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1
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Brown v. Board of Education

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Determined: Separate is not Equal

2
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Baby Boom

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Unprecedented growth in population post WWII

3
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Peace Corps

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Government agency for volunteers to help underdeveloped nations

4
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John F. Kennedy

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President during the “Camelot” era

5
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Alger Hiss

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Guilty of treason

6
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McCarthyism

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Use of lies,distortion,and innuendo to destroy another person

7
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Berlin Wall

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Stood from 1961 to 1989

8
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Khrushchev put long range missiles 90 miles from our store

9
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Bay of Pigs

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Our CIA failed to create democracy in Cuba

10
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Peaceful Coexistence

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Post Korea foreign policy regarding Communism

11
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Domino Theory

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Eisenhower’s belief: Communism in Asia

12
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March on Washington

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Civil rights protest: I Have a Dream Speech