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Communism - A society in which all properties belong to the government and citizens could not own anything.
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - It is a communist society and the government took all the control for properties and other things.
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Domino Theory - It is a theory that if one county goes down, the others will go down too. It is like a domino, if one domino falls the others fall with it.
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The United Nations was formed on October 24, 1945 and the United States finally came to existence.
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Containment - Containment is the policy of the United States made to prevent the spread of Communism.
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
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Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
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Berlin Airlift - It was created in response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin. The United States begiin a massive airlift bring food and supplies to West Berlin.
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Arms Race - It was a competition of who had the better nuclear weapons between the USSR and the United States.
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NATO was established on April 4th 1949. The main purpose of the NATO was to protect the rights and freedom of citizens.
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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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The Korean War was the fight between South Korea and North Korea.
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Julius and his wife were convincted of being a spy of comunism and was sentence to death called the Rosenbergs Trials.
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On the year 1952, the United States successfully detonated the First H-Bomb.
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Jonas Salk successfully invented the first Polio Vaccine.
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The USSR lauches the first satellite and it was the World's first artificial satellite.
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OPEC- It is a organization which exports or imports oil for other countries.
Sandra Day O’Connor- The first woman associate justice of the United States.
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977- It Requires the Federal Reserve and federal banking regulators to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities.
AIDS Epidemic - This was one of the pandemic that spread rapidly.
Star Wars (NOT the movies) -SRI was nicknamed the Star Wars. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the Soviets had missiles in Cuba and the United States told them to remove all the missiles from Cuba. All the Soviet's missiles were moved and instead they asked the United States to move all their missiles from Turkey. All the missiles were moved from Turkey.
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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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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution begins undeclared war in Vietnam.
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Medicare and Medicaid were established to provide health coverage to people who has low-income.
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters.
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It was one of the largest military campaigns that happened during the Vietnam War. The support of the public decreased in the United States.
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.
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It defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.
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Great Society - Instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
Thurgood Marshall - Civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Black Panthers - Was willing to use violence if necessary.
Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience - Protests with no violence.
Cesar Chavez - His efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers who labored on farms for low wages. -
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It is the plans of the Government that was leaked and created problems.
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The 26th Amendment 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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The War Powers Act is the law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.
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The North Vietnamese people captured the Capital of South Vietnam, Saigon. It forced South Vietnam to surrender and it led to the ending of the War.
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