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1955-1975

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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
    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

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower
    34th U.S. President
  • President John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy
    35th U.S. president.
  • Berlin Crisis of 1961

    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"

    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

    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

    President Lyndon B. Johnson
    36th U.S. President after Kennedy's assasination.
  • President Richard M. Nixon

    President Richard M. Nixon
    37th U.S. president.
  • Watergate

    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.