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Containment - Policy used by US to stop spread of communism.
Arms Race/Space Race - Race to see what country had the best resources.
The USSR - Organization for countries who use communism.
Communism - a political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid.
Domino Theory - theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries. -
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 WW2.
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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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Overturned Plessy Vs. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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begins the undeclared was in Vietnam
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Prohibited the discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
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Removed poll taxes in order to vote.
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It offered African Americans a way to get around the barriers at the state and local levels that had prevented them from exercising their 15th Amendment right to vote.
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.
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It was decided that school officials could not prohibit only on the suspicion that the speech might disrupt the learning.
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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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law limited the President's right to send troop to battle without Congressional approval.
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