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provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on the land in the west.
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abolished slavery in the United States
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granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws
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it allowed the right to vote to United States citizens.
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outlawed business monopolies
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upheld the principle of racial segregation over the next half-century. The ruling provided legal justification for segregation on trains and buses, and in public facilities such as hotels, theaters, and schools.
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1.Containment-policy resisting further expansion of communism around the world.
2.Arms Race/Space Race-two or more countries to increase size quality military resources to gain superiority over one another.
3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- a socialist state in Northern Eurasia.
4.Communism-a system of gov where all property is public &people work & are given things by the gov. according to needs
5.Domino Theory- political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring -
The amendment specifies that if a vice president or other successor takes over for a president who cannot fulfill the term, and serves two years or less of the former president's term, the new president may serve for two full four-year terms.
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The United Sates would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nation under threat from eternal or internal authoritarian forces.
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U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II( and to o halt the spread communism on the European continent)
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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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1955-1965
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04/17/1961-04/19/1961
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leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
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prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials
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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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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.
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Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health coverage if you have a very low income.And I think Medicare is for older people.
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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it played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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The Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its actions in the Vietnam War with the bombings of nearby Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks—none of which were reported in the mainstream media.
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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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1979-1981
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Aug 20, 1985 - Mar 4,1987
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