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Creation of UN
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Potsdam Conference
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Iron Curtain Speech
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Chinese Civil War re-ignites
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Containment Policy
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Truman Doctrine
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Jackie Robinson plays
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HUAC begins hearings
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Hollywood blacklist
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Executive Order 9981
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Marshal Plan
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Berlin Airlift
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Truman re-elected
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NATO established
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Korean War begins
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Levittown
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Eisenhower elected
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Korean War ends
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Rosenburgs executed
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Brown v. BoE
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Emmit Till murdered
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Rosa Parks arrested
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Warsaw Pact
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Polio vaccine
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Federal Highway Act
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Eisenhower re-elected
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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Central High School
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Sputnik launched
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Kruschev rises
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Alaska and Hawaii become states
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Castro takes power
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First televised debates
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JFK elected
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U2 incident
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Freedom Rides
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Silent Spring
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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UAL desegregated
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Birmingham church bombing
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"I Have a Dream"
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JFK assasinated
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Medgar Evers assasinated
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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LBJ elected
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Freedom Summer
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Caesar Chavez strikes
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Selma Beatings
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Voting Rights Act
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Miranda v. Arizona
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NOW founded
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MLK assasinated
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RFK assasinated
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DNC protests escalate
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Tet Offensive
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My Lai Massacre
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Nixon elected
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Woodstock
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Apollo 11
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EPA created
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Kent State Shootings
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Pentagon Papers
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Watergate article in Post
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War Powers Act
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Roe v. Wade
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Nixon resigns
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Americans leave Vietnam
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Saigon falls
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Camp David Accords
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Bakke v. Regents
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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Reagan elected
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Reagan re-elected
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Iran-Contra Scandal
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Bush #1 elected
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Berlin Wall falls
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German re-unification
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Soviet Union collapses
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Operation Desert Storm
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Clinton elected
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NAFTA formed
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Clinton re-elected
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Clinton impeached
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Bush #2 elected
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September 11th attacks
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US invades Afghanistan
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US invades Iraq
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Bush #2 re-elected
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Obama elected
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