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What Communist leader gained control of Cuba in 1959?
What amendment gave the residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in national elections?
The policy of peaceful coexistence was attempted between Vietnam and the US
General MacArthur openly favored an all-out war and total victory in Korea
a military alliance of Communist countries
What were the names of the husband and wife who were convicted and executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviets?
Many thought Dewey would defeat him in 1948
The March on Washington resulted in violent attacks in Washington
What legislation did Congress pass over Truman's veto in an attempt to limit the power of labor unions?
What was the name of the joint military alliance formed by the US, its Western European allies, and other allies?
What action continued for 321 days in 1948 and 1949 in an effort to overcome a Soviet blockade?
He was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1960
What was the policy that described America's intent in the late 1940s and the 1950s to stop the Soviets from overtaking more governments?
President Truman allowed MacArthur's forces to drive the Communists back into North Korea but not to bomb their bases and supply lines in China
What order could be procured from the courts to forbid a strike and force labor negotiations?
What term describes the movements of large numbers of the American population to areas of the country with warmer climates?
Martin Luther King Jr. was the first black leader to win national prominence
Armed guards and orders to shoot anyone who tried to escape across the Berlin Wall
What kind of legislation was used in the South to keep blacks segregated from whites?
The Cuban Missile Crisis carried no threat of nuclear war