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The Klu Klux Klan
Named after Nathan Bedford Forrest who was the head of the Kue Klux Klan. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/nathan-bedford-forrest.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ -
Vietnam war
http://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War
Started with the french fighting and ended with american blood being spilled.
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/timeline.htm
First gave them money.Then ended up fighting the war and still lost. -
Elvis Presley
Goes to stay at the boarding home that the Gumps run. He was one of the greatest revolutions in rock and roll and pop culture. -
Alabama integration
Integration in the University of Alabama Kennedy ordered secretary of defense to use military force.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/university-of-alabama-desegregated -
Kennedy assasionation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q91RZko5Gw
Kennedy was killed while riding in Dallas, Texas
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The Black Panther Party
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/the_black_panther_partys_deep.html
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The Hippie Movement
Started because the baby boomers didn't want to go to war that wasn't theirs to fight.
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John Lennon
Killed going to see his child. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
The exchange of table tennis (ping-pong) players between the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s. The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon
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Watergate Scandal
A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.
http://www.history.com/topics/watergate
