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prevents suits against states
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election of the president ( election procedures )
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abolition of slavery outlawed
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right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law
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black suffrage
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individuals income tax
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election of national senators
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prohibition of alcoholic beverages
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women's suffrage
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A political and economical system that seeks to create 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 federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from a while.
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lame-duck period shortened for federal officials
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repeal to prohibition ( they can drink again )
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congressional committee investigated communist influence in the United States
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arm race competition for supremacy in nuclear weapons between the US and the soviet union and their respective allies during the cold war.
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Winston Churchill's term for the extension of communist control over eastern Europe
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world. Significance is that it help stop the spread of communism.
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response to a soviet blockade of allied controlled sections of Berlin, successfully brought food and medical supplies allied controlled areas of Berlin.
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War 2
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group highlighted by writers and artists who stressed spontaneity and spiritually instead of apathy and conformity
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promotes democratic values and encourages constitution and cooperation on defense and security issues to build trust, and in the long run, prevent conflict
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Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976
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the "witch hunt" for communists in the United States government during the 1950s
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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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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged and executed for allegedly passing atomic secrets to Russia, violating the Espionage act of 1917.
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limitation of presidential term of office
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overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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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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Competition between US and USSR to achieve first in spaceflights capability.
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each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which was the first satellite to be placed in orbit.
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voters in Washington DC given the right to vote for presidential electors
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policy of using the threat of nuclear war in order to protect national interests
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Was a 1 month, 4 day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic missiles in Cuba.
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abolition of poll taxes
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begins 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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succession of offices of the president
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A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War.
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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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Freedom of religion, press, speech, Assembly, and petition
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right to bear arms
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right to not have to quarter soldiers and seizures
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right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures
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right to grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self-incrimination, due process of law
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right to be informed of charges be present when witness speaks in court, to call defense witnesses, to have a lawyer
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right to a jury in civil cases
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freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
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guarantee of rights not listed in constitution
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rights of states and people
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18 year olds given the right to vote
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"Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force" small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed.
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Moved 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 presidents rights to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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when communist North Vietnamese forces took control of the capital of South Vietnam. The event in 1975 marked the end of nearly 30 years of internal conflict and ushered in the end of the Vietnam war.
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Al-Qaeda is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national terrorist organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War. Al-Qaeda operates as a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists
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The Gulf War was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes.
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Gorbachev resigned and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics dissolved. President Bush and his chief foreign policy advisers were more pro-active toward Russia and the former Soviet republics after the collapse of the Communist monolith than while it was teetering.
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limits the power of congress to increase it's own salaries
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created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice,
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The court stopped the recount, and Florida's electoral votes went to Bush. Bush became president of the United States, although Gore had won the popular vote.
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The No Child Left Behind Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. The law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school.
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a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States
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tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism
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a large Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas
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44th president, first dark skin president