

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1954

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41
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Shelling of Quemoy and Matsu / Taiwan Straits crisis

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1954-55

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42
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Stalin dies

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1953

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43
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Interstate Highways Act

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1956

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44
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Southdale Centre - first mall opens

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1956

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45
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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1955

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46
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Emitt Till murdered

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1955

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47
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Brown vs Gayle
- desegregating transport

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1956

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48
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Geneva Conference + Open Skies proposal

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1955

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49
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Hungarian Uprising

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1956

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50
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Suez Crisis

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1956

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51
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Second recession hits under Eisenhower, 5 million unemployed

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1958

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52
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NASA founded

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1958

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53
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First Civil Rights Act under Eisenhower

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1957

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54
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Little Rock Crisis

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1957

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55
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MLK declared leader of SCLC

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1957

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56
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Sputnik Launched

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1957

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57
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USA has 5500 nuclear weapons compared to USSR’s 650

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1957

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58
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Berlin Ultimatum issued by Khrsuhchev

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1958

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59
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Alaska and Hawaii admittedd as states

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1959

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60
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Kennedy elected President

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1960

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61
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SDS set up

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1960

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62
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The Hate that Hate produced documentary

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1960

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63
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SNCC formed

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1960

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64
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Greensboro sit-ins

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1960

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65
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U2 Crisis

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1960

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66
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Paris peace summit failure

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1960

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67
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Khrsushchev visits America

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1959

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68
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New Frontier coined in Democratic candidate acceptance speech for Kennedy

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1960

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69
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Social Secuirty benefits increased by 20% (JFK)

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1961

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70
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Freedom Rides

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1961

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71
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Albany Movement

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1961

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72
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Exec Order 10925 - Set up President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

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1961

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73
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Bay of Pigs invasion

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April 1961

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74
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Vienna Summit

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June 1961

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75
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Berlin Wall put up

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August 1961

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76
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Checkpoint Charlie standoff

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October 1961

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77
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Peace Corps established

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1961

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78
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Coup against Diem in S. Vietnam

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November 1961

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79
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Nixon loses California Governor’s race

80
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Manpower Development and Training Act

81
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Harrington’s The Other America published

82
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JFK’s Man on the Moon Speech

83
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SDS first convention, Port Huron statement (manifesto)

84
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James Meredith registers at the University of Mississippi

85
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Cuban Missile Crisis

86
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Kennedy’s assassination, Johnson becomes president

87
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Clean Air ACt

88
Q

Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique published

89
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Birmingham March

90
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Civil Rights Bill

91
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March on Washington

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August 1963

92
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

93
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Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech

94
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Diem assassinated

95
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Warren Commission Report published (about JFK’s assassination)

96
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LBJ coins “Great Society” and declares “a war on poverty”

97
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Economic Opportunity Act

98
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Berkley Free Speech Movement begins

99
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Civil Rights Act (LBJ)

100
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Freedom Summer in Missippi, CORE and SNCC

101
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Malcolm X Ballot or Bullet speech

102
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Race riots begin in ghettos

103
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Gulf of tonkin incident, tonkin resolution

104
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Warren Commission report published

105
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Medicare and Medicaid created in the Social Secuirty Act

106
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Housing and Urban development Act

107
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Minimum Wage Act (LBJ)

108
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Teach in against Vientnam War

109
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Anti-War protests by SDS

110
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Selma March

111
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Voting Rights Act

112
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Malcolm X assassinated

113
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First ground troops in Vietnam

114
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Rolling Thunder Begins

115
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Model Cities Program begins

116
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NOW established

117
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Black Panthers established

118
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Stokely Carmichael becomes head of SNCC

119
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Meredith March

120
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MLK’s Chicago Ghetto campaign

121
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France withdraw from NATO

122
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190,000 troops in Vietnam

123
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Youth International Party Set Up - Yippies

124
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Stop the Draft week

125
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“Long Hot Summers” eg Detroit, Newark

126
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MLK criticises Vietnam War

127
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SNCC expels white members

128
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Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American Justice of the Supreme Court

129
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Bobby Kennedy assassinated

130
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Fair Housing Act (LBJ)

131
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Police clash with anti-war protestors at Democratic National Convention

132
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Columbia University Riots

133
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MLK’s assassination

134
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Kerner Report published

135
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My Lai Massacre

136
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Tet Offensive

137
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Ten Point Program of the Black Panthers

138
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Silent Majority speech

139
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Paris Peace talks begin (Vietnam)

140
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Woodstock Music Festival

141
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Nixon launches Vietnamisation policy

142
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Apollo 11 successfully lands on the moon

143
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250,000 protestors march in Washington against the Vietnam war

144
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Covert bombing of Cambodia begins

145
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Women’s movement protest at Miss America Pageant

146
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Stonewall Rebellion launches Gay Rights movement

147
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Occupational Safety and Health Act

148
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What happens in 1970 midterms

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Democrat sweep

149
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Voting Rights Act Amendment lowers the voting age to 18

150
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Race riots in Georgia

151
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Kent State shootings

152
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US invades Cambodia

153
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Chicago Seven found not guilty of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention

154
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Nixon declares a War on Drugs

155
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End of Bretton Woods System

156
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New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers - (about Vietnam, claiming Johnson had lied)

157
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US ends trade embargo on China

158
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States)

159
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William Calley found guilty of 22 murders in My Lai massacre

160
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Vietnam Draft ends

161
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Nixon wins landslide re-election

162
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Equal rights amendment passed through Senate and goes to states for ratification

163
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Kissinger declares “peace is at hand”

164
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Break in at Watergate building

165
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SALT treaty

166
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Nixon visits China

167
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Watergate burglars convicted

168
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Roe v. Wade

169
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Paris Peace accords signed. Vietnam war ends

170
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Dollar devalued by 10%

171
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Senate investigation into Watergate begins

172
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OPEC raises oil prices by 70%

173
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Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Dean resign

174
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White House tapes surrendered

175
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Inflaiton hits 11%

176
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Seven former White House officials are indicted for their role in Watergate

177
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Impeachment process started in Congress

178
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Supreme Court orderes NIxon to release White House tapes

179
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Nixon resigns

180
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Gerald Ford becomes President

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8th August 1974
Nixon resignation the day before

181
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Ford pardons Nixon

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8th September 1974

182
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Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Mitchell found guilty of Watergate cover-up

183
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Fall of Saigon, Final withdrawal of Vietnam

184
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Unemployment Reaches 9% (F/C)

185
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Ford survives two assassination attempts

186
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Helsinki Agreement

187
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Carter defeats Ford to become President

188
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Black History Month created

189
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Natural Gas shortage forces closure of schools and factories in the winter of….

190
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Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders

191
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Sit ins across the US for Civil Rights for people with disabilities

192
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US Department of Energy created

193
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed (F+C)

194
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SEATO dissolved

195
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Carter postpones the development of the Neutron bomb

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