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Lincoln did not win the popular vote or in the electoral college.
The first major event in 1949 was the Soviet Atomic Bomb Test. This shocked the US because it didn't expect the Soviets to have this weapon this early on. This event led to many Americans scared for their own safety. As a response, the US started expanding its weapons.
Other events include the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by the US. The Soviets responded by forming the Warsaw Pact to counter the threats posed by NATO.
Freedom Riders= Civil rights activists, rode s bus to the southern segregated parts of the US (1961) to complain about the US court cases ( Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia) deciding that segregated public buses were unconstitutional, and the first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1961,[5] and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.[6]
