A Short History of the United States

256 a short history of the united states other member nations under U.S. command, headed by General Doug- las MacArthur, who was ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 257 With the Korean War continuing, despite the beginning of peace talks in 1951 , which wearied a ...

258 a short history of the united states high command during World War II. Perhaps Eisenhower’s most bril- liant stroke was in m ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 259 conservatism and social liberalism. He characterized himself as “liberal on human issues, and ...

260 a short history of the united states to assist the working out of a truce. On July 27 , 1953 , the United States, North and ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 261 old-fashioned and rather tame for their tastes and turned to what was called “rock and roll,” ...

262 a short history of the united states retained control of both houses of Congress. He scored 457 electoral and 35 , 590 , 472 ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 263 personally deplored the Brown decision, he could not allow defi ance of national authority to ...

The United States ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 265 electoral votes representing twenty-two states to Nixon’s 34 , 108 , 157 popular and 219 elect ...

266 a short history of the united states there was a sense of urgency among Americans to seize the island and restore a liberate ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 267 complied with the agreement, and the likelihood of a nuclear war be- tween the two countries w ...

268 a short history of the united states Another clash between state and federal authorities occurred on October 1 , 1962 , when ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 269 out of the way. The following day, Medgar Evers, a Mississippi civil rights activist, was shot ...

270 a short history of the united states Then came the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , which forbade discrimination because of race i ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 271 Barry Goldwater of Arizona, had won. Johnson had a total of 486 to Goldwater’s 52 electoral vo ...

272 a short history of the united states The Housing and Urban Development Act provided federal assis- tance for the constructio ...

The Cold War and Civil Rights 273 the way of Negroes.... A state that denies people education cannot demand literacy tests as a ...

274 a short history of the united states within five months registration of African-Americans in the South in- creased forty per ...

The Vietnam War ...