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AP U.S. History: 1920s through Post-Cold War...

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41. What was the baby boom?
a nationwide increase in the birth rate between 1946 and the 1960s
42. What effect did the launch of Sputnik I h...
It re-energized the space race by increasing the urgency of being the first country to explore space and land on the moon.
44. What is reapportionment?
the restructuring of voting districts
45. Was the 1961 CIA plot called the "Bay of ...
a failure, because Cuban soldiers quickly defeated the CIA-trained invaders and took them prisoner
46. What was the Test Ban Treaty?
an American, British, and Soviet ban on testing nuclear weapons that was signed in October 1963 (other countries signed the treaty shortly after)
47. What is the NAACP?
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a group that is highly active in resisting and stopping racial segregation and discrimination
48. What did the Supreme Court case Brown v. ...
that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," essentially ending any legal basis for segregation
49. What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a law designed to ensure that African Americans are not denied the right to vote via literacy tests or by any other measure
50. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
It gave the president the authority to "repel any armed attack against forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression" in Southeast Asia.
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What was the baby boom? a nationwide increase in the birth rate between 1946 and the 1960s
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