<span> started to deal with the problems facing the nation, namely the issue of the threat of </span>nuclear<span> attack by the Soviet ... The committee concluded that </span>aircraft<span> and missiles </span>were<span> an important deterrent and might </span>cause<span> the Soviet Union to hesitate before attacking the U.S. </span>
The same time that state legislatures opened suffrage (that is, the right to vote) to all white men, they simultaneously closed the door firmly on white women .