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Containment - the US policy enforced to prevent the spread of Communism
Arms Race/Space Race - competition between two or more states to have superior armed forces; competition between the US and Soviet Union to be first achieve spaceflight
USSR - a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia
Communism - a classless society in which all property and wealth are communally-owned
Domino Theory - If one country became communist, then the countries around it would also become communist. -
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected.
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Program to help European countries rebuild after WW2
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aids to countries threatened by communism
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A case that challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine racial segregation established by the Plessy v. Ferguson.
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The Supreme court decided that Mexican Americans and all other races are provided with equal protection under the 14th amendment
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The court ruled that U.S state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
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A 13 day standoff between US leaders and the Soviet Union over the installation of nuclear armed soviet missiles in Cuba. Khrushchev withdrew the missiles that almost lead to a nuclear war.
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Began the undeclared war of 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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On January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
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Medicare and Medicaid was established in 1965 in order to provide a health care for the elderly and for the poor. They helped to lower the costs of healthcare needs.
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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The attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam. The north lost all battles and had enormous causalities, but the effect was to turn the American public opinion against the war.
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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This case defined the first amendment right for students in the United States public schools.
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4 Kent State University students were killed and 9 were wounded on May 4, 1970. When members of the Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War.
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The Iran Hostage Crisis was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. 52 American diplomatic and citizens were held hostage after a group militarized Iranian College Students captured them.
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A secret government study of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War, made public by Daniel Ellsburg. They revealed that 4 successive presidents had lied about involvement in Vietnam.
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The 26th Amendment moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.
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Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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This law limited the president's right to send troops into battle without Congressional approval
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The water gate scandal was a scandal during and after the 1972 Presidential Election. A security guard b=discovered clues that former FBI and CIA broke into office and of the Democratic Party.
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North Vietnam and Viet Cong forces captured the capital of South Vietnamese, Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender ending the Vietnam War.
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The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978. The was following a secret 12 day negotiation at Camp David, the country retreat of the President of the United States in Maryland.
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The Three Mile Island disaster was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of three mile island. It caused a radiation leak and was the most significant nuclear power plant accident.
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The Iran Contra affair occurred during Raegan's presidency. The administration office secretly sold Iran fire arms.
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