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fought against Jim Crow laws
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domino theory: The domino theory was a theory prominent in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.
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.containment: A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest.
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.arms race/ space race: A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology.
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics, it was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian SFSR.
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communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
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sweet was refused admission to the Texas university of law because of his skin color
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U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
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program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
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brown fought against racially separated schools
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prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
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