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Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was reelected as President of the United States. -
Hawaii and Alaska
To expand U.S. presence in the Pacific region, Hawaii and Alaska gained statehood. -
John F Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th President of the United States of America. -
Vietnam Troops
Security of Defense Robert McNamara approves the sending of six divisions (200,000 men) of US troops to "advise" the South Vietnamese. -
JFK Assassination
JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov 22, 1963. Lyndon Johnson was immediately sworn into the presidency. -
Twenty Fourth Amendment
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution abolished the use of a poll tax in national votes. -
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was reelected as President of the United States on Nov 3, 1964. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was elected as the 37th President of the United States. -
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
The 26th Amendment to the Constitution reduced the legal voting age to 18, bringing in a generation of young voters. -
Richard Nixon Re-elected
Richard Nixon was re-elected President of the United States on Nov 7, 1972. -
US withdraws from Vietnam
After securing the release of American POW's from Hanoi and a cessation of hostilities, president Nixon withdrew all American forces from Vietnam, leaving South Vietnam to face the communists alone. -
Nixon Resigns
After securing the release of American POWs from Hanoi and a cessation of hostilities, president Nixon withdrew all American forces from Vietnam, leaving South Vietnam to face the communists alone. -
Vietnam War
After removing the French, the now independent Vietnam was split between a communist north and a pro-west south.
