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Korean war
Was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
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2nd Red Scare
After WWII, the US emerged as a superpower but with the USSR as its rival for power. Like the 1st Red Scare, fear of communism invading the US spread as communism spread to Eastern Europe & Asia. McCarthy & Republicans accused hundreds of Democrats, labor union members, immigrants, & prominent Hollywood actors of being communists
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Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the initial spark to the Civil Rights movement after WW2. The initial event was about a civil rights activist named Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white person. This caused controversy all over the nations and many other Civil Rights activists like Martin Luther King Jr. were born as a cause of this event.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a war against America/South Vietnam and North Vietnam/Vietcong. The cause of this war was to contain communism. This war was a regretful one because it is kind of the first war that the Americans actually lost. -
Little Rock Nine
After the case, Brown vs. Board of Education, all schools were required to be integrated. Many schools ignored this new law. On September 3 1957 nine African American Students tried to go to Little Rock's Central High. This caused a big controversy, even the governor attempted to stop the students from attending the school. However, the federal government did get involved and the students were escorted from and to the school by the national guard for nearly a year. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev saw an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro's Cuba and make good its promise to defend Cuba from the United States. It may have been the moment when the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war.
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Kennedy's Assassination
President Kennedy was scheduled to speak at a luncheon in Dallas on November 22, President Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder. Oswald was an avowed communist who spent three years living in the Soviet Union. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
After a long "war" for equality, the U.S. finally passes the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The legislation outlawed any form of discrimination against, race, gender, age or religion. Although the legislation was passed, it took many years to actually see the results of it. -
Nixon and China
Ended twenty-five years of isolation between the United States and the People's Republic of China and resulted in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was when John Mitchell and John Dean tried to steal documents from the Democratic National Committee. Instead of exposing this to the public, the Nixon administration tried to cover it up. The releasing of many documents and tapes lead to the resignation of Nixon as president.
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California v. Bakke
A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy.
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Ronald Reagan/ Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980's. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents
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Cold war
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments.
