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was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea -
The amendment officially limits presidents to two terms in office. -
Running as the Republican candidate, Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson II in a landslide victory. -
was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools violate -
a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy -
The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. -
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat in the "colored" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger -
a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Sputnik 1 launched and marked the beginning of the Space Age and the Space Race