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The belief that the US should give support to countries threatened by communism. It was introduced in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the Communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
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A movement made by Senator Joseph McCarthy in where he led a relentless crusade against communism. He accused many people of being spies, and led many investigations.
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A war between Communist North Korea, China, USSR and Democratic South Korea and the U.S. It ended in a cease fire.
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A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which stated that laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are "equal."
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A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the buses of Montgomery, Alabama.
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The first artificial Earth satellite. It belonged to the Soviets.
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When the USSR placed missiles in Cuba in response to the U.S. putting missiles in Turkey.
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Approximately 250,000 people marched as a peaceful demonstration to promote Civil Rights and economic equality for African Americans
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When JFK was assassinated.
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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
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A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War
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The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
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A meeting that established the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a United Nations agency in charge of coordinating and regulating international air travel
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America’s landing of Apollo 11
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A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington carried out under the direction of White House employees
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A supreme court case that ruled that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment
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Iranian students in Tehran seized the U.S. Embassy and took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days