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Stated that if one country fell to communism then all the countries around it will. Therefore the U.S had to work to prevent communism.
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https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-sixties-1960-1969-29/the-kennedy-administration-222/the-warren-court-1241-8616/The time that Earl Warren served as cheif justice of the supreme court. It expanded civil rights and liberties.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/geneva-conference-beginsThis confrence marked a turning point with the U.S in vietnam. THey were trying to resolve several problems in asia.
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http://www.biography.com/people/medgar-evers-9542324Civil rights activist from Mississippi, he was the first state field secretary of the NAACP. He helped organize boycotts against companies that discriminated agaisnt blacks and organized voter-registration efforts.
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A resaloution critizing the case "Brown v.s. Board of Education". It was considered a clear abuse of judicial power.
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http://www.biography.com/people/fidel-castro-9241487#guerilla-war-against-batistaCommunist leader in Cuba. He used guerilla warfare to succsefully overthrow the Cuban leader.
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/56a.aspThe 1960 election was the closest election of the 20th centry. Kennedy was the Democratic runner and Nixon was the Republican. It was also the first election where the television was used for debates. Those who wated it on television liked Kennedy because he was tan and looked relaxed and confident, Nixon looked pale and clamy which leads people to think he's lying.
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/56b.aspThe phrase was used in JFK's accecptance speech. The New Frontier was his administration's domestic program.
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http://www.peacecorps.gov/about/history/decades/1960/Jfk establishes the peace corps to help other developing countries. his hopes are to help them turn to a democracy rather than communism.
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http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-24-poll-tax-barredThe 24th amendment outlawed the use of the poll tax in any type of government election. It was passed my congress in 1962 then it was ratified in 1964.
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http://www.biography.com/people/cesar-chavez-9245781#early-lifeChavez wanted to nonviolently protest to bring attention to farm workers. He formed the National Farm Workers Association
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http://www.biography.com/people/walter-cronkite-9262057He helped launch the CBS morning news in 1962. his style was honesty and level-headedness.
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/56e.aspJohnson's domestic agenda. The main goal was to focus on eliminating poverty.
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http://www.biography.com/people/earl-warren-9524239U.S. supreme court justice, he helped make the decision for desegragating school across the nation. After JFK's assasination he headed the committee to figure out what really happened during his assasination.
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http://www.paleycenter.org/education-class-living-room-war-television-vietnam/The television played a very important role in shaping Americans views about the vietnam war. Americans would watch the war on televisions in their living rooms.
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http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/william-westmorelandA veteran of wwII and Korea who commanded the forces in veitnam. His strategy was to overwhelm using firepower.
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http://www.biography.com/people/betty-friedan-9302633A women's right activast, she wrote a book about women finding fufillment beyond their typical roles. She was one of the founders of the National Orginazation for Women and became its first president.
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http://myweb.usf.edu/~dlewis5/website/Communes.htmlMany were a way to drop out of the establishment hoping to reshape capitalism in the U.S. Some were religious and some were based off of drugs.
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http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/thurgood-marshallA black Civil Rights advocate and an United states supreme court justice. He was part of the legal council for the NAACP also, he was the first black justice.
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http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensiveViet cong forces launced an attack on more than 100 cities in south vietnom. North vietnom achieved a victory.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-at-democratic-national-convention-in-chicagoThousands of vietnam war protestors battle the police officers in the streets of chicago. The democratic party conflicts about their agreements on veitnam.
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http://www.history.com/topics/hubert-h-humphreyHe was a liberal politician for the united states. Known for adressing the problems of cvil rights and nuclear disarmment.
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http://www.biography.com/people/daniel-ellsberg-17176398He was a milatary strategwest who helped persuade the public's view on the vietnam war. He did this by leaking secrect documents to the New York time's paper.
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http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/detenteA word from the french meaning release from tension. It is the name of a less stressful time between the united states and soviet union.
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http://www.history.com/topics/watergateSeveral burgelars were arrested inside the watergate building. The suspects were linked to president Nixon's relection campiagn.
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h909.htmlThe democratic party won by a lot. Nixon in the new president.
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http://www.biography.com/people/henry-kissinger-9366016Born in Germany and became a Harvard Professor. He was appointed secrectary of state in 1973 by NIxon.
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3469Led congress to replace all military with volunteers. Also congress restricted presidents to send troops over without approval from the congress in the war powers act.
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https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/shuttle-diplomacyKissinger and NIzon disengaged fighting in Isreal. It allowed KIssinger to hve them sign a disenagement treaty.
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http://www.biography.com/search?query=Bill%20GatesBuilt the worlds largest software business. He is one of the richest men in the world.
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https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/index.php/movements-and-campaigns/movements-and-campaigns-summaries?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=197&sobi2Id=23The result was a new form of authoritism .It was a nonviolent revolution.
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/59b.aspReagan claimed it was to fix the economic mess. Its also called supply side economics.
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http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/perestroika-and-glasnostGorbachev's new dual program. This brought an end to the cold war.
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It means oppeness. It helped stop the cold war.
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http://www.history.com/topics/challenger-disasterDuring the take off it exploded. It would have been its 10th mission.
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http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/reagan-tear-down.htmThe speech was to get West Germany to tear down the Berlin Wall. The wall was a symbol of the cold war.
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George H.W BUsh won. He was said not not have a stiff enough spine.
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http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-warHUssein ordered the invasion of Kuwait. It began with a massive U.S. air strike known as opperation desert storn.
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http://www.history.com/topics/apartheidSouth Africans were forced to live in separate areas than whites. Klerk began to repeal most of these laws.
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http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocideYugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina had declared their freedom from yugoslovia. As a result there were a number of people killed.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/05/us/1992-campaign-strategy-discipline-message-good-luck-clinton-s-campaign-came-back.htmlA crucial turning point for the democratic party. Initially thought to be the unikely winner.
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http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017He was the first black president of South Africa. He is a symbol of global peacemaking throughout the world.
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http://www.history.com/topics/oklahoma-city-bombing Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed and 168 people were dead. The bomb was from an anti-government person, Timothy McVeigh.
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http://www.biography.com/people/monica-lewinsky-21292085Had an internship and a job at the white house. She had an affair with BIll Clinton
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http://www.biography.com/people/colin-powell-9445708First African American secretary of state. He is also the only African american to join on the joint cheif of staff.
