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Full Employment Act
" It was introduced in 1945 Full Employment in a Free Society. The bill's original aim was to reduce unemployment to substantially insignifi- cant figures." (Paul Douglas) -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
" CIVIL RIGHTS-LEGISLATION-THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957
-The enactment by Congress of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
indicates movement in an area which has long remained" (Thomas Winquist) -
Berlin Wall crisis
"Berlin Wall crisis The establishment of the Berlin Wall was one of the seminal moments of the Cold War. Not only did the wall serve as the most powerful symbol of the protracted conflict, but its erection was one of the few occasions in which a "hot" war appeared"(Daniel Macfarlane) -
Cuban Missle Crisis
"the "Caribbean crisis" of
1962, as the Soviets call the Cuban missile
crisis" (Raymond Gartboff) -
Expansion act of 1962
"the Trade Expan- sion Act of 1962. The growing eco- nomic strength of the Common Market and its discriminatory external tariff policies"(William Freund) -
assassination of President John F. Kennedy
"The Novem- ber 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy is such an event"(David Wrone) -
Lyndon Johnson becomes president
"Lyndon Johnson emerged from the presidential election of 1964 with an almost unprecedented victory"(Mitchell Lerner) -
Voting Rights Act
" the Voting Rights Act of 1965 sought to end practices like literacy tests that made it more difficult for African Americans to vote." (William Clinton) -
Richard Nixon becomes president
"Richard Nixon and Civil Rights: Explaining an Enigma HUGH DAVIS GRAHAM Holland McTyeire Professor of History Vanderbilt University During Richard Nixon's extraordinary, almost half-century career in public life, he never fit the models we used to order our political universe"(Hugh Graham)