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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. It was basically the Korean war but Vietnam. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her courageous act of protest was considered the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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President John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. president. -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
The last major politic-military European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin. The Berlin wall was then put up in August. -
MLK's "I Have a Dream"
This was a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. -
Cassette Tape Invented
The Cassette Tape was first developed by the Philips company in 1962 in Belgium. Philips released the invention to Europe at the Berlin Radio Show. The invention was released in the United States in November of next year. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson
36th U.S. President after Kennedy's assasination. -
President Richard M. Nixon
37th U.S. president. -
Watergate
Watergate was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon that led to his resignation.