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Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white person. This begins the Montgomery bus boycott which leads to much more.
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The incumbent Dwight Eisenhower(R) won reelection against Adlai Stevenson(D).
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John F. Kennedy(D) won the election against Richard Nixon(R).
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The Act outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, sex, etc. It also outlawed unequal voting laws and segregation in schools, workplaces, etc.
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It was an attack on two U.S. destroyers from the North Vietnamese. Afterward the Golf of Tonkin resolution was passed allowing for Johnson to take have more military control during the Vietnam War. After this event there was more U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson(D) won the election against Barry Goldwater(R).
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The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was done by James Earl Ray. He died at a Motel in Memphis Tennessee.
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The former vice president Richard Nixon(R) won the election against Hubert Humphrey(D).
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Where Nixon stole information from the DNC and was abusing his power to stay president. It caused a long scandal and removals of office to later lead to his resignation.
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A big achievement for environmentalists across the nation. Helped push for clean water.
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Incumbent Richard Nixon(R) won reelection against George McGovern(D).
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Richard Nixon's resignation was announced from a speech the oval office. He probably did it to cover up his tracks and to avoid further ownership of the situation. The person he replaced as president pardoned him.
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The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam falling to communism in Saigon. It was the capitol of South Vietnam.