“It is difficult, if not impossible, to ignore charges made by Senator McCarthy just because they are usually proved exaggerated or false.”  –New York Times. McCarthy was “a ballyhoo artist who has to cover up his shortcomings with wild charges.” — Harry S. Truman, privately. Together these passages best explain

The Affordable Care Act of 2010

Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock in 1957 primarily because

Joseph McCarthy’s political collapse followed most directly from

The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 departed from earlier neutrality legislation because it

The Iranian hostage crisis

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was necessary because the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Suburban developments such as Levittown remained almost entirely White because

American economic pressure on Japan escalated sharply in mid-1941 when Roosevelt

The Pittsburgh Courier urged readers to support the war effort while pressing for racial equality, publishing two interlocking Vs. The editors insisted their campaign should not be read “as a plot to impede the war effort.” The Double V campaign is best characterized as