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Chapter 27 Flashcards

1
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The practice of forcing business owners to hire only union members

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Closed shop

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2
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Competition between countries in the number and power of weapons held by each

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Arms race

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3
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To use planes to get food fuel and other supplies two areas in

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Airlift

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4
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A rise in prices on goods and services

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Inflation

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5
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A meeting of heads of government

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Summit

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6
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A cold war term for cutting off Eastern Europe from west

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Iron Curtain

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7
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Situation in which neither side in the war is able to gain much ground or achieve a divisive of victory

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Stalemate

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8
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Sabotage or an action to weaken a government

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Subversion

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9
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To end the separation of differences

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Desegregate

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10
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A war which two enemies do not actually fight each other

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Cold War

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11
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A focus on accumulating money and possessions rather than an interest in personal and spiritual matters

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Materialism

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12
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The use of spying in order to gather the secret information

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Espionage

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13
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A region that is off-limits to military forces

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Demilitarized zone

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14
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A list of individuals whose loyalty and questionable

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Blacklist

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15
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Wealth

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Affluence

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16
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To lie under oath

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Perjury

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17
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An Access of materials

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Surplus

18
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Which country created the Berlin blockade

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US

19
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Which senator lead the hunt for communist

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Joseph McCarthy

20
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What effects did the black lists have

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People couldn’t get jobs people got punished people couldn’t work with films

21
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What was the intended purpose of the United Nations

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To settle international disputes and prevent future wife

22
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Who were the big three

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Allied leaders

23
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What was the policy containment

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To hold back the Soviets using military as well as nonmilitary ways

24
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How did the house un-American activities committee HUAC affect Hollywood

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They held hearings on alleged, or suspected, communist influence in the entertainment industry as a result several screenwriters and film directors went to jail for not answering questions about their political beliefs

25
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What was the yalta confrence

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They came to discuss the issue affecting the postwar world out of this meeting came the Yalta agreement

26
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Who criticized the Taft-Hartley act

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The labor unions

27
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What outlawed the close shop

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The Taft-Hartley act

28
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What was Harry S Truman’s domestic reform

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Fair deal

29
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Who was expected to win the 1948 election

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Thomas Dewey

30
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What were some aspects of Trumans fair deal

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Truman propose to raise the minimum wage expand Social Security benefits increase federal spending to create jobs

31
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Why were Americans eager for new goods and services

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American save their money because money consumer goods were unavailable or rationed now they were eager

32
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What new organization was created from the national security act

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Central intelligence agency the CIA

33
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What was the fair deal policy regarding discrimination

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He try to persuade Congress to protect the voting rights of African-Americans abolish the poll tax and make lynching a federal crime but those failed he then made desegregate to end the separation of races

34
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At the end of world war 2 , korea was divided at the blank of latitude

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38th parallel

35
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President Truman persuaded the blank to send troops in Korea

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United Nations

36
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The troops advanced toward Chinese border, resulting in Chinese troops aiding the North Koreans and eventually resulting in the communists capturing blank the capital city of South Korea

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Seoul

37
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Un forces retook Seoul , but then the war then became a blank for almost 2 years

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Stalemate

38
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Truman opposed MacArthur’s plan of dropping the blank on Chinese bases and relieved him of his command

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Atomic bomb

39
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A blank was signed in July 1953

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Cease fire agreement

40
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To hold back the enemy using military as well as nonmilitary way

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Containment

Lb S.s. (2 decks)

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