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6704926779LevittownIn 1947, a builder used mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in surburban New York0
6704926780Iron CurtainA political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII.1
6704926781Truman Doctrine1947, policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism2
6704926782Marshall PlanA U.S. program of economic aid for war-torn Europe (1948-1952)3
6704926783Berlin Blockadea Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy.4
6704926784Korean WarThe conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.5
6704926785McCarthyismThe term associated with a senator who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s.6
6704926786Interstate Highway Act1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway7
6704926787SputnikFirst satellite launched into space.8
6704926788NASAThe United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program.9
6704926790Bay of PigsIn April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. CIA landed on Cuban coast in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro.10
6704926791Freedom Rides1961 event organized by CORE and SNCC to test southern states' compliance to integration.11
6704926792Cuban Missile CrisisU.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President JFK demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island12
6704926793Rachel CarsonUnited States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides. Silent Spring13
6704926794Civil Rights Act of 1964Banned discrimination in public acomodations14
6704926795Voting Rights Act of 1965Banned the use of any test or device to deny suffrage.15
6704926796Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionAuthorized President Johnson to commit US troops to South Vietnam and fight a war against north Vietnam16
6704926797Cesar Chavez1927-1993. Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped migrant farm workers.17
6704926798Malcolm X1952, converted to Nation of Islam in jail in the 50s.18
6704926800WoodstockA free music festival that attracted more than 400,000 young people to upstate New York 196919
6704926801Earth DayA holiday conceived of by environmental activist and Senator Gaylord Nelson20
6704926802Kent State MassacreProtests to the war that lead to National Guard being called in and shot students because they burned the ROTC building.21
6704926805Roe v WadeEstablished national abortion guidelines.22
6704926806Watergate1972, A security gaurd foiled an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committe Headquarters, exposing the Republican scandal.23

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