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George F. Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment,” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union.
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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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ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
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leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
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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 -
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.
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Authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, Medicaid was signed into law in 1965 alongside Medicare. All states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories have Medicaid programs designed to provide health coverage for low-income people.
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War.
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
a historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools. The students returned after the Christmas break without armbands, but in protest, they wore black clothing for the remainder of the school year — and filed a First Amendment lawsuit.
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The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed.
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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 -
created to limit the power of the president after the Vietnam war. What checks were placed on the president by congress? 60 days to fight in conflict without approval.
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On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese troops entered Saigon as the last Americans evacuated the city. The surrender of South Vietnam ended the decades-long war and signaled the reunification of North and South Vietnam. The country had been divided in 1954.
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