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Caused by the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and many workers being laid off.
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World War II was caused by the Treaty of Versailles being violated by the Axis Powers; and the United States' involvement was due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
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1)Containment - a US policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism
2)space/arms race - a Cold War competition between the US & the USSR to develop aerospace & nuclear warfare capabilities
3)USSR - a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922-1991
4)Communism - a political theory where all items are owned by the government
5)Domino theory - the fall of a noncommunist state to communism would cause the fall of noncommunist governments in nearby states -
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 World War II
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leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
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begins the undeclared war in Vietnam
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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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law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.
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