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society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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A group of countries that turned communist.
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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Was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
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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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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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The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability.
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Opec-ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure efficiency.
Sandra Day O’Connor-she also helped inspire a generation of women to pursue careers in law
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977-requires the Federal Reserve and to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they do business.
AIDS Epidemic- A global pandemic that caused fear in many pepole.
Star Wars-an ambitious project that would construct a space-based anti-missile system -
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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court on which he served as Associate Justice
Black Panthers-was a political organization to challenge police brutality against the African American community
Non Violent Protest professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government.
Cesar Chavez-his efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers who labored on farms -
begins the undeclared war in 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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Abolishes the poll tax
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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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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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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): begins undeclared war in Vietnam
War Powers Act (1973): law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
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