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Brown v. Board of Education
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McCarthy accuses many public figures of communism
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Warsaw Pact
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Eisenhower reelected President
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School integration begins
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First American satellite is launched
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Alaska becomes 49th state
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Hawaii becomes 50th state
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John F Kennedy becomes President
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Bay of Pigs
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Freedom Riders
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speach
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Kennedy is assassinated. Johnson becomes President
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Civil Rights Act
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Johnson is reelected
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Voters Rights Act
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Mirana v. Arizona
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25th Amendment passes
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Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
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Nixon becomes President
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26th Amendment passes
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US and Soviet Union sign SALT
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Nixon reelected
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Nixon's VP resigns
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Nixon resigns after impeachment recommended
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South Vietnam surrenders to the North