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committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.
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Containment was a United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad. Arms Race- a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries The USSR- federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed Communism-philosophical, social, political and economic ideology & ultimate goal is the establishment of a communist society.
Domino Theory- adopted in U.S. foreign policy after World War II would precipitate the fall of noncommunist governments -
22nd Amendment: 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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brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin (see Berlin wall) (see also Berlin wall), had cut off its supply routes.
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and insurrections in the south.
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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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A court case involving Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. Some have argued that the Rosenbergs were innocent victims of McCarthy-era hysteria against communists or of anti-Semitism
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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first test of a hydrogen bomb carried out by the United States in the Marshall Islands. In an operation code-named Mike, the first thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) was detonated at Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands, November 1, 1952.
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio.
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the world's first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “satellite,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic.
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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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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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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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