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Americans rejoiced in 1955 when Jonas Salk
Developed an effective vaccine for polio,
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In 1954, Congress focused its housing policy on
Urban renewal,
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Patterns in family living of the 1950’s included
Promotion of the belief that strong families defended the U.S. against communism,
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The leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement that toppled French rule in 1954 in Vietnam was
Ho Chi Minh,
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In the incident at the Bay of Pigs, the United States
Failed to overthrow Fidel Castro with a C.I.A.-backed invasion,
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The Cuban Missile Crisis began when
The U.S. discovered that the U.S.S.R. was installing offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba,
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One effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis was
An acceleration of the arms race,
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The Freedom Riders
Challenged segregation of interstate bus terminals,
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The Warren Commission
Left many loose ends in its investigation of the Kennedy assassination,
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited segregation in public facilities,
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In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional. The decision was
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas,
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Helpful to John F. Kennedy's victory in the election of 1960 was his
success in televised debates against Richard Nixon,
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Began a full-scale U.S. air offensive against North Vietnam.
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Results of the Vietnam war included the
Erosion of the nation’s confidence in its government,
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The Port Huron Statement
Urged participatory democracy at a grass-roots level,
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Model Cities Programs
Encouraged community involvement in urban planning,
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The phrase “Black Power” was connected to all of the following except
The emphasis of Christian love in civil-rights strategies,
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Which two men were assassinated within months of each other in 1968?
Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.,
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Hubert Humphrey’s narrow defeat as president in 1968 was due, in part, to
The violence that had occurred at the Democrat’s convention in Chicago,
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Tapes of White House meetings revealed that President Nixon
Had lied about his innocence in the Watergate cover-up,
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Jimmy Carter won the presidential election of 1976 because he
Was viewed as an alternative to Washington insiders,
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Jimmy Carter’s presidency was troubled by all of the following except
A lack of idealism and world vision,
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In the Camp David Agreement, President Carter presided over
a treaty that normalized relations between Egypt and Israel,
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As a result of the "Tet Offensive" in early 1968,
many Americans were skeptical of the U.S. role and became convinced that the war was un-winnable,
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