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Harry S. Truman

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33rd Democrat President, started CIA, fought Korean War in 1950, created Truman Doctrine to end Communism

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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34th Republican President, signed Interstate Highway Act, fixed Suez Canal Crisis, and contained communism in Mid-East through covert operations

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John F. Kennedy

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35th Democrat President, “New Frontier” in space exploration, removing poverty, succesfully stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis, assassinated

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Lyndon Baines Johnson

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36th Democrat President, Great Society programs like Medicare, Medicaid, signed 1964 Civil Rights Act, sent troops to Viet and made draft

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Richard Nixon

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37th Republican President, promised to remove troops but instead expanded war into Cambodia and Laos, involvment in Watergate Scandal led to his resignment

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Gerald Ford

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38th Republican President, pardoned Nixon, cut inflation in half

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Jimmy Carter

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39th Democratic President, pardoned all Vietnam War draft dodgers

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Ronald Reagan

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40th Republican President, arguably led to fall of Soviet Union and end of Cold War, reduced nuclear stockpiles, conservative “Reagonomic” policies

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George Kennan

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major advocate for containment of Communism and Soviet Union from spreading during Cold War

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The Dulles Brothers

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Eisenhower’s Sec of State John Dulles and CIA Director Allen Dulles, believed in agressive anti-Communism, toppled governments

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Robert McNamara

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Johnson’s Sec of Defense, helped escalate American involvement in Vietnam War

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Barry Goldwater

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Conservative Arizona senator, lost to LBJ in 1964

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Hubert Humphrey

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Vice President to LBJ, supported civil rights legislation

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Eugene McCarthy

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Minnesota senator, heavily opposed Vietnam War

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Henry Kissinger

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National Security Advisor under Nixon, known for his “shuttle diplomacy”

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Military Industrial Complex

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relationship between military and defense industry and its effect on government policy

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Cold War

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Political and military tensions primarily between US and USSR, started after WWII, ended after USSR fell

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containment

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US foreign policy to contain Communism from spreading

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domino theory

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theory that if one country falls to Communism, countries nearby can also follow

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Truman Doctrine

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provided military and economic support to countries threatened by Communism

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Marshall Plan

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provided economic assistance to stabilize democratic Western European countries

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NATO

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North American Treaty Organization, formed by Western European countries and US to counter threat of Soviet Union

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Warsaw Pact

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Military alliance between USSR and Eastern European satellite states against NATO

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Second Red Scare

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anti-communist sentiments during the mid-1900s due to communist infiltrations of American institutions

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Joseph McCarthy

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Wisconsin senator, made accusaations of Communist infiltritation in US govt and entertainment industry

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Rosenbergs

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Husband and wife who allegedly gave Russia atomic bomb secrets, executed by electric chair

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Hollywood Ten

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group of filmmakers and directors who were in contempt of Congress for not testifying about communist influence in film industry

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Bracero Program

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US labor program allowing millions of Mexicans to temporarily work in US

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GI Bill

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provided educational scholarships and housing assistance to veterans

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Interstate Highway System

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Network of highways built under Eisenhower for interstate travel, commerce, and military transport

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Sputnik

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first satellite in space, launched by USSR in 1957, started Space Race

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Neil Armstrong

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first man to walk on the moon during Apollo 11 mission in 1969

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Pentagon Papers

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leaked papers that revealed that war expanded into Cambodia and Laos and more that US public didn’t know

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Watergate

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Nixon Adminstration’s attempted cover-up of breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters

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Berlin Blockade/Airlift

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Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948, countered by the Western Allies’ airlift of supplies to the city

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Suez Canal Crisis

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Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, leading to military intervention from Britain, France, Isreal, Eisenhower helped calm things down

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962 confrontation between US and USSR over presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, brought world to brink of nuclear war, but Kennedy and Krushchev peacefully resolved it

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Détente

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Easing of strained relationships, US and USSR in 1970s had improved relations with arms control agreements and more diplomacy.

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Korean War

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conflictbetween North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by US and UN

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Vietnam War

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conflict between communist forces in North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States, only war US ever lost

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Gulf of Tonkin Incident

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alleged attacks on U.S. Navy ships by North Vietnamese, used as justification for increased American involvement in the Vietnam War, later found to be not true

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Tet Offensive

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major offensive by North Vietnam that turned the war in their favor, took US troops by surprise, and shook American confidence in the war

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Students for a Democratic Society

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Student activist organization advocating for social justice and political reform and opposed the Vietnam War

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Berkeley Free Speech Movement

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Student protest movement at the UC Berkeley in the 1960s, advocating for freedom of speech and academic freedom.

