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United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence.
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informal 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II.
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In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics).
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A political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production, such as mines and factories, are owned and controlled by the public.
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A Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominos.
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PASSED: 1947
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
RATIFIED: 1947
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again. -
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PASSED: 1948
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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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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Overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation.
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integrate into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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The U.S. stops the Soviets from using nuclear weapons on Cuba.
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Ratified by South Dakota
Abolishes the poll tax -
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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Begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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Eliminated literacy test for voters
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.
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Settled: February 24, 1969
defined the 1st Amendment rights for students in the U.S. Public Schools. -
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Ratified: March 3, 1971
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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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leads to Nixon's resignation
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