Cold War, Cultural Upheaval, and the Reagan Era (1945-1991)
Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech
March 5, 1946
Participation in UNESCO
July 30, 1946
Truman Doctrine
1947
The Marshall Plan
June 5, 1947
North Atlantic Treaty
April 4, 1949
Amendment of United Nations Participation Act
October 10, 1949
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Harry S. Truman: Recall of General Douglas MacArthur
April 16, 1951
Dwight Eisenhower’s First Inaugural Address
January 20, 1953
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Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
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Dwight Eisenhower’s Second Inaugural Address
January 21, 1957
Eisenhower Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School
September 24, 1957
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John F. Kennedy’s Address to Southern Baptist Leaders
September 12, 1960
Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
January 17, 1961
John F. Kennedy: 1961 Inaugural Address
January 20, 1961
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John F. Kennedy: Statement on the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 22, 1962
Test Ban Treaty
1963
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail
April 16, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream”
August 28, 1963
Civil Rights Act
1964
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Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing
October 27, 1964
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Richard Nixon: “Vietnamization”
November 3, 1969
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Roe v. Wade
January 22, 1973
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Ronald Reagan: The New Republican Party
February 6, 1977
Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address
January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan: The Evil Empire
March 8, 1983
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Ronald Reagan’s Second Inaugural Address
January 21, 1985