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- - - - There, the war stagnates for two more years
      - A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is created separating the two countries.
      - China attacks UN forces in the North…
        Driving them back to the 38th parallel
      - 12-4 While Cold War tensions lingered in the background, the United States built a new kind of society after the war.
        
        Overall, Americans of the 1950s enjoyed a higher standard of living, or economic comfort, than in previous decades
        
        Technological advances helped the economy grow. Business, industry, and agriculture adopted new technology and new production methods. (blue)
        
        voters elected Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency in November 1952
- - - - In 1960, the Supreme Court ruled that bus stations could not be segregated
      - The Fair Voting Act of 1965...
        Was passed by President Johnson to ensure fairness in voting.
      - The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
        Were students who held sit-ins to put pressure on businesses to protest against discrimination
      - 13-4 The civil rights movement inspired women and groups such as Latinos, Native Americans, and disabled Americans to organize and push for equal rights.
        
        Cesar Chavez formed the United Farm Workers, the first union of its kind
        
        Cubans immigrated to America in large numbers After Fidel Castro lead a revolution and turned Cuba Communist
        
        The Equal Pay Act kept employers from paying men more than women for the same job
- - - - North Vietnamese forces attacked both the ancient capital of Vietnam Hue, and current capital Saigon as well as many other sites.
      - The Credibility Gap Developed when Americans stopped trusting President Johnson and the war effort in general.
      - Older Americans generally supported the war, younger Americans typically didn’t
      - 14-4 The Vietnam War took a heavy toll on America's soldiers and their families. It also changed the social and political climate in the United States.
        
        Kissinger tried to work with the Soviets and China to stop supplying the North
        
        The war ended When the Communists captured the capital of South Vietnam
        
        Protests against war continued 4 protesters were shot by the National Guard, and 2 protesting students were killed at Jackson State University