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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
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the sunbelt was the southern and southwestern states, from the Carolinas to California, characterized by a warm climate and recently, rapid population growth. the rust belt was Decay of the once bustling factory-based economy regions of the northeastern United States.
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A legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights, public broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid and protection of our countries people.
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new manager for franchising of McDonald's, took over eventually and turned it into international food chain
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American feminist, activist and writer. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique" - an account of housewives' lives in which they subordinated their own aspirations to the needs of men; bestseller was an inspiration for many women to join the women's rights movement. She founded the National Organization for Women
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a genre of popular music that started in the united states.
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low-interest housing loans for veterans
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A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years
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A group of rebellious writers and intellectuals. They advocated spontaneity, use of drugs, and rebellion against social standards.
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everyone was coming home from the war to their wives and they made lots of babies
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A term made famous by Winston Churchill about Cold War tensions. It described the political and idealogical boundaries that divided Europe after WWII.
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is a strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy. it is best known as a cold war foreign policy of the united states. and it allies to prevent the spread of communism.
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President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
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it was an investigating committee which investigated what it considered un-American propaganda. Specifically communist influence inside and outside the US gov. after WWII.
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William Levitt used mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in surburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. Levittown became a symbol of the movement to the suburbs in the years after WWII.
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The cold war was born. If your neighbor country fell under communist then you soon would too.
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A U.S developed plan designed to revive the economies of Europe after the war. It proved vital for the Europeans since it allowed them to rejuvenate their economies
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first major international crisis of the cold war. Germany and the soviet union blocked the western allies.
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it was a military alliance formed by the U.S, Canada, and several Western European nations. It was designed to protect Europe against a possible invasion from Russia.
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campaign against communists in the U.S government. The practicing of making accusations without proper evidence.
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many Americans were buying appliances for their home; many families were buying automobiles; many Americans were buying home; advertising had a major impact on the American consumer
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75,000 soldiers from the north Koreans peoples army and they joined on south Koreans behalf. This invasion was the first action of the cold war.
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also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam and their punishment was death.
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american medical researcher. he discovered and developed polio vaccines.
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also known as the Second Indochina War in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam
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the law made interstate highways that would span the nation.
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the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.
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Eisenhower proposed and obtained a joint resolution from Congress authorizing the use of U.S. military forces to intervene in any country that appeared likely to fall to communism.
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cost 18 billion dollars. neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon.
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first fake earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit.
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the movement was a student protest that started at the Free Speech movement in California and spread around the world. All members of the Anti-War Movement shared an opposition to the war
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a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
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President during part of the cold war and especially during the superpower rivalry and the Cuban missile crisis. he was the president who went on tv and told the public about the crisis and allowed the leader of the soviet Uinon to withdraw their missiles. other events, which were during his terms was the building of theBerlin wall, the space race, and early events of the Vietnamese war.
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a joint resolution that the united states congress passed after the gulf of tonkin happend
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the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to annoy and scare the United States.
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Signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the voting rights act of 1965. he had a war on poverty in his agenda. in an attempt to win, he set a few goals, including the great society, the economic opportunity act, and other programs that provided food stamps and welfare to needy families.
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a holiday, north vietnamese and communist Vietnam congress do a coordinate attack in south Vietnam
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President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 who followed a foreign policy marked by détente with the Soviet Union and by the opening of diplomatic relations with China. In the face of likely impeachment for the Watergate scandal, he resigned.
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withdrawing its troops and transferring the direction of the war effort to south Vietnam.
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federal law used to check the presidents power to commit to the United States to an armed conflict without consent of the U.S congress
