Hint
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Answer
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Year
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The foreign policy doctrine that focuses on containing the spread of communism instituted by president Truman
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Truman doctrine
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1947
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This economic aid plan to help europe recover from WWII was signed by president Truman
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Marshall plan
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1948
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This important western military alliance is established
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NATO
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1949
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The forgotten war starts in Korea and this famous American general lands in Incheon
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General MacArthur
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1950
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This popular household apparatus was developed with color for the first time
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Television
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1951
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The first of this type of nuclear weapon, whose first letter is a H, is detonated in the pacific
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Hydrogen bomb
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1952
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This former American general is inaugurated as president
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1953
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This period of fright officially ends after Senator Joseph Mccarthy of Wisconsin is censored from the US Senate
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McCarthyism
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1954
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The most famous american fast food chain is founded
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McDonald's
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1955
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This human rights movement begins picking up pace
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American civil rights movement
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1956
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This act was signed into law to try to calm down the aforementioned movement
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Civil rights act of 1957
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1957
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The first american satellite is launched
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Explorer I
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1958
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Alaska becomes the 49th state of the USA, and another state becomes the 50th
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Hawaii
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1959
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The winter olympic games are held in which US state
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California
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1960
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This invasion of Cuba backed by the USA fails
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Bay of pigs invasion
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1961
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This hollywood star sings happy birthday for the president and dies later this year
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Marilyn Monroe
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1962
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This young president is assasinated driving in his car through the streets of Dallas
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John F. Kennedy
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1963
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This 13 days long crisis occurs as the USSR places missiles on Cuba that can reach all major cities in the US except Seattle
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Cuban missile crisis
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1964
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This incumbent president proposes his famous "Great Society" program
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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1965
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The secret bombing campaign of this country bordering Vietnam continues
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Cambodia
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1966
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Muhammad Ali was stripped of his boxing world championship for refusing to participate in this deadly war
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Vietnam war
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1967
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This civil rights movement leader is assasinated in Memphis, Tennesee
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Martin Luther King jr.
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1968
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This astronomical space engineering feat was reached by the crew of Apollo 11
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The moon landing
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1969
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Several students are shot and killed in anti-war protests at which universities
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Kent state and Jackson state
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1970
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Advertisements of these tobacco based sticks are banned
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Cigarettes
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1971
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The US and the USSR sign what nuclear restrictions treaty that also shares its name with a common household product
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SALT 1
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1972
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Richard nixon nominates this vice president who is later going to assume the presidency
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Gerald R. Ford
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1973
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President Richard Nixon Resigns over charges of this scandal
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Watergate
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1974
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This magical computing device was first developed by Ed Roberts
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Personal computer
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1975
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Jimmy carter is elected US president and owns what kind of farm?
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Peanut farm
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1976
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A treaty is signed stating that this important shipping lane will be handed back by the US on Dec 31, 1999
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Panama canal
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1977
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Jimmy carter succesfully helps sign peace between Israel and Egypt at what presidential retreat?
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Camp david
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1978
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Students storm US embassasy and hold 66 people hostage in which country?
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Iran
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1979
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The US boycots the olympic games in what city?
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Moscow
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1980
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This newly inaugrated president is shot in Washington D.C.
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Ronald Reagan
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1981
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Michael Jackson releases this album that is an instant hit
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Thriller
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1982
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This Caribbean country was invaded by the US
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Grenada
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1983
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An epidemic breaks out of this sexually transmitted disease
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AIDS
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1984
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The white house is accused of having sold what to Iran
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Weapons
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1985
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This rocket explodes shortly after taking off
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Challenger
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1986
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What does Ronald Reagan say to gorbachev in Berlin
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Tear down this wall
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1987
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Fires spread throughout this US national park
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Yellowstone
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1988
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This president enters office
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George H. W. Bush
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1989
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It's an island country in the Caribbean.