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1
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Latitude line established after WWII that divided N Korea and S Korea

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38th parallel

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38th parallel divided what two countries

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N Korea and S Korea

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N Korea was ________

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Communist

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S Korea was _________

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Democratic

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Country controlled politically and economically by a powerful nation (Soviet union) during the Cold War

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Satellite nations

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What are satellite nations

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Countries controlled politically and economically by a powerful nation (SU) during the Cold War

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Cold War policy of the US intended to keep communism from expanding

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Containment

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Political theory common during the Cold War that if one country fell to communism, countries near by would also do the same

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Domino theory

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Document made during the Cold War that suggested tripling the defense budget in an effort to contain communism

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NSC 68

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Alliance of ten European nations (and the US and Canada) that pledged mutual assistance in the event of an attack on any member of the nation

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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This was responsible for helping free people resist communist influence by giving over $400 million to these two countries

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  • Truman Doctrine

- Greece and Turkey

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Greece and Turkey was able to resist communism because of this

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Truman Doctrine

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Provided American money to numerous countries with the goal of rebuilding W. European economies and prevent communist influence

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Marshall Plan

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Who was the Secretary of State during the time of the Cold War

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John Dulles

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What were Dulles beliefs about communism

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Wanted to completely eliminate it

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This Secretary of State held Christian belief

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Dulles

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During the Cold War, America showed sympathy to this middle eastern country

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Israel

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The project in which the US took 127 rocket scientists from Germany to work on air space travel

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Operation paper clip

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The name of the first spacecraft to be launched into space

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Sputnik

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Who launched Sputnik

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USSR

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Incident in which an American spy plane shot down over the USSR and Eisenhower denied it

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U-2 incident

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This leader of Russia was angry during the U-2 incident and called America the bad guy

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Nikita Khrushchev

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People who listened to the election on the radio felt ______ had won, and those who watched on the TV felt _____ had won

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  1. Radio - Nixon

2. TV - JFK

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JFK made a call to _________ which may have won him the election

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  • MLK’s wife
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People questioned the strength of JFK after he created a coalition government rather than sending in troops to this country in SE Asia
Laos
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Where were anti-castro Cubans trained
Guatemala
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Bay of pigs was located in _____
Cuba
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Berlin Wall separated
East and West Berlin
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When did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?
August 1961
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America had missile sights in ______ aimed at _________ during the Cuban missile crisis
1. Turkey | 2. Soviets
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Joseph McCarthy used to be a _______ from _______
A senator from Wisconsin
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This person accused 206 government officials of having communist ties to help him gain fame for the election
Joseph McCarthy
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This organization invested suspected communists
HUAC (House on unamerican activities committee)
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_________ gained fame while participating in HUAC
Richard Nixon
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New deal government official that was convicted of having communist connections and sent to prison
Alger Hiss
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Married couple accused of sending top secret evidence to the USSR - put to death
Ethel and Julius Rosenburg
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Hollywood 10 started out with ___ members but only ___ refused to testify
- 19 | - 10
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This was nationally televised for 36 days in 1954
The army-McCarthy hearings
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The army-McCarthy hearings were nationally televised for ___ days
36
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What did McCarthy realize during his hearings
He had overreached his boundaries taking on the US army
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What year was the army-McCarthy hearings
1954
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ESSAY: discuss different aspects of American society and the differences that America wanted to promote. Consider at least 4+ examples: gender roles, politics, peoples personalities, youth, schools, role of television / technology, the space race
1. Gender roles: 2. Schools: 3. Space race: 4. Technology: - technology boomed after WWII in America - increase in population - more cars, better roads, a lot more housing available - Chang in lifestyle: Americans craved a faster lifestyle - wanted to buy everything that they were denied during the Great Depression
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Program started by JFK to promote helping people in third world countries
Peace corps
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Program designed to help countries in the Western Hemisphere
Alliance for progress
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Who did the work on the civil rights bill of 1964
- passed by Johnson but Kennedy did the work before his death
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Bill that Kennedy worked on, but Johnson passed
Civil rights bill of 1964
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JFK began to push for this type of education in schools
Physical
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_____ pushed for physical education in schools
JFK
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JFK's goal for the space race
Wanted a man on the moon by the end of the decade
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When did America put a man on the moon
1969
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JFK wanted a man on the moon by
The end of the decade
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What day was JFK assassinated
November 22, 1963
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Where was JFK assassinated
Dallas, Texas
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Who killed JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
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Where was JFK burried
Arlington national cemetery
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Who takes over following the death of JFK
Lyndon baines Johnson
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Who was the VP for JFK
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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LBJ was the former ________ _________ _________
State majority leader
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Increase in birth rate that began in the late 40's
Baby boom
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Leader in suburb development after WWII using mass production techniques
William Levitt
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"Baby expert" that encouraged mothers to stay home and not work
Dr. Benjamin Spock
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Criticized limited roles for women
Betty Friedan
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Wrote feminine mystique
Betty Friedan
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This person lost twice to Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
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Adlai Stevenson was a senator from
Illinois
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How did America respond to Stalin's isolation of Berlin
Berlin airlift - brought food, water, and supplies
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What issue between Truman and MacArthur cost him his job
MacArthur was set on a full-blown war with china and Truman said no; MacArthur talked smack to the press
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What was the result of the Korean War
Stalemate
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What were the factors behind the post-war's economic boom
Increased defense spending kept people employed, rebuilt Europe, created strong foreign markets
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How did Truman advance the cause of civil rights
De-segregated the military
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This person referred to the 80th congress as "do-nothing"
Truman
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Why did Truman refer to the 80th congress as the "do-nothing" congress
Congress wouldn't pass any of his laws
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What shift in employment trends had occurred by the mid-1950's
Where people once had blue collar jobs, they now had white collar jobs instead
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How did American American performers influence popular American culture in the 1950's
Jazz and blues influenced rock and roll

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