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President John F. Kennedy ~ 35
John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon in 1960 election. -
Pigs of Bay Invasion
An attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba. The CIA trained Cuban exiles and these exiles launched an attack in a bay called the Bay of Pigs. The invasion was a failure and most of the attackers were captured or killed. -
Assassination of JFK
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. LBJ succeeds JFK -
Civil rights Act (1964)
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin; one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement -
Gulf of Tonkins
Authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson ~36
President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in 1964 election. -
Death of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by an assassin's bullet in Memphis. On the day of his death, King was in Tennessee to help support a sanitation workers' strike. -
President Richard Nixon ~37
Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey in 1968 election -
Nixon Doctrine
A foreign policy of the U.S, whereby the United States would thereafter support allies facing military threats with economic and military aid rather than with ground troops. -
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Watergate Scandal
A political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon resigned with almost certain impeachment and removal from office (the only time an American president has done so) -
President Gerald Ford ~ 38
Ford becomes president immediately after Nixon resigns.
