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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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An African-American law school applicant was denied admission into the University of Texas Law School solely because of his race
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22nd Amendment: prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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Was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
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the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the conviction of an agricultural labourer, Pete Hernandez, for murder should be overturned because Mexican Americans had been barred from participating in both the jury that indicted him and the jury that convicted him.
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
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It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
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prohibits discrimination concerning the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and sex.
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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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Containment: tried to prevent the spread of communism
Space Race: a competition between US and USSR aiming to show superiority in spaceflight
The USSR: consisted of Russia and 14 surrounding countries.
Communism: is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society
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moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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It is a federal civil rights law that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance.
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law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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A network of Islamic fundamentalist groups, founded in 1988 and associated with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.
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1990-1991
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19 December 1998 – 12 February 1999
President Bill Clinton became the second president in history to be impeached. He was charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing. -
Bush, won the disputed election, defeating Democratic nominee Al Gore, the incumbent vice president. It was the fourth of five American presidential elections, and the first in 112 years, in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote, and is considered one of the closest elections in US history.
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The No Child Left Behind Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states.
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Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism
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US President 2009-2017
He was the first African American president