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M.Hanson- 1946-1974
Presidents
Harry S. Truman (Dem)
1945 - 1953
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (Rep)
1953 - 1961
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John. F. Kennedy (Dem)
1961 - 1963
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Was assassinated in November of 1963.
Lyndon Johnson (Dem)
1963 - 1969
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Richard Nixon (Rep)
1969 - 1974
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Later resigns due to Watergate.
Legislation, Amendments, Supreme court
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty became law
1949 - 1950
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September 22, 1949
Supreme Court decides Brown v. Board of Education,
1954 - 1955
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Court holds in Cooper v. Aaron Faubus's actions violate Constitution
1958 - 1959
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24th Amendment
1964 - 1965
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Poll taxes are outlawed
The first major civil rights bill since reconstruction is passed
1964 - 1965
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Voting Rights Act
1965 - 1966
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law.
Watergate
1972 - 1974
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President Nixon resigns as a result of this.
Roe v. Wade
1973 - 1974
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World Events
British & French Empires fracture into new 3rd world nations
1947 - 1977
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British India becomes Pakistan & India
1947 - 1948
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U.S. contains spread of communism
1947 - 1990
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Israel Created
1948 - 1949
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NATO Formed:Cold War Begins
1948 - 1949
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Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 - 1963
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
1964 - 1965
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Israeli 6-day War
1967 - 1968
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May Days mini-revolution
1968 - 1969
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U.S. invades Cambodia
1970 - 1971
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Technology
Bikini Swimsuit
1946 - 1947
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Invented by Louis Reard
Kitty Litter
1947 - 1948
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Invented by Ed Lowe
SCRABBLE
1948 - 1949
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Invented By Alfred Butts
LEGO
1949 - 1950
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Invented By Ole Kirk Christiansen
Milk Carton
1954 - 1955
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Invented By John Van Wormer
TV Remote Control
1956 - 1957
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Invented By Robert Adler
Barbie Doll
1959 - 1960
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Invented By Ruth Handler
Easy-Bake Oven
1963 - 1964
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Invented By Kenner Products
Lava Lamp
1963 - 1964
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Invented By Edward Craven Walker
Smiley Face
1964 - 1965
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Invented By Harvey Ball
Hand-held Calculator
1966 - 1967
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Invented By Jack Kilby, J. VanTassel & J. Merryman
Speakers, Bose
1968 - 1969
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Invented By Amar G. Bose
Internet
1973 - 1974
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Invented By Vinton Cerf
Society and Culture
Marshall Plan
1947 - 1948
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Communism quashed in US
1948 - 1954
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AFL and CIO merge
1955 - 1956
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Blacks boycott buses in Montgomery
1955 - 1956
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Supreme Court orders school desegregation
1955 - 1956
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Civil Rights Movement
1960 - 1965
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Peace Corps
1961 - 1962
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Kennedy was Assasinated
1963 - 1964
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Demonstrations against Vietnam War
1965 - 1970
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Hippie Movement
1966 - 1969
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Sixties energy wins specific battles: feminism, ecology...
1970 - 1979
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Nixon resigns over Watergate
1973 - 1974
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War Powers Act
1973 - 1974
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