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Containment: policy to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race: competition between Russia and the US to see who would achieve spaceflight capabilities and better nuclear weapons
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: a group of communist states
Communism: the government owns the factors of production
Domino Theory: one communist government would lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states -
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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1950-1953
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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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The refusal to obey laws that are immoral or unjust
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Organization of the petroleum exporting countries
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The organizer of migrant American farmworkers and a cofounder with Dolores Huerta of the National Farm Workers Association
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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A set of domestic programs in the U.S. launched by President LBJ. The main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice
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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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Lead by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality
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An American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from October 1967 to October 1991
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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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moved the voting age from 21 years 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 United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
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The AIDS pandemic began in the early 1980s and brought with it a surge of emotions from the public, they were afraid, angry, fearful, and defiant
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A retired attorney and politician who served as the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons
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