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| IN 1924, Congress passed this Act, which effectively banned Asian immigration until 1965. |
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| Allen Dulles directed this agency to initiate coups around the world in democracies where Soviet influence was suspected. |
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| The best example of how European ethnics would finally gain the full benefits of whiteness, to the exclusion of others, would come with an innovation in this at the end of World War II. |
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| Following WWII this government agency began insuring long term, low monthly payment mortgage loans. |
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| Amidst the economic boom of the 1950’s, two of these occurred one in 1954 and the other in 1958. |
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| Supported by the CIA in a coup too oust the Guzman before becoming one of Latin America’s most abusive dictators. |
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| By 1920 a series of alien land acts prohibited man non citizens from owning or leasin land. Without this legal designation of to make them citizens, Japanese immigrants could not have the full protection. |
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| Of the 23 million newcomers between 1880 and 1920, the vast majority were from here. |
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| In his brief, this Japanese man argued that his skin was as white as any other… |
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| In the past white meant being a citizen and being a Christian; after World War II it mean living here. |
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| Originally this program excluded farm workers and domestics, most of whom were non-white. Many unions locked Blacks and Mexicans into low paying jobs, or kept them out of all together.. |
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| - In between jews the Italians and others. They were in between white and black. |
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| Some Historians have suggested that these new immigrant groups from Eurpe, were in transitional stage. |
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| When real estate agents preyed on the racial fears of white homeowners to get them to sell their homes quickly. For less than market value. The homes were resold to non-whites at inflated prices. |
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| Eisenhower threatened to use military force to bring this military stalemate to a close in 1954. |
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| The Civil Rights movement |
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| ON the one hand, this officially ended inequality of opportunity officially ended de jure legal inequality. At the same time, those triumphs did nothing to address the underlying economic and social inequalities that had already been in place. |
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| One of the most famous Long Island….???? |
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| Eisenhower.... social security |
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| Signed legislation expanding coverage of this program to farmers, physicians and clergy. |
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| Eisenhower disliked “federal activism” but nominated this activist judge who repudiated plessy v Ferguson. |
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| We came here with nothing We sorde hard. We pulled ourselves up by our own. |
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| iranian prime minister ousted in a CIA coup who wanted to regain control of Iraninan oil reserves from the british |
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| Sought to expel the French from Vietnam; defeated them in 1954 at Kien Bien Phu |
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| Eisenhower supported him in the 1956 Suez Crisis… |
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| He was raised in a pacifist family and became commander of the Allied effort in the greatest military conflict in history. |
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| Eisenhower’s urged the French to grant independence to this country but did not push the envelope because he needed France’s help in Europe. |
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| Military Industrial Complex |
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| In 1960, Eisenhower warned for the reduction of military spending to address this arrangement. |
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| Until we recognize that there is really no way to talk about equality of opportunity without talking about equality of condition then we are stuck with this of paradoxical idea of a colorblind society in a society that is totally unequal by this. |
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| - perhaps most important election of the 20th century about the nature of government |
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| authorized LBJ to escalate America involvement in Vietnam |
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| - amidst bomb threats and a wave of immigration, the raids of palmer exported thousands during this |
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| GB, FRA and Israel v. Egypt. US and USSR support Nasser. |
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| 9/11/1973 CIA ousted democratically elected Allende here |
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| - established in 1913, this body sets interest rates and indirectly impacts unemployment rates |
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| Inflation rate and the unemployment rate are high |
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| - theory proposing that tax rate reduction for upper class is stimulatory for the economy |
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| - FDR and Nixon established policies that abandoned standard economic unit of money is a fixed to the weight of this |
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| Military Industrial Complex (MIC) |
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| Eisenhower’s final words of advice to the nation: “Beware of the…” |
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| - Wilson proposed this body but could not get the senate to approve US participation |
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| Longtime secretary of defense who became very critical of war |
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| Friends who become political rivals and changed the nature of the GOP |
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| - Cold warrior and McCarthy era HUAC member who extended hand of cooperation to Chairman Mao |
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| - Blamed for the culmination of bad policies and changes in the economy from Harding and Coolidge |
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| o Marshall Plan- rebuild Europe this is not out of the kindness of America’s heart |
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| - “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world.” |
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| - The author of controversial reports proved that American sexual mores different than they publicly claimed. |
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| “Government is not the solution to our problem.” |
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| - Supported “free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by the outside pressures” |
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| - Established income tax, direct election of senators, prohibition and women’s suffrage |
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| - This anti-immigrant organization had greater members in the Midwest than the south in the early 20th century. |
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| - This book shows how civil rights legislation spurred increased segregation. |
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| - Most people don’t know that the number of bombs dropped here exceeded that of WWII |
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| The ratio of this to GDP was higher after WWII than today. |
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| - In addition to the military, the vast majority of government spending is on Medicare and Social security programs known as this. |
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