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The United Nations, a large organization made up of many countries, were formed, to establish peace between all the nations.
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Containment: the United State's policy to contain communism and prevent it from spreading.
Arms / Space Race: A race between the USSR and the United States, both of which was to do the most, fastest.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Soviet-controlled lands.
Communism: Everyone has an equal number of everything.
Domino theory: If one country fell to communism, then the next would, etc. -
"Right lads, communism is the suck. What should we do to prevent other countries from joining it?"
"What do they do to get other countries to fall to communism?"
"They starve them."
"So... let's figure out a way to make them starven't!"
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The United States dropping food and supplies to Berlin to prevent them from needing to fall to communism.
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"Right lads, WW2 was the suck. How can we help?"
"Well... their buildings were destroyed. Why don't we rebuild them?"
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A group of countries working together specifically to contain communism.
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A proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union - the Geneva Accords split Korea along the 39th parallel, and while South Korea has prospered, North Korea has not.
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Great Society - LBJ Program that gave made federally sponsored social welfare programs.
Thurgood Marshall - Influential Black figure who was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Black Panthers - group that swears to protect their community through any means necessary. Foil to Civil Disobedience
Non-Violent Protests / Civil Disobedience - Peaceful protests, foil to Black Panthers
Cesar Chavez - used Non-violent protests to get union contracts with California vineyard owners. -
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal"
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A trial for two people- Julius and Ethel Rosenburg - accused of sending US secrets to the Soviet Union. Only Julius was actually guilty.
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" Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once."
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The Hydrogen bomb was an even deadlier superweapon - one that really kicked off the Arms race.
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Salk created a new type of medicine - a vaccine - that used dead viruses to train the body to fight live ones. Because of him, the average lifespan of humans went up drastically.
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The first man-made object to orbit the earth... and it's from the Soviets! America was behind... so John F. Kennedy got up on stage, and in less than 10 years, America was behindn't!
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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Begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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Abolishes the poll tax
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Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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Moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old
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Moved voting age from 21 to 18 years old
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protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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