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After his time spent as a military commander, well-liked Dwight Eisenhower took over as president of the United States in 1953. Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/dwightdeisenhower
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The United States Supreme Court ruled that the usage of seperate facilities for the education of black and white students was uncosntitutional in the Brown V. Board of Education case. The ruling began the long process of integration in the United States. Sources:
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The Geneva Accords created a ceasefire while the French peacefully withdrew from Vietnam. It also provided a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel. Source: https://sites.google.com/site/vietnamwar1959/feneva-accords
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Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955 for civil disobedience. By not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man, she stood up for what she believed in and became a huge figure in African American rights. Source: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_parks_1.html
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott began a few days after Rosa Parks' arrest. The movement was spawned over the segregational bus laws that caused African Americans to have to give up their seats to whites. Martin Luther King participated in this movement that eventually created a huge gain for the Civil Rights Movement. Source: http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/montgomery-bus-boycott-begins
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On June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act that would lead to the construction of an elaborate expressway system. Source: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/06jan/01.cfm
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Eisenhower sends troops to Little Rock to provide protection for a group of nine African American students attempting to attend highschool there. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0925.html
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The Vietnam War was the United States' effort to prevent a communist force from uniting all of Vietnam under a communist regime.
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On September 26, 1960 millions of Americans watched the first ever televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Source: http://27922227.nhd.weebly.com/debate-timelines.html
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Largely due to his charisma on television, John F. Kennedy won the presidential election against Richard Nixon in 1960 and took office in January of 1961. Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnfkennedy
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On September 22, 1961 Congress approved the order by JFK for the Peace Corps to be established. Source:
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After thirteen days, the Cuban Missile Crisis is resolved. The United States will pledge not to invade Cuba if the Russians remove their missiles from Cuba. In exchange the United States removes its missiles from Turkey. Source:
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Martin Luther King Jr leads a civil rights drive in Birmingham, Alabama. Police Commissioner Eugene Connor orders the police to use fire hoses and dogs on demonstrators. Americans, watching the whole ordeal on TV, began to shift their opinions regarding the Civil Rights Movement, thus allowing it to gain support. Source:
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The civil rights movement takes to Washington with about 250,000 protestors participating to show their support for the Civil Rights Movement. At the Lincoln Monument, Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. Source: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html
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On November 22, 1963, JFK was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Source:
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After JFK's assassination Lyndon B. Johnson went from vice-president to president in a matter of hours on the fateful day of November 22, 1963.
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On July 2, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson signed into effect the Civil Rights Act of 1964 thus ending major forms of racial discrimination in the United States. Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3087021
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On August 2, 1964 U.S. and North Vietnamese ships engaged in a naval battle in the Gulf of Tonkin. Source: http://911review.com/precedent/century/tonkin.html
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On September 3, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Wilderness Act, preserving 9,200,000 acres as Federal wilderness system. Source: http://www.kcet.org/news/the_back_forty/commentary/golden-green/the-senate-should-shoot-down-the-sportsmens-heritage-act.html
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On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated by Black Muslim's in New York. Source: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--Malcolm-X-Was-Shot-Dead.html
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By March of 1965 the Americans had "Operation Rolling Thunder" in full effect, instituting full-scale bombing attacks against North Vietnam. Source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_rolling_thunder.htm
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The Tet Offensive is launched full-scale on January 30, 1968 by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong. Source:
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On March 31, 1968 LBJ announces that he will not accept his party's nomination for a second term. Source:
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On June 6, 1968 Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy died following a shooting by Sirah Sirah the previous day. Source: http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-rfks-assassination/#1
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Without Johnson to run for reelection, Nixon won the 1968 presidential election and took office on January 20, 1969. Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/richardnixon
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Nixon outlines his plan of "Vietnamization", which meant that America would withdraw its troops from Vietnam and allow South Vietnam to take over the war effort. Source:
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After multiple days of protest by the student body of KSU, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on the protestors killing four students. Source: http://radicalteacherblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/the-40th-anniversary-of-the-kent-state-killings/
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On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested in the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington after attempting to bug the Democratic party's headquarters. Source:
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Following the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from his position of President of the United States. Source: http://customers.hbci.com/~tgort/resign.htm
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After the march on Saigon, South Vietnam surrenders to the North on April 30, 1975. Source:
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