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[BLANK-1] was an American Army General who evacuated the Philippines, vowing to return, before its early fall to the Japanese. He was critical of Chester M. Nimitz’s Island-Hopping Strategy in the Pacific and argued that many individual islands could be skipped over and offered no real strategic value. He oversaw the surrender of the Japanese at the war’s end and served as the de facto governor of Japan in the early stages of the peace process. Later, during the Korean War, he would be fired for insubordination when he publicly criticized President Harry S. Truman.

The 1950s saw increased concerns with sexuality and the American family. One perceived threat to the American family was the periodical, [BLANK-1], which was first published in 1953. It was targeted toward men and most Americans claimed it was lurid; however, it managed to attract a large readership.

The House vs. NCAA case involved how athletes could get compensation from whom?

The Reagan Administration met the AIDS Epidemic in the 1980s with indifference, largely because the disease was predominantly affecting gay men (the initial name for the disease was Gay-Related Immune Deficiency). Homosexuals were thus left to provide their own responses to the epidemic. One pioneer was [BLANK-1], a New York playwright who founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis – an organization that lobbied for a more proactive response to the AIDS Epidemic.

Small and sleek compared to earlier models, [BLANK-1] was released in 1977 and became the first successful mass-produced microcomputer meant for personal or home use. This revolutionized an industry and made home computing a reality.

Investigative journalists from the Washington Post, [BLANK-1], exposed the corruption in the Nixon White House at great risk to themselves and brought down the presidency by bringing the Watergate Scandal to light.

Following the terror attacks of 9/11, George W. Bush pushed congress to pass [BLANK-1] which granted Bush presidential powers even stronger than those exercised by FDR during WWII. It allowed law enforcement to bypass due process and civil liberties. Federal agents could conduct warrantless searches and wiretaps. Illegal observations of phone communications were later uncovered. The Office of Homeland Security even received details regarding the library books people checked.

Internal racism weakened the labor movement throughout the mid-twentieth century. While some national labor unions like the CIO encouraged Black unionization as early as the 1930s, rank-and-file white workers vehemently opposed the integrated shop. In Detroit and other major cities after WWII, white workers participated in [BLANK-1] and walked off the job rather than work with African Americans.

Support for the Vietnam War declined when CBS journalists aired war footage of U.S. Marines burning the village of [BLANK-1] in 1965 with no regard for the lives of its occupants. The violence perpetrated against civilians by U.S. forces revealed a credibility gap between what was reported by official sources regarding the Vietnam War and the evident reality of the actual combat.

Upon taking office in 1993, Bill Clinton vowed to end discrimination against homosexuals in the military. This proposal sparked massive resistance from Republicans and leading figures in the military. He altered his earlier, more progressive approach with a policy known as [BLANK-1]. Recruiters were forbidden from inquiring about soldiers’ sexual preferences, but openly gay personnel could be fired.