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Established in 1945 after the end of the Second World War to replace the League of Nations to prevent wars and provide a platform for dialogue among nations.
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1)Containment, a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
2)Arm race/Space race, a race to determine which country's technology is more advanced.
3)The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia.
4)Communism, is a social, political and economic ideology and movement.
5)Domino Theory, of a non communist state to communism would precipitate the fall of its neighbor government . -
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a 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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Establish to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union. Also allowing the United States to control the European defense system headed by Germany and France is a sign that the United States has achieved its leadership as a superpower.
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By invading South Korea, North Korea hoped to reunite the two nations as a single country under communism.
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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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1.Great Society. A set of domestic programs in the United States to elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
2.Thurgood Marshall. First American lawyer and civil rights activist who served the Supreme Court
3.Black Panthers. A black nationalist and socialist party made up of African Americans
4.Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience. Doing rotests or political noncooperation, while being nonviolent
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Julius and his wife Rosenberg Ethel were tried and convicted of espionage for providing the Soviet Union with classified information, and was executed in 1953.
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The bomb "Ivy Mike" was the codename given to the first full-scale test of a thermonuclear device, in which part of the explosive yield comes from nuclear fusion.
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An armistice signed on July 27, 1953, stopped the conflict, but the war never officially ended because there was no peace treaty.
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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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Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis
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Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I
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begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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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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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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defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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1.OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
2.Sandra Day O’Connor
The first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
3.Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
encourage depository institutions to meet the credit needs of low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
4.AIDS Epidemic
Virus that is considered by some authors a global pandemic.
5.Star Wars (NOT the movies)
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Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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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 troops to battle without Congressional approval
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law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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