United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...superiority the United States exploded (1952...advances, the United States made rapid progress...the 49th and 50th states of the Union. Despite...source of conflict. In 1961, the older Eisenhower...aged). Kennedys foreign policy combined such humanitarian...aggrandizement. After breaking relations with Cuba, which...Communist orbit, the United States supported (1961) an ill-fated invasion...States blockaded Soviet military shipments to Cuba...Voting Rights Act (1965), and the 24th Amendment...