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Baby Boom
an influx in pregnancies after the men came home from war -
Warsaw Pact
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Ambiguous Order of 1955
Schools to be desegregated -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Rosa Parks
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In God We Trust
Unites States made this the motto of the country -
McCarthy Dies
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Created by Martin Luther King Jr. to coordinate civil rights groups in the South -
Civil Right Act of 1957
created a department of Justice Civil Rights Commission in charge of investigating claims of racial discrimination -
Sputnik I Launched Into Space
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John Birch Society
radical anticommunists -
Fidel Castro Took Over Cuba
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Soviet Union Launch Luna II
first man made object to touch the moon -
Near-Total Trade Embargo
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Unites States and Cuba Broke Diplomatic Relations
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Nation Indian Youth Council Formed
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Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
established by John F Kennedy -
Bay of Pigs
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First Black University Student
James Meredith became first black student at University of Mississippi -
March on Washington
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"I Have A Dream Speech"
Speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in hopes of racial equality -
Kennedy Assassination
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FHA Established
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
No segregation in public places -
Pres. Johnson reform "Great Society"
"end of proverb and racial injustice" -
Opportunity Act (EOA)
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USS Midway fired on by North Vietnamese Ships
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"Bloody Sunday"
peaceful activists march for black rights to vote and white cops beat and attack them -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
abolish voting discrimination part of Lydon Johnson's Great Society -
Beginning of Ground War in Vietnam
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Cuban Adjustment Act
Cuban war refugees could become permanent United States residents signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Black Panthers
formed by Haley Newman and Bobby Seale -
Crusade for Justice
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National Welfare Rights Organization
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Summer of Love
first outdoor concert promoting peace -
Alexander vs. Holmes
forced all schools to desegregate -
Woodstock
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National Environmental Policy Act
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Earth Day