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the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. This is important so people aren't being hurt or injured from things.
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Competition between the U.S and Soviet Union to see who can create better weapons and land on the moon first. This is significant because even though the soviet union launched a satellite into orbit first, we made it to the moon first
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The USSR was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Their significant is that they were the ones going against the U.S during the cold war.
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Communism is a philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of a communist society. This is significant because this is what caused the cold war,
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the 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. This is significant because once USSR converted to communism, other countries followed in their lead
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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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ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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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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Abolishes the poll tax
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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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A shooting happened at Kent State University
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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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an array of clandestine and often illegal activities undertaken by members of the Nixon administration, including bugging the offices of political opponents.
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a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem
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a accident that was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran.
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