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The Soviet Union (short for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR) was a single-party Marxist–Leninist state. ... It was the first country to declare itself socialist and build towards a communist society. It was a union of 14 Soviet socialist republics and one Soviet federative socialist republic (Russia).
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The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominos. With the exception of Laos and Cambodia, communism failed to spread throughout Southeast Asia.
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Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.
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prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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program to help European countries rebuild after after World War II
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The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. The “space race” was a Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight.
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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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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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OPEC - intergovernmental Organization, created at the Baghdad Conference
Sandra Day O'Connor - the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 - requires the Federal Reserve and other federal banking regulators to encourage financial institutions
AIDS epidemic - HIV crossed from chimps to humans in the 1920s in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo
Star Wars - proposed strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks -
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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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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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