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Making accusations (especially about communism) without proper evidence
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Law passed to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher educations
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Ruled against school segregation and set that separate doesn't necessarily mean equal
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A mass campaign and protest to abolish racial segregation and discrimination and gain equal rights under law
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Law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
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First televised presidential debate and gave Kennedy the edge to becoming president
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35th president that served from 1961-1963 until he was shot and killed in his car by Lee Harvey Oswald
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A letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. after he had been arrested when he took part in a nonviolent march against segregation
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A speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the demonstration of freedom at the Lincoln Memorial. He to unify citizens in accepting diversity and eliminating discrimination against African-Americans
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Made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
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A set of programs proposed by President Lyndon B. Johnson whose goals were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice this included Medicare and Medicaid
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Shot in Tennessee. King's death caused waves of social unrest
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JFK's brother and was assassinated before being able to finish his political race