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Truman and MacArthur
MacArthur demanded Truman's approval to expand the war
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McCarran Act
Allowed the arrest of Communists in case of a national emergency
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Taft Hartley Act
Big business attempt to reverse the gains made by organized labor
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Right to Work
Outlaws Union membership as a pre-condition to employment
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Closed Shop
Union membership is required for employment
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Truman's Civil Rights Reforms
Desegregation of Armed Forces
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HUAC
Investigate communists in the Film industry
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Interstate Highway Act
"New Deal" style spending for the modernization of the Interstate Highways
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"Checker's Speech"
Nixon's gift of a dog, TV Appearance, saved his VP Candidacy
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The transistor
Miniturization of radios
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Rock 'n' roll
Rythm and blues, country - black experience
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The fair deal
Passes minimum wage
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criticism of suburbia
Conformity, lacks diversity
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Termination policy
Bring indians into mainstream society
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Kennedy's Congressional achievements
Defense exploration
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Reynolds v. Sims
political power shifted from rural areas to urban
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Kennedy's goal in the Space Race
Put a man on the moon
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Warren Commission
no conspiracy
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Kennedy and Religious issue
Separation of church and state
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One man and one vote
all citizens should have equal rights
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Alliance for Progress
Cooperative aid projects with Latin American governments
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Most critical moment of Cold War Limited test ban; disarmament
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Office of Economic Opportunity
was a major part of Johnson's war on poverty
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks (NAACP) helped organize with Dr.King formed SCLC
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CORE
Congress for Racial Equality - sit ins
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SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference - End segregation; register to vote
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Southern Manifesto
White Southerners, legislators, defy court rulings (States Rights)
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Little Rock
Government tried to prevent Black students entering High School by deploying national Guard
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Dr. King's March on Washington
"I have a dream" Supports Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill
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Selma
Blacks were the majority, but only a fraction of those registered
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate, but equal doctrine
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Freedom riders
Integrate bus terminals (Interstate commitee)
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Freedom Summer
Blacks and Whites register Black voters in Mississippi
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Civil Rights movement post 1965
Pre 1966 segregation + voting rights. Not economic or social. After 1965, then economic and social
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Malcolm X
Black Segregationist
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Miranda v. Arizona
Police to inform your rights when arrested
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Truman and Vietnam
China '49 and Korean War convinced Truman to help France
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Dien Bien Phu and US involvement in Vietnam
US to help support pro western gov't
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Vietcong
became more powerful in part due to use of terror
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