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1
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Republicans regain Congress under Truman

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1946

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GI Bill of Rights

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1944

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21 point plan for reconstruction after WW2

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Sep 1945

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Double V Campaign

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1942-45

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Attacks on returning soldiers

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1945-46

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6
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Potsdam Conference

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July/August 1945

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7
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Atom Bomb dropped on Japan

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6th and 9th August 1945

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8
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Long Telegram sent from Kennan

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1946

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9
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Taft Hartley Act - Truman’s veto overturned

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1947

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10
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States Rights Democratic Party win 4 states in the deep south

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1948 election

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11
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Truman wins a surprise re election

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1948

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12
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National Secuirty Act creates National Security Council and CIA

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1947

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Executive Order 9981 - Desegregate the military

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1948

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14
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To Secure These Rights published

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1947

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15
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Truman speech to NAACP

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1947

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16
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Jackie Robinson breaks colour bar in the MLB

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1947

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17
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Truman Doctrine

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1947

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18
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Marshall Plan - European Recovery Plan

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1948

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19
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Belin Blockade and Airlift Begin

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June 1948

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20
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Joseph’s McCarthy speech on communism in State Dept

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Feb 1950

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21
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NSC 68 Proposed

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1950

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22
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Soviet Union gets Atomic Bomb

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1949

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23
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Berlin Blockade + Airlift End

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May 1949

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24
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NATO set up

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1949

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25
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Loss of China

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1949

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26
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Korean War Starts

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1950

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27
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Truman’s approval rating hits 22%

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1952

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28
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Steel Industry strikes

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1952

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29
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Stalemate in Korean War

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1951

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30
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MacArthur Sacked from leading UN forces in Korea

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1951

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31
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H-Bomb tested

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1952

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32
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Army-McCarthy hearings

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1954

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33
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Rosenburgs executed

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1953

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34
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Dept of Health, Education and Welfare set up

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1953

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35
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Recession hits economy

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1953

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36
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Brown v Board of education
- desegregate public schools
- role of Earl Warren

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1954

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37
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Armistice in Korea

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1953

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38
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Iran Coup

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August - 1953

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39
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Guatemala Coup (PB Success)

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1954

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40
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French defeat in Vietnam

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1954

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41
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Shelling of Quemoy and Matsu / Taiwan Straits crisis

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1954-55

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42
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Stalin dies

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1953

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43
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Interstate Highways Act

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1956

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44
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Southdale Centre - first mall opens

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1956

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45
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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1955

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46
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Emitt Till murdered

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1955

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47
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Brown vs Gayle
- desegregating transport

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1956

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48
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Geneva Conference + Open Skies proposal

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1955

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49
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Hungarian Uprising

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1956

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50
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Suez Crisis

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1956

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51
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Second recession hits under Eisenhower, 5 million unemployed

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1958

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52
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NASA founded

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1958

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53
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First Civil Rights Act under Eisenhower

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1957

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54
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Little Rock Crisis

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1957

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55
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MLK declared leader of SCLC

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1957

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56
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Sputnik Launched

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1957

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57
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USA has 5500 nuclear weapons compared to USSR’s 650

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1957

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58
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Berlin Ultimatum issued by Khrsuhchev

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1958

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59
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Alaska and Hawaii admittedd as states

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1959

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60
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Kennedy elected President

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1960

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61
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SDS set up

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1960

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62
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The Hate that Hate produced documentary

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1960

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63
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SNCC formed

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1960

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64
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Greensboro sit-ins

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1960

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65
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U2 Crisis

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1960

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66
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Paris peace summit failure

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1960

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67
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Khrsushchev visits America

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1959

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68
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New Frontier coined in Democratic candidate acceptance speech for Kennedy

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1960

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69
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Social Secuirty benefits increased by 20% (JFK)

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1961

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70
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Freedom Rides

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1961

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71
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Albany Movement

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1961

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72
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Exec Order 10925 - Set up President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

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1961

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73
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Bay of Pigs invasion

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April 1961

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74
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Vienna Summit

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June 1961

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75
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Berlin Wall put up

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August 1961

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76
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Checkpoint Charlie standoff

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October 1961

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77
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Peace Corps established

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1961

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78
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Coup against Diem in S. Vietnam

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November 1961

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79
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Nixon loses California Governor’s race

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1962

80
Q

Manpower Development and Training Act

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1962

81
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Harrington’s The Other America published

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1962

82
Q

JFK’s Man on the Moon Speech

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1962

83
Q

SDS first convention, Port Huron statement (manifesto)

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1962

84
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James Meredith registers at the University of Mississippi

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1962

85
Q

Cuban Missile Crisis

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Oct 1962

86
Q

Kennedy’s assassination, Johnson becomes president

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1963

87
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Clean Air ACt

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1963

88
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Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique published

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1963

89
Q

Birmingham March

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July 1963

90
Q

Civil Rights Bill

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1963

91
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March on Washington

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August 1963

92
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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1963

93
Q

Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech

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1963

94
Q

Diem assassinated

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1963

95
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Warren Commission Report published (about JFK’s assassination)

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1964

96
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LBJ coins “Great Society” and declares “a war on poverty”

