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President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The Vietnam War
Communist northern Vietnam fought a guerrilla war against southern Vietnam. The United States aided the government of southern Vietnam. -
The Little Rock Nine
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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President John F. Kennedy
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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President John F. Kennedy's Assassination
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
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The Voting Rights Act
Discrimination against voters, specifically African Americans, was made illegal through this act. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
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President Richard M. Nixon
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The Watergate Scandal
Several of President Nixon's employees broke into the Democratic National Committee. -
Homosexuality No Longer Mental Illness Under the American Psychiatric Association
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President Gerald R. Ford