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Dwight D. Eisen Hower presidency
V.P.: Richard Nixon
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Greensboro sit-ins
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Inauguration of JFK
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JFK presidency
V.P.: Lyndon B. Johnson
Party: Democratic -
Peace Corps created
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Yuri Gagarin orbits earth
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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Period: to
Birlin Crisis
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"Silent Spring" is published
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Equal Rights Act passed
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"I have a Dream Speech"
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Assassination of JFK
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Lyndon B. Johnson Precidency
V.P.: Hubert Humphrey
Party: Democratic -
Beatles come to america
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Civil Rights Act
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act
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National Organization for Women
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My Lai Massacre
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Assassination of MLK Jr.
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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Richard Nixon elected President
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Richard Nixon Presidency
V.P.: Gerald R. Ford
Party: Republican -
Man lands on the moon for the first time
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Period: to
Woodstock
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1st Earth Day
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Enviromental Protection Agency established
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Equal Rights Amendment passed
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Roe vs Wade Supreme Court decision
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Endangered Species Act passed
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Richard Nixon's Resignation
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Gerald R. Ford Precidency
V.P.: Nelson Rockefeller
Party: Republican -
Vietnam Conflict ends with the fall of Saigon