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-Containment: US policy using numerous strategies to prevent spread of communism abroad
-Arms Race/Space Race: countries increase their weapons to gain superiority
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia
-Communism: a system of government where all property is public and people work and are given things by the government according to their needs.
-Domino Theory: Truman’s policy that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow -
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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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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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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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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26th Amendment
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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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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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law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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