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| 6643699574 | Parks,Rosa | An activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Refused to give up her seat in Montgomery. | 0 | |
| 6643699575 | Pacification | An attempt to create or maintain peace. | 1 | |
| 6643701628 | Passive resistance | Nonviolent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements. | 2 | |
| 6643701629 | Peace corps | a volunteer program run by the United States government. Includes providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. | 3 | |
| 6643703085 | Pentagon papers | name given to a secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967, prepared at the request of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. | 4 | |
| 6643706246 | Perot, H.Ross | An American business magnate and former politician. In 1962, Perot founded Electronic Data Systems, a company he sold twenty years later for $2.4 billion. | 5 | |
| 6643706247 | Pinkos | A person with left-wing or liberal views. | 6 | |
| 6643708110 | Potsdam conference | The last of the World War II meetings held by the "Big Three" heads of state. Featuring American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, the talks established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. | 7 | |
| 6643708111 | Powell, Colin | An American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. Powell was born in Harlem as the son of Jamaican immigrants. | 8 | |
| 6643710575 | Preemption | Rule of law that if the federal government through Congress has enacted legislation on a subject matter it shall be controlling over state laws and/or preclude the state from enacting laws on the same subject if Congress has specifically declared it has "occupied the field." | 9 | |
| 6643712539 | Radical feminists | Perspective within feminism that calls for a radical reordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts. | 10 | |
| 6643712540 | Ray, James Earl | A convicted murderer who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. | 11 | |
| 6643714813 | Reagan Doctrine | The United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to "roll back" Soviet-backed communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The doctrine was designed to diminish Soviet influence in these regions as part of the administration's overall strategy to end the Cold War. | 12 | |
| 6643717615 | Reagan revolution | The dramatic changes in American politics, economics, and society that took place under the Reagan Administration between 1980-1989. The term sometimes connotes the early years of his presidency, but in reality, the Reagan Revolution lasted between 1981-1989, the years he served as the 40th President of the United States | 13 | |
| 6643717616 | Reagan, Ronald | An American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 | 14 | |
| 6643721045 | Reaganomics | The economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity. | 15 | |
| 6643727297 | Republican revolution | The Republican Party (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and a pickup of eight seats in the Senate. | 16 | |
| 6643727298 | Roe v. Wade | The Supreme Court case that held that the Constitution protected a woman's right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus; thus, government regulation of abortions must meet strict scrutiny in judicial review. | 17 | |
| 6643730956 | Roosevelt, Frankiln | An American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. | 18 | |
| 6643733040 | Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel | United States citizens who were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. | 19 | |
| 6643733041 | Rust Belt | Parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population. Steel-producing cities in Pennsylvania and Ohio are at its center. | 20 | |
| 6643734698 | Saturday Night massacre | Term used by political commentators to refer to U.S. President Richard Nixon's dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and as a result the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20, 1973, during the Watergate scandal. | 21 | |
| 6643734699 | Security Council | An important division of the United Nations that contains five permanent members — the United States, Britain, China, France, and Russia — and ten rotating members. It is often called into session to respond quickly to international crises. | 22 | |
| 6643736425 | Silent Majority | Term was popularized by U.S. President Richard Nixon in a November 3, 1969 speech asking for support. | 23 | |
| 6643736426 | Solidarity | Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. | 24 | |
| 6643739901 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC | an African-American civil rights organization. It is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr, had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. | 25 | |
| 6643739902 | Southern Manifesto | A document written by Lyndon Johnson in February and March 1956 in the United States Congress, in opposition to racial integration of public places. | 26 | |
| 6643742921 | Sputnik | The first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957 | 27 | |
| 6643742922 | Stalin, Joseph | Leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. | 28 | |
| 6643747308 | Stevenson, Adlai | An American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. | 29 | |
| 6643751959 | Strategic Arms Limitaion Talks SALT | Two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control. | 30 | |
| 6643751960 | Stagflation | Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a country's economy. | 31 | |
| 6643754845 | Steinem, Gloria | An American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. | 32 | |
| 6643757516 | Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committe SNCC | A U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups. | 33 | |
| 6643762085 | Summit Meetings | a meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged agenda common during WW2. | 34 | |
| 6643762086 | Sunbelt | The region in the United States that stretches across the southern and southwestern portions of the country from Florida to California. Typically includes the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California. | 35 | |
| 6643765132 | Supply-side economics | Macroeconomic theory that argues economic growth can be most effectively created by investing in capital and by lowering barriers on the production of goods and services | 36 | |
| 6643767736 | Supranational organization | An international organization or union in which member states transcend national boundaries or interests to share in the decision making and vote on issues pertaining to the wider grouping. | 37 | |
| 6643769430 | Tehran Conference | Strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943, after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran. It was held in the Soviet Union's embassy in Tehran, Iran. | 38 | |
| 6643769431 | Taliban | A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. | 39 | |
| 6643770970 | Terrorism | The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. | 40 | |
| 6643770971 | Tet Offensive | One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies. | 41 | |
| 6643774688 | Title 9 | Law stating that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. | 42 | |
| 6643776594 | Thurmond, Strom | An American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate | 43 | |
| 6643776595 | Truman Doctrine | The principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War. | 44 | |
| 6643780187 | United Fruit Company | An American corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas), grown on Central and South American plantations, and sold in the United States and Europe. | 45 | |
| 6643780188 | United Nations | An international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries. The organization works on economic and social development programs, improving human rights and reducing global conflicts. | 46 | |
| 6643783480 | United Nations Charter | The foundational treaty of the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization. | 47 | |
| 6643786163 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | A declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. Sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected | 48 | |
| 6643788661 | Vietnamization | The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. | 49 | |
| 6643788662 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Act signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. | 50 | |
| 6643791135 | Walesa, Lech | A retired Polish politician and labor activist. He co-founded and headed Solidarity, the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. | 51 | |
| 6643793955 | Wallace, George | American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963-1967, 1971-1979 and 1983-1987. | 52 | |
| 6643793956 | War on Poverty | The unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. | 53 | |
| 6643796338 | War on Terror | The ongoing campaign by the United States and some of its allies to counter international terrorism | 54 | |
| 6643796339 | Warren Court | the Supreme Court of the United States during the period when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice. It expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways. | 55 | |
| 6643798267 | Warren, Earl | An American jurist and politician, who served as the 30th Governor of California (1943-1953) and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953-1969). He outlawed segregation in public schools and transformed many areas of American law | 56 | |
| 6643798268 | Warsaw Pact | A collective defence treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. It was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO | 57 | |
| 6643799896 | Watergate | A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement | 58 | |
| 6643799897 | Watts Riot | A group of violent disturbances in Watts, a largely black section of Los Angeles, in 1965. Over thirty people died in the riots which were the first of several serious clashes between black people and police in the late 1960s. | 59 | |
| 6643804692 | Women's Liberation | Refers to a series of political campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, all of which fall under the label of feminism and the feminist movement. | 60 | |
| 6643804693 | Yalta Conference | The World War II meeting on February 7-11, 1945 between the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. | 61 | |
| 6643808731 | Yeltsin, Boris | A Soviet and Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. | 62 |
