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a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state
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a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia
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a theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall
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US policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad
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U.S. 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 elected again
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
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competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War
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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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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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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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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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26th Amendment: 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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a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national terrorist organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War. Al-Qaeda operates as a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists.
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Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice.
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One of the closest US presidential elections ever. Al Gore, Bush's Democratic rival, won the popular vote by a narrow margin, but Bush attained a plurality of votes from the electoral college.
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the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States.
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authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. The law is a re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school.
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tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism
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