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| 3825733948 | Asian American | The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States was over in 1946. | 0 | |
| 3825733949 | Atomic Bomb | After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviets began construction of a near copy of the Fat Man bomb, called Joe-1. | 1 | |
| 3825738246 | Brown v. Board of Education | The Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. | 2 | |
| 3825740464 | Civil Rights Act 1964 | An act that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. | 3 | |
| 3825740465 | Cold War | After World War ll there was political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. | 4 | |
| 3825743117 | Containment | The United States introduced this policy as a way to stop the spread of Communism. | 5 | |
| 3825744786 | Decolonization | Due to the Cold War, three newly independent nations emerged in the 1950s and the 1960s in Asia and Africa. | 6 | |
| 3825749285 | Détente (mutual coexistence) | Détente means "release the tension" and this was a period of improving relations between the United States and Soviet Union | 7 | |
| 3825752301 | Internment of Japanese | The United States was the forced relocation of all Japanese ancestry who loved on Pacific coast to interment camps during World War ll. | 8 | |
| 3825754370 | China | Aided North Korea in Korean War. | 9 | |
| 3825754371 | Korean War | A war between the United States and North Korea after the invasion of South Korea. | 10 | |
| 3825757381 | Latinos | A series of racial attacks in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California between minorities (Mexican-Americans) and servicemen. | 11 | |
| 3825760234 | Military-industrial Complex | The conjunction of an "immense military establishment" with a "permanent arms industry." | 12 | |
| 3825764181 | Nuclear Arsenal | Nuclear weapons such as atomic bombs had become a popular war tactic after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | 13 | |
| 3825764182 | Oil Crisis | An oil crisis began in 1973 when members of the OPEC proclaimed an oil embargo. | 14 | |
| 3825767543 | Postwar Optimism | Winning the war effort dictated a new direction in American culture. Americans now wanted something new and better, and many were earning enough money to find that better life. | 15 | |
| 3825767544 | Red Scare | Fear in the potential rise in communism. | 16 | |
| 3825770426 | Vietnam War | A military conflict between South Vietnam, supported by the United States, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule. | 17 | |
| 3825796014 | Braceros Program | Allowed Mexican nationals to take temporary agricultural work in the United States. | 18 | |
| 3825800314 | Clean Air Act | A United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. | 19 | |
| 3825806903 | Oil Embargo | The OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military. | 20 | |
| 3825806904 | Medicare | A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older | 21 | |
| 3825808954 | Medicaid | A federal and state program that helps low-income individuals or families pay for the costs associated with long-term medical and custodial care | 22 | |
| 3825811356 | Space Race | The competition between the United States and Soviet Union regarding achievements in the field of space exploration | 23 | |
| 3825813616 | Suez Crisis | A short conflict following the nationalization of the Suez Canal by President Nasser of Egypt in 1956. Britain and France made a military alliance with Israel to regain control of the canal, but international criticism forced the withdrawal of forces. | 24 | |
| 3825815593 | Baby Boom | A temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II. | 25 | |
| 3825817530 | Civil Rights Movement | As the USSR exploited the grievances of black Americans and sought to extend its influence in the Third World, the United States tried to massage its domestic racial problems by promoting gradual desegregation. | 26 | |
| 3825819230 | Desegregation | The elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, schools, organizations, etc. | 27 | |
| 3825822611 | Mexican-Americans | Were the main minority involved in the Zoot Suit Riots that broke out throughout Los Angeles. | 28 | |
| 3825827491 | Tennessee Valley Authority | A federal agency that controls the electricity, irrigation and flood control from the dams and reservoirs along the Tennessee River. | 29 | |
| 3825830980 | Thurgood Marshall | A judge of the twentieth century; the first black appointed to the Supreme Court. | 30 | |
| 3825835162 | Sun Belt | The southern and southwestern region of the U.S. | 31 | |
| 3825839433 | Iran Hostage Crisis | On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. | 32 |