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1964

97
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Economic Opportunity Act

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1964

98
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Berkley Free Speech Movement begins

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1964

99
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Civil Rights Act (LBJ)

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July 1964

100
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Freedom Summer in Missippi, CORE and SNCC

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1964

101
Q

Malcolm X Ballot or Bullet speech

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1964

102
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Race riots begin in ghettos

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1964

103
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Gulf of tonkin incident, tonkin resolution

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1964

104
Q

Warren Commission report published

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1964

105
Q

Medicare and Medicaid created in the Social Secuirty Act

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1965

106
Q

Housing and Urban development Act

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1965

107
Q

Minimum Wage Act (LBJ)

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1965

108
Q

Teach in against Vientnam War

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1965

109
Q

Anti-War protests by SDS

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1965

110
Q

Selma March

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1965

111
Q

Voting Rights Act

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1965

112
Q

Malcolm X assassinated

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1965

113
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First ground troops in Vietnam

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1965

114
Q

Rolling Thunder Begins

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1965

115
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Model Cities Program begins

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1966

116
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NOW established

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1966

117
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Black Panthers established

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1966

118
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Stokely Carmichael becomes head of SNCC

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1966

119
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Meredith March

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1966

120
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MLK’s Chicago Ghetto campaign

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1966

121
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France withdraw from NATO

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1966

122
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190,000 troops in Vietnam

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1966

123
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Youth International Party Set Up - Yippies

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1967

124
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Stop the Draft week

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1967

125
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“Long Hot Summers” eg Detroit, Newark

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1967

126
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MLK criticises Vietnam War

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1967

127
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SNCC expels white members

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1967

128
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Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American Justice of the Supreme Court

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1967

129
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Bobby Kennedy assassinated

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1968

130
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Fair Housing Act (LBJ)

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1968

131
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Police clash with anti-war protestors at Democratic National Convention

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1968

132
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Columbia University Riots

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1968

133
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MLK’s assassination

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1968

134
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Kerner Report published

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1968

135
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My Lai Massacre

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1968

136
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Tet Offensive

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1968

137
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Ten Point Program of the Black Panthers

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1967

138
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Silent Majority speech

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1969

139
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Paris Peace talks begin (Vietnam)

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1969

140
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Woodstock Music Festival

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1969

141
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Nixon launches Vietnamisation policy

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1969

142
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Apollo 11 successfully lands on the moon

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1969

143
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250,000 protestors march in Washington against the Vietnam war

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1969

144
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Covert bombing of Cambodia begins

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1969

145
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Women’s movement protest at Miss America Pageant

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1969

146
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Stonewall Rebellion launches Gay Rights movement

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1969

147
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Occupational Safety and Health Act

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1970

148
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What happens in 1970 midterms

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Democrat sweep

149
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Voting Rights Act Amendment lowers the voting age to 18

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1970

150
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Race riots in Georgia

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1970

151
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Kent State shootings

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1970

152
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US invades Cambodia

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1970

153
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Chicago Seven found not guilty of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention

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1970

154
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Nixon declares a War on Drugs

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1971

155
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End of Bretton Woods System

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1971

156
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New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers - (about Vietnam, claiming Johnson had lied)

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1971

157
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US ends trade embargo on China

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1971

158
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States)

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1971

159
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William Calley found guilty of 22 murders in My Lai massacre

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1971

160
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Vietnam Draft ends

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1972

161
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Nixon wins landslide re-election

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1972

162
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Equal rights amendment passed through Senate and goes to states for ratification

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1972

163
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Kissinger declares “peace is at hand”

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1972

164
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Break in at Watergate building

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1972

165
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SALT treaty

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1972

166
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Nixon visits China

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1972

167
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Watergate burglars convicted

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1973

168
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Roe v. Wade

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1973

169
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Paris Peace accords signed. Vietnam war ends

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1973

170
Q

Dollar devalued by 10%

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1973

171
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Senate investigation into Watergate begins

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1973

172
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OPEC raises oil prices by 70%

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1973

173
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Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Dean resign

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1973

174
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White House tapes surrendered

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1973

175
Q

Inflaiton hits 11%

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1974

176
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Seven former White House officials are indicted for their role in Watergate

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1974

177
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Impeachment process started in Congress

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1974

178
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Supreme Court orderes NIxon to release White House tapes

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1974

179
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Nixon resigns

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1974

180
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Gerald Ford becomes President

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8th August 1974
Nixon resignation the day before

181
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Ford pardons Nixon

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8th September 1974

182
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Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Mitchell found guilty of Watergate cover-up

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1975

183
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Fall of Saigon, Final withdrawal of Vietnam

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1975

184
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Unemployment Reaches 9% (F/C)

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1975

185
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Ford survives two assassination attempts

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1975

186
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Helsinki Agreement

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1975

187
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Carter defeats Ford to become President

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1976

188
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Black History Month created

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1976

189
Q

Natural Gas shortage forces closure of schools and factories in the winter of….

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1976

190
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Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders

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1977

191
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Sit ins across the US for Civil Rights for people with disabilities

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1977

192
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US Department of Energy created

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1977

193
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed (F+C)

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1977

194
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SEATO dissolved

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1977

195
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Carter postpones the development of the Neutron bomb

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1978

196
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