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US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being allected again.
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program to help European countries rebuild after WW2
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ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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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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First Amendment protected radical and revolutionary speech, even by Communists unless it was a clear and present danger to the safety of the country
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, OH-pek) is an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has since 1965 been headquartered in Vienna, Austria, although Austria is not an OPEC member state
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illegally seized evidence cannot be used in court against the accused
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Abolishes the poll tax
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Court established the principle of "one man, one vote," meaning that election districts would have to be redrawn to provide equal representation for all a state's citizens.
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State laws requiring prayers and Bible readings in public schools violated the First Amendment.
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A period in 1962 in which the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to annoy and scare the United States.
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required state courts provide counsel for indigent defendants
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Required the police to inform an arrested person of his or her right to remain silent
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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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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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citing the right to privacy, a state could not prohibit the use of contraceptives by adults(laid the foundation for later cases on abortion)
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Authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicaid was signed into law in 1965 alongside Medicare. All states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories have Medicaid programs designed to provide health coverage for low-income people
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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Extended Escobedo ruling to include the right to a lawyer being present during questioning by police.
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The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War.
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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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The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed.
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moved the voting age from 21 years old 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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On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese troops entered Saigon as the last Americans evacuated the city. The surrender of South Vietnam ended the decades-long war and signaled the reunification of North and South Vietnam. The country had been divided in 1954.
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The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, P.L. 95-128, 91 Stat. 1147, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods
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The AIDS epidemic, caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), found its way to the United States as early as 1960, but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in gay men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981.
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First woman associate justice of the supreme court
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