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Muhammad Ali

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American boxer and activist, known for refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military during Vietnam War

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Rachael Carson

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American marine biologist and conservationist, book “Silent Spring,” raised awareness about bad side of pesticides

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Fair Deal

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a Truman policy for national health insurance, civil rights legislation, and education reform.

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New Frontier

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Kennedy’s legislative agenda for civil rights, economic reform, and space exploration

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Great Society

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Johnson’s social welfare initiatives to remove poverty & racism and support civil rights

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Civil Rights Act

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1964 Legislation by Johnson prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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Voting Rights Act

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1965 legislation by Johnson to lift barriers preventing African Americans from voting

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Immigration Act

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1965 legislation by Johnson to removed quota system and preferred immigrants with useful skills

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Camp David Accords

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Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel brokered by President Carter in 1978

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Iran Hostage Situation and Iran Contra Scandal

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Iranian revolutionaries seized U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, holding American hostages for 444 days, and the Reagan administration’s scandalous covert arms sales to Iran.

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MLK

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advocate of non-violent protests who took part in many marches and known for his famous “I have a dream” speech

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Malcolm X

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African American Muslim minister, criticized non-violent approach, believed in Black Nationalism

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Rosa Parks

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known for not giving up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus, leading to Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Emmett Till

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African American teenager murdered in Mississippi for allegedly flirting with a white woman

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Little Rock Nine

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African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School after Brown v. Board of Education and faced opposition and violence.

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Greensboro Four

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African college students who staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960

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Mississippi

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Southern state known for its history of racial segregation

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Cesar Chavez

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civil rights activist, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, fought for migrant farmworkers’ rights.

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Dolores Huerta

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co-founder of the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, advocating for the rights of farmworkers and Latinos.

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UFW

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United Farm Workers, founded by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, advocating for the rights of farmworkers

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AIM

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American Indian Movement, Native American activist organization advocating for indigenous rights and sovereignt

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Alcatraz Occupation

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Native American protested by occupying Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay to demand return of the land to Native Americans.

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George Wallace

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Alabama governor known segregationist views and opposition to civil rights movement

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Southern Manifesto

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Document by Southern Congressmembers to stop integration in public places and schools

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Letter from Birmingham Jail

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MLK’s letter from prison supporting nonviolence

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UC Regents v. Bakke

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ruled affirmative action is legal but racial quotas are not

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg

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allowed using buses to desegregate schools

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Roe v. Wade

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1971, legalized abortion nationwide based on right to privacy

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Title IX

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banned gender discrimination in education and other things getting federal assistance

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NOW

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National Organization for Women, founded by Friedan for equal pay and legalizing abortions

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ERA

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Equal Rights Amendment, guaranteed equal rights under the law regardless of sex, failed to be ratified

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Betty Friedan

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her book “The Feminine Mystique” helped spark the second wave of feminism in the United States

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Gloria Steinem

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co-founder of Ms. magazine

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Phyllis Schlafly

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Conservative activist and opponent of the ERA, created the Eagle Forum

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Shirley Chisholm

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first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress

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Sandra Day O’Connor

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first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, nominated by President Reagan in 1981.

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Freedom Summer

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thousands of mostly white college students, traveled to Mississippi to register African American voters and set up freedom schools.

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Selma to Montgomery

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marches, some led by MLK, to protest voter registration discrimination

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SCLC

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded by MLK for nonviolence protesting

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SNCC

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, by college students wanting direct action

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Nation of Islam

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wanted black empowerment and separation from white society.

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Black Panthers

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militant black power organization fighting for black self-defense and revolutionary change

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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last leader of USSR, tried to help it from falling apart but didn’t work

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Miracle on Ice

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US ice hockey team won against USSR’s team, symbolizing US’s win on Cold War

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Reaganomics

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Reagan economic policy of tax cuts, deregulation, and a focus on free market principles

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SDI

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US proposed missile defense system, led to USSR overspending on technology and bankrupting themselves

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