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the truman doctrine initially wanted to aid which two “threatened” states:

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greece and turkey

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according to containment, america proposed to solve problems through

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economic support

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what were the result of the berlin airlift

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  1. stalin realized he could not unify germany
  2. east and west germany were firmly established
  3. west germany saw the need to make its capital bonn, germany
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effects of launching of sputnik

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calls for more funding for science ed in america

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the marshall plan adopted policies toward communist countries that

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offered assistance to the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites, but they refused

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after wwii, middle-class americans overwhelmingly expressed the desire to

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establish prosperity after 15 years of depression and war

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american Cold War policy was largely shaped by the following except:

a. marshall plan
b. truman doctrine
c. executive order 9066
d. long telegram

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c. executive order (this was the evacuation of japanese)

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Joseph stalin was especially adamant about controlling this country to provide a buffer zone between the USSR and Western Europe

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poland

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effects of the baby boom in the 1950s

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fueled the economy

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a consumer culture appeared in the 1950s because of all the following developments except:

a. the creation of credit cards and easy payment plans
b. an increased ability of advertisers to create demand for new products
c. the connection between television and the marketing of new goods
d. fear of a nuclