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Reapportionment required by the Warren Court boosted the political power of
African Americans
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The development of the transistor made possible the
miniaturization of radios
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To get the economy moving, Kennedy adopted the supply-side idea of
reducing taxes
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At the march on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
gave his “I have a dream” speech
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As the fighting began between the Vietcong and South Vietnamese army, President Eisenhower tried to help South Vietnam by sending
military advisers
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The federal government’s termination policy was intended to
bring Native Americans into mainstream society
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Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for
containment
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A main reason President Johnson refused to order a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear that it would
bring China into the war
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The Pentagon Papers revealed that
the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam
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As part of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to
exchange scientific information
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When the French left Vietnam, the United States stepped in to
protect the pro-Western government in the South
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In the 1960 presidential campaign, television was used for the first time to
advertise candidates
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September 11, 2001, was the day that terrorists attacked
the World Trade Center and Pentagon
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NATO formed for the purpose of
mutual defense
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To make good on his campaign promise to fight crime, Nixon targeted
antiwar protesters
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The United Nations went to war in the Persian Gulf because
Iraq invaded Kuwait
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The Long Telegram resulted in
the containment policy
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The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to
exterminate Europe’s Jews
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Kennedy’s legislative agenda was called the
New Frontier
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After 1920 the women’s movement split into two camps with opposing views on
laws protecting women
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The Free Speech Movement was sparked by restrictions on students’ rights to
distribute literature and recruit volunteers for political causes
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As a result of the GI Bill, many returning soldiers
attended college
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In 1968 antiwar protesters and police clashed outside the
Democratic National Convention
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Many of the new religious groups of the 1960's centered around
authoritarian leaders
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Richard Nixon won Southern support in the 1968 election by promising to
appoint a Southerner to the Supreme Court
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