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Cuban Missile Crisis
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United Nations formed
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Early cold war
Containment
Arms Race/Space Race
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communism
Domino Theory -
Berlin Airlift
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NATO established
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Korean War
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment:
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
War Powers Act
Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War