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- Declaration of Independence signed
- Constitution written
- Bill of Rights ratified
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treaty between russia, ukraine, Belarus and transcaucasia
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first proposed by pres. harry s. truman to justify sending military aid to greece and turkey
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51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security
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us policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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(1947–1989): basic united states strategy for fighting the cold war with the soviet union
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massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
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first peacetime military alliance the us entered into outside of the western hemisphere
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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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espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the soviets during and after wwii
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prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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committed us to an ever-escalating arms race with the soviet union
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1950-1953:across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the soviet-backed democratic
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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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national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine-- the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio
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montgomery's buses were integrated= the boycott ended & lasted 381 days
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the soviet's launch of the first sputnik satellite, the us and the rest of the world, as it took the cold war arms= space Race
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the world's first artificial satellite
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students' effort to enroll was supported by the united states supreme court's decision in brown v. board of education
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- prevent east germans from fleeing
- stop an economically disastrous migration of workers
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cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion
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13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed soviet missiles on cuba and kennedy also secretly agreed to remove u.s missiles from turkey
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- evoked the memory of abraham lincoln
- the emancipation of the slaves
- "shameful condition" of segregation
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while riding in a presidential motorcade through dealey plaza
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president johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote international peace/ security in southeast Asia
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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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designed to provide health coverage for low-income people
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eliminated literacy tests for voters
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rebellion among the south vietnamese population and encourage the u.s to scale back its involvement in the vietnam war
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fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his room at the lorraine motel in memphis
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prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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- originally planned for aldrin to be the first man to step on the moon
- lunar module posed design challenges that made this order difficult
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cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools, for example: students returned after the christmas break without armbands, but in protest by wearing dark or black clothing
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national guards fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators
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the federal government was able to restrain the publication of a major newspaper since the presidency of abraham lincoln during the u.s. civil war
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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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congress passed the war powers resolution in the aftermath of the vietnam war, whereby the inclusion of the introduction of u.s forces abroad could lead to their involvement in armed conflict.
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successfully ending american fighting in vietnam and improving international relations with the u.s.s.a.r. and china
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north vietnamese troops entered saigon as the last u.s citizens evacuated the city
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establish a framework for peace in the middle east by formalizing arab recognition of Israel's right to exist
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serious accident in u.s. commercial nuclear power plant operating history
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the iranians held the american diplomats hostage for 444 days
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the reagan administration's covert arms-for-hostages deal sparked an independent counsel probe
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germans brought down the most visible symbol of division at the heart of europe—the berlin wall
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abolishes the poll tax