The table below gives details about the 1970s and 1980s.

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(Defeat in Vietnam)
(Pentagon Papers)
(Watergate Scandal)
(Iran-Contra Affair)

Which phrase describes the events in the table?

A. Efforts to Reduce Presidential Power
B. Events that Weakened Public Trust in Government
C. Clashes between the Executive and Legislative Branches
D. Disagreements between the Supreme Court and the President

the us hoped to prevent any nations from leaning towards soviet union-based communism. the containment policy was established in hopes of keeping communism from spreading to new places.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.