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Primary Source Documents · 1946–1959

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The early Cold War, prosperity, and the dawn of the civil rights era.

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1947Marshall Statement To The Senate› 1947Taft-Hartley Act› 1947The "Truman Doctrine"› 1947McCarren Internal Security› 1949Harry S. Truman's Presidential Inaugural Address› 1950Harry S. Truman's National Emergency› 1952Youngstown Sheet & Tube vs. Sawyer› 1953Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidential Inaugural Address› 1954Brown vs. The Board Of Education› 1954United States vs. Lattimore› 1957Civil Right Act› 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower's 2nd Presidential Inaugural Address› 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower's On the Middle East› 1958President Eisenhower On U.S. Troops To Lebanon› 1958President Eisenhower On Little Rock› 1958N.A.A.C.P. vs. Alabama›

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