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| rowspan="2" |Truman, Harry S. | | rowspan="2" |Truman, Harry S. | ||
| | |Truman doctrine | ||
| | |Cold War starts | ||
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|1953-1957 | |1953-1957 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Eisenhower, Dwight | | rowspan="2" |Eisenhower, Dwight | ||
| | |Ends Korean War | ||
Eisenhower doctrine | |||
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|1961-1963 | |1961-1963 | ||
|Kennedy, John F (JFK) | |Kennedy, John F (JFK) | ||
| | |Cuban Missile Crisis | ||
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|1963-1965 | |1963-1965 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) | | rowspan="2" |Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) | ||
| | |pushes Civil Rights law | ||
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|1964 | |1964 | ||
|1965-1969 | |1965-1969 | ||
| | |escalates Vietnam | ||
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|1969-1973 | |1969-1973 | ||
|Nixon, Richard M. | |Nixon, Richard M. | ||
| | |escalates bombing of N. Vietnam | ||
Vietnamization/ US troops withdrawal 1971 | |||
Detente | |||
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|1973 resigned | |1973 resigned | ||
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| | |Bombing Cambodia, Laos | ||
Watergate | |||
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|1977 | |1977 | ||
|Ford, Gerald R. | |Ford, Gerald R. | ||
| | |Nixon pardon | ||
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|1977-1981 | |1977-1981 | ||
|Carter, Jimmy | |Carter, Jimmy | ||
| | |inflation | ||
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|1981-1985 | |1981-1985 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Reagan, Ronald | | rowspan="2" |Reagan, Ronald | ||
| | |Reaganomics | ||
Cold War escalation ("star wars, military spending, etc.") | |||
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|1984 | |1984 | ||
|1985-1989 | |1985-1989 | ||
| | |Talks w/ Russians | ||
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|1989-1993 | |1989-1993 | ||
|Bush, Herbert Walker (HW Bush) | |Bush, Herbert Walker (HW Bush) | ||
| | |Collapse of Soviet Union / "peace dividend" | ||
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Gulf War | |||
denuclearization of former Soviet republics | |||
|"New World Order" | |||
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|1992 | |1992 | ||