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| How did President Harding feel about the league of nations? |
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| He was against joining them. |
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| According to Thurgood Marshall, what constitutional amendment was violated by allowing school segregation? |
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| What were the 3 events for African Americans in the 1950's? |
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| Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka |
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| African Americans staged a successful boycott of segregated busses in ______________. |
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| President Eisenhower sent troops to ___________ to enforce a court order to intergrate. |
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| Identify technological advances of the 1950's. |
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| Consumers eagerly sought the latest products, dishwashing machines, synthetic fabrics, antibiotics, and jet powered commercial air craft. |
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| Who was another friend that became head of the Veterans Bureau? |
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| how much work each worker does |
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| person who believes that there should be no government |
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| a national policy avoiding involvement in world affairs |
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| a downward turn in business activity |
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| to send out a country's aliens who are considered dangerous |
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| a system or process that uses mechanical or electronic devices that replaces human workers |
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| across state lines connecting or existing between two or more states |
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| the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to build more weapons in an effort to surpass the others military strength |
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| refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust as a nonviolent way to press for changes |
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| Who was the chief justice of the United States to head the commission to investigate the Kennedy shooting? |
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| An economic system based on private property and free enterprise |
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| Who started a brotherhood of sleeping car porters? |
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| Who was Charles Evans Hughes? |
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| A former Supreme Court Justice, as a Secretary of State |
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| Who promised new programs to get the country moving again? |
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| What Supreme Court case established segregation in schools? |
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| Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
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| Who was a popular religious leader who was jewish and expressed tolerance for religious differences? |
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| Who was the chief lawyer for the NAACP? |
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| What states entered the Union in 1959? |
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| Who became a larger than life hero? |
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| What is installment buying? |
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| purchases are paid for in installments which includes interest charges instead of at the time of the purchases |
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| Who introduced mass-produced housing based on experience he gained for building houses for the navy? |
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| How did the Geneva Summit help to ease cold war tensions? |
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| It submitted a policy of peaceful coexistence. |
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| How did Calvin Coolidge respond to the 1919 Boston Police strike? |
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| He fired the entire Boston Police Force. |
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