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Containment- the action of keeping something harmful under control, Arms Race-two or more countries increase the size of military resources to gain military, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, Communism- A rivalry form of government to Democracy during the Cold War, Domino Theory- The domino theory was a Cold War policy
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prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
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the Court held that the Equal Protection Clause required that Sweatt be admitted to the university.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.
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In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to all racial and ethnic groups facing discrimination, effectively broadening civil rights laws to include Hispanics and all other non-whites.
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the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
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begins uncleared war in Vietnam.
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ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
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aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex.
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In 1969 the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision in favor of the students. The high court agreed that students' free rights should be protected and said, "Students don't shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."
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The 26 Amendment lowered the legal voting age in the United States from 21 to 18.
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protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs.
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Law limited the presidents right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.
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Barack Obama- 44th president of the U.S. Affordable Care Act, Hate Crimes Prevention Act, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
al- Qaeda- broad-based militant Islamist organization, 911 attack
No Child Left Behind- he main law for K–12 general education in the United States from 2002–2015.
President Clinton's Impeachment- Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998
Presidential Election of 2000- Republican George W. Bush narrowly lost the popular vote to Democrat Al Gore -
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Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism.
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