People across the United States were shocked, until then the United States had no diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties to the communist nation. ... Five men broke into the office in an attempt to spy on the campaign and were caught in the act. ... On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon declared his innocence to millions across the nation, with the famous quote "I am not a crook.... On April 22, 1994 Richard Nixon died from complications of a stroke. ...

• Word Count: 1158
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

Over five hundred marchers were stopped just outside of Selma by state troopers and were told to go home. ... King's civil rights movements came to an abrupt halt when he was assassinated April 4, 1968, in the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. The president then declared April 7 a national day of mourning for King (Biography 1-7). ...

• Word Count: 2394
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• Grade Level: High School

On November 1, over twenty five thousand women demonstrated across the country with the slogan: "End the Arms Race-- Not the Human Race (DeBenedetti, 54)." ... As Martin Luther King, Jr. said in his speech given on April 4, 1967, "Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. ...

• Word Count: 1263
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

On November 1, over twenty five thousand women demonstrated across the country with the slogan: "End the Arms Race-- Not the Human Race (DeBenedetti, 54)." ... As Martin Luther King, Jr. said in his speech given on April 4, 1967, "Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. ...

• Word Count: 1263
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Richard Nixon won the November 1968 presidential election over Hubert Humphrey with only 43.5% of the popular vote (Schulzinger 275). Nixon campaigned with telling the public that he would end the Vietnam War. Nixon blamed President Johnson's actions of adding troops and criticized his decisions of escalating the war in Vietnam. Nixon adopted the technique of Vietnamization, which was a plan to replace American troops with South Vietnamese forces. The South Vietnamese army known as the ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, was virtually non- existent. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts...

• Word Count: 6511
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Known by the common person as an American defeat, the Vietnam War has scarred our country with past mistakes but necessary lessons learned. Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. We failed to accomplish the goals we created in the beginning. We wanted to help ensure that South Vietnam had a separate, independent, and noncommunist government. Not only were the Vietnamese affected but the American citizens her at home. ...

• Word Count: 4657
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School