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1.Containment- the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
2.Arms Race/Space Race-a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.
3.The union of soviet Socialist Republics-a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
4.Communism- system whereby all the properties in a society are owned by the community.
5.Domino Theory- theory that if one country is taken over by Communist. -
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 2.
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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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1.Great Society: President Johnson's program to help the poor, elderly, and women.
2.Thurgood Marshall: First black justice on the supreme court of the United states.
3.Black Panthers: claimed their rights to carry weapons and protect their own neighborhoods from police.
4.nonviolent/civil disobedience: act of protesting laws while not hurting other people or destroying property.
5.Ceaser Chavez: Mexican-American union organizer and leader. -
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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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It 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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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: economic organizations by Arab nations that controls price of oil, amount of oil its members produce, sell to other nations.
Sandra Day O'Conner: First woman to be in the supreme court in 1981.
Community Reinvestment Act Of 1977:States that banks must meet needs of the community in which they are character to do business.
AIDS Epidemic :people were infected with HIV worldwide.
Star Wars: a satellite based missile defense system to protect against ICBMs fired by Soviet Union. -
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it 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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