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What were the main roles of the United Nations?

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to promote peace and protection for all member nations

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What were the main causes of the Cold War?

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There was an idealogical and political rivalry between the USSR & America.

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Compare and contrast the Cold War and Conventional War.

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The Cold War was a war that was mostly political struggles and war was never officially declared. Conventional War is fighting up front.

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Embargo

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an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country

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Diplomatic Detente

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the hotline between Kennedy and the Russian dude; two politicians get together and talk

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Geopolitical tensions (like present-day Ukraine problems)

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like America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War; if they went to war the whole world would be affected

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Combat Strategies

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containing communism

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MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

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policy in which the U.S. and Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy each other

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How did Stalin view the policies (Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine) of the United States in post-war Europe?

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Stalin didn’t like them because they were a direct economic attack against his country

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How was the fall of China to communism viewed by most Americans?

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They feared America would fall to communism.

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Truman Doctrine

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President Truman’s policy to aid nations struggling against communism

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Berlin Airlift

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operation in which the U.S. and Britain broke the Soviet blockade of West Berlin

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Containment

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American policy to keep communism contained within its existing borders

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Marshall Plan

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U.S. aid program to help Western Europe rebuild after World War II

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Iron Curtain

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imaginary barrier separating Soviet-controlled countries and the free world

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How did the Korean War begin?

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North Korea invaded South Korea.

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How did the Korean War end?

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The 38th Parallel was put into place.

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Who supported North Korea during the Korean War?

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Soviet Union

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Who supported South Korea during the Korean War?

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United Nations

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Kim II Sungś involvement in North Korean Conflict

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leader of the communist party in North Korea

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Korean War Years

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1950-1953

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38th Parallel

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dividing line between North Korea and South Korea

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General Douglas MacArthur’s role in North Korea

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World War II hero who commanded American troops in South Korea; wanted to nuke North Korea

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China’s role in North Korean conflict

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the fall of China led to North Korea invading South Korea, leading to the Korean War

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Berlin Wall

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wall that separates East and West Berlin

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Joseph McCarthy

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U.S. Senator who falsely accused Americans of having communist ties

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McCarthyism

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negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty; Americans began fearing a communist takeover

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Blacklisting

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refusing to give you a job because you were accused of being a communist; result of McCarthy trials

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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military alliance to counter Soviet expansion and stop communism

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Warsaw Pact

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rival military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states

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Detente

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the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries

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SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks)

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limits gun and nuclear energies that a country has

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Space Race

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a race between the US and the USSR to put someone in space

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Sputnik

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satellite launched by the USSR into space

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How did the launching of the Sputnik affect the Space Race?

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It caused America to implement the National Defense Education Act to try to catch up

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National Defense Education Act

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provided funding to the United States educational institutions

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Baby Boom

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increase in births between1945 and 1964

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Sunbelt

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name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest

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What caused the rise in the Sunbelt?

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interstates, warmer climates, and jobs

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Rustbelt

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Southern Midwest

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What caused the fall of the Rustbelt?

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migration to the Sunbelt

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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

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American organization that coordinates the space-related efforts of scientists and the military

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What led to the creation of NASA?

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America wanted to beat the USSR in the Space Race

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Rosenbergs

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American couple executed for passing atomic secrets to Soviet agents

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Federal Employee Loyalty Program

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Truman signed Executive Order 9835 and it was used to try to root out communists

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Enemy Within

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afraid of communists inside the country; caused by the Cold War; led to the McCarthy Trials

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What was the impact of movies during the Cold War era?

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They influenced the public´s opinions

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Sacco & Vanzetti

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Italian immigrant anarchists falsely accused of murdering a man

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Eisenhowerś Policy

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policy that stated the U.S. would use force to help nations threatened by communism

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Jim Crow Laws

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state and local laws that enforce racial segregation in southern states; led to the Civil Rights Movement; caused by Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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court case that led to the legalization of segregation as long as they were separate but equal

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Civil Rights/Votings Rights Act of 1965

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completely outlawed segregation; result of the Civil Rights Movement and marked the end of that movement; written by Kennedy, but established by Johnson

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What quote is attributed to Johnson concerning the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the politics of the South?

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¨Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason to which can excuse the denial of that right.¨

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Solid South

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when everyone left the South because they mostly elected democrats

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What was the overall goal of the civil rights movement in the United States?

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to give equal rights to African Americans

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24th Amendment

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constitutional amendment that banned the poll tax as a voting requirement

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Lynching

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public death by hanging without a trial

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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

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first established; founded by W.E.B DuBois

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Medgar Evers

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civil rights activist instrumental in the effort to desegregate the University of Mississippi

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Thurgood Marshall

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African American lawyer who led the legal team that challenged segregation in the courts; later named a Supreme Court justice

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SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership)

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founded by Martin Luther King, Jr.; fought for Civil Rights; marched on Washington and Selma, led Montgomery Bus Boycotts; led all the nonviolent protests

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SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

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a grass-roots civil rights organization; coordinated Freedom Summer; tried to register black people to vote but three of them were beaten to death; trial was televised and found them nonguilty

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Black Power Movement

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a 1960s movement that urged African Americans to use their collective political and economic power to gain equality

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Black Panther Party

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an organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966

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CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

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started by James Farmer in 1942 to peacefully protest

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Letter from Birmingham Jail

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written by King to his wife while he was in jail

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Little Rock Nine

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9 students were the first African Americans to enter Little Rock Central High School

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James Meredith

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former veteran who tried to attend Ole Miss; let in after Kennedy commanded it; attended Princeton

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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

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ruled that segregation is always unequal

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Rosa Parks

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African American woman arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person, leading to a prolonged bus boycott

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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a 1955-1956 protest by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, against racial segregation in the bus system

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Baptist preacher and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent protest against segregation

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Sit-Ins

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a form of protest where participants sit and refuse to move

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Freedom Riders

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1961 protest by activists who rode buses through southern states to test the ban on rider segregation on interstate buses

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What was a long-term result of the efforts of Freedom Summer?

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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What was the significance of Birmingham and Selma in the Civil Rights Movement?

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They were nonviolent protests led by King that were televised

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Civil Rights Act of 1954

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outlawed discrimination in public places and employment based on race, religion, or national origin

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Malcolm X

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African American radical leader who was a member of the Nation of Islam

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March on Washington

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1963 demonstration in which 200,000 people rallied for economic equality and civil rights

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Immigration Act of 1965

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changed America’s immigration quota system

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What federal legislation was enacted to provide women with more equality on the job?

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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New Frontier

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a term for Kennedy’s proposals to resolve economic, educational, healthcare, and civil rights issues and to explore space

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Great Society

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a plan to end poverty and racial injustice and provide opportunity for every child

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Johnsonś beliefs on government responsibility and poverty

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Johnson (Democrat) wanted to help the people by spending money on Medicare, Welfare, and Medicaid

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Goldwaterś beliefs on government responsibility and poverty

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Goldwater was a Social Darwinist that didn’t want to help at all

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Medicaid

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a federal program that provided basic medical services to poor and disabled Americans

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Medicare

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a federal program that provided basic hospital insurance for Americans aged 65 and older

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Headstart

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Daycares

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Job Corps

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designed to give people jobs

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Peace Corps

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a U.S. program that sent volunteers to developing countries to assist in education, healthcare, and economics

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Eugene “Bull” Conner

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Birmingham, Alabama Public Safety Commissioner who used police dogs and fire hoses on protestors

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George Wallace

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Alabama Governor who said, “I say segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!”

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