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This phrase describes the decades long conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
The Cold War
This term refers to the wars that the U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in, though they never fought each other directly
Proxy Wars.
This protest movement sprouted up in opposition to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam
The Antiwar Movement
These shmoes returned home from World War II to find American society was still deeply prejudiced against them
African American veterans
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These were the two military alliances formed by the United States and the Soviet Union in Europe
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
These were the two major wars of the Cold War era that featured U.S. troops
Vietnam and Korea
This describes the multi decade struggle against segregation and racial inequality in the United States
The Civil Rights Movement
Brown vs Board of Education
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Korean War
President Harry Truman declared that the U.S. would follow a policy of _________ regarding the expansion of communism
Containment
U.S. military intervention was promoted by politicians who believed that allowing on country to become communist would lead to many others, an idea known as this
Domino Theory
These two civil rights icons were distinguished by their different approaches (one advocated for strictly nonviolence and the other promoted self-defense)
A mob of white shmoes acted extremely violently toward attempts to integrate these institutions.
Public Schools
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
This event and its aftermath created the conditions that let the Cold War power struggle develop
World War II and the destruction of Europe
The Space Race
Civil Disobedience
Shmoes of all ages and colors participated in these protests at lunch counters across the nation
Sit-ins
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin was upset by the U.S.'s massive investment in rebuilding western Europe, a policy known as this
The Marshall Plan ($13 billion spent in development projects)
Name the President that ran on a platform claiming he would end the Vietnam War - and name the two countries that he expanded the war into
Nixon - Cambodia and Laos
One of the milestone victories of the Civil Rights era was the passage of this piece of legislation that outlawed all discrimination on the basis of race
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Berlin Wall