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The discovery of the Holocaust during ww1 served to increase support for the founding of Israel. With the support of the newly formed United Nations, the new state of Israel officially became an independent Jewish state.
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north atlantic treaty organization. this was the organization against communism.
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The Korean war began when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel. The United Nations came to the aid of South Korea
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This was the theory that if one nation fell to communism then they all would, and led us to getting into several unnecessary conflicts.
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this war was yet again an effort to stop the spread of communism. the Viet Cong were continuing to expand as more and more of the poor in south vietnam were drawn to their cause. The viet cong survived by the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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this is when the blacks boycotted the buses and walked everywhere. there were attacks on buses.
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nine african americans enrolled at little rock central highschool. the governor prevented them from entering the high school. they had to be militrary escorted into the school.
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the ussr launched the very first satellite into space. beating the united states in the race to space.
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the brown vs. board of education case took place because a little girl was walking two miles to her black school when there was a white school right down the road. this case desegregated schools. it deemed segregated schools was unconstitutional.
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this was the event of a spy plane being shot down over Russia and has lead to much distrust between us.
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invasion of cuba, launched by cuban exiles. this is known as the perfect failure.
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made it illegal in bus stations opened to interstate travel. the freedom riders tested this decision. blacks and whites started in d.c. to travel south.
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the literal division of berlin. this was the division of democracy and communism
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this was the closes the united states has ever came to a nuclear war. the us authorized a naval blockade.
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martin luther king jr. did his march on washington and gave his famous speech. he dreamt that all people would be equal regardless of race.
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JFK was assassinated while riding along in his car with the top down. this event has speared lots of congresspersons and often people wonder how he would have delt with the war.
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This served to protect black voting rights by making the poll tax illegal
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This was the act of blacks riding buses of long periods of time to test the new laws, and often ended in violence.
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granted blacks more civil rights. this reserved the rights to vote. and makes poll taxes illegal.
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The women's movement rejected traditional gender roles and advanced equality between men and women
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This resolution gave the president the power to take all necessary actions to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S
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Nonviolent protest in which blacks sat in segregated places until they were served or arested
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After going on a pilgrimage to Mecca e witnessed blacks and wights praying together, this caused him to have less militant views and many believed him to be a traitor.
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The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery.
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this banned the long standing voting discriminations in the south. this banned the literacy tests and the poll taxes the blacks had to pay. the act was passed by president lyndon b johnson.
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King was killed by a gunman James Earl Ray in April 1968 as he stood on a balcony of a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
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music festival. hippies and economy lovers came to this event to listen to music.
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students attacked buisnesses and burned the rotc building. governor of ohio sent the nation guard. they gunned down 4 people and seriously injured 9.
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desecrated marriage of wights and colored people
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this is when the communist banded together.
