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The Cold War
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The beginning of McCathyism
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North Korea Invades South Korea.
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UN Fights North Korea
UN forces land at lnchon and break out of Pusan, MacAruther starts offfesnive towards Yalu River -
China Enters the Korean War
Chinese attack. UN and South Korean forces retreat. Communist push UN forces to the 37th parallel -
UN forces pushed communist back to 38th Parallel.
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Eisenhower inaugurated
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Joesph Stalin Died
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SEATO Formed
The U.S and seven other cournties formed SEATO in response to NATO -
The Soviet Union Established Warsaw Pact
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Start of Vietnam War
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Baby Boom
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Berlin Crisis
Khrushchev wanted to sign a peace treaty that would put the western zones of Berlin under control of East Germany workers into West Berlin. -
Fidel Castro gains power in Cuba
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JFK inaugurated
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Berlin Wall divides West and East Berlin
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JFK sends adviosrs into Vietnam
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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US military adviders sent to Vietnam
More than 10,000 American military advisers train and fight in South Vietnam -
JFK Assassination
Assassinated in Dallas Texas while campging for his next election. -
Lyndon B. Johnson inaugurated
inaugurated right after JFK was assassinated -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed
The resolution authriozed the President to take all necessary meaures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the US and to prevent further aggression. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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American troops in Vietnam
Number of American Soliders in South Vietnam rises to nearly half a million -
Tet Offesnive
Named after Vietnamese lunar new year- was a corrdinated assult on 36 cities. South Vietnam won battle however this proved that the North would not go down without a fight -
My Lai
American soliders killed many vietnamesse people in My Lai -
Richard Nixion inaugurated
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Kent State Protests
Killings at Kent State University led to demonstrations on other campuses -
Nikon Wantergate Scandal
5 men linked to President Nixons reelection campaign are arrested for trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee in te Watergate complex -
Paris Peace Accords
The US, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong. The Partied agreed to cease-fire and a U.S. troop withdrawl from South Vietnam. POW would be excahnged, but North Vietnam troops would remain in South Vitnnam. -
Gerald Ford inaugurated
inauguratied right after Nixion resigned -
Nixon Resgins
Nxn becomes the first president to resgin from office -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnam attacked Saigon. Won the Vietnam War -
Jimmy Carter inaugurated
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The Iranian Revolution forces the Shah into Exile
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Ayatllah Khomenini returns to Iran after 15 years
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Iran Hostage Crsis
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Ronal Regan inaugurated
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Iran-Contra Affair
began when the US sold weapons to Iran in exchange for Iran in 1985 in exchnage for Iran's promise to pressure terrorist groups in Lebanon to release some American hostage. Did not work -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of Soviet Union
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George H W Bush inaugurated
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Berlin Walls Fall
End of Cold War -
Persian Gulf War
Iraq invaded Kuwait for oil -
Operation Desert Storm
American-led attack on Iraqi forces -
Communist ends in Soviet Union
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American joins NAFTA
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Bill Clintion inaugurated
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Al Qaeda exploded a bomb in the World Trade Center
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George W Bush inaugurated
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9/11
