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NSC-68
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1950
Written in the formative stages of the Cold War, it has become one of the classic historical documents of the Cold War. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled its "blueprint." |
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GI bill
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-1944
-provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. It also provided loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses. |
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Joseph McCarthy
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-1947-57
-public face of a period of intense anti-communist suspicion inspired by the tensions of the Cold War. |
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Red scare
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1917 to 1920, and second from the late 1940s through the late 1950s.
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Brown v. Board of Education
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1954
-"separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." |
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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1955-1956
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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1964
-It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia |
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Economic Opportunity act
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-1964
several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the poor |
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Tet Offensive
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1968
o strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and to spark a general uprising among the population that would then topple the Saigon government, thus ending the war in a single blow |
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Civil rights act
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that outlawed segregation in the U.S. schools and public places
-1964 |
