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National Indian Education Associate was formed to fight for Native American rights in public and higher education.
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A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.
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Keeping something from spreading communism
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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 WW II
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European countries.
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The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea.
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If one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.
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Julius Rosenberg was a key Soviet spy who passed along information to the Soviet Union and recruited Manhattan Project Spies.
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The United Sates detonates the world's first thermonuclear weapon.
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American medical researcher Dr.Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against polio.
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Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. This began the Space Race wit the U.S.
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Cesar Chavez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association along with Dolores Huerta.
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Five men broke into offices of the Democratic National Committee, which were held at the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C.
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Limited the amount of sewage and other pollutants flowing into the waterways.
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Division about the war, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, and violence at the Democratic National Convention in 1968 led to the election of Republican Richard Nixon.
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The first black president of the United States
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The African American, and the first Asian-American female as vice president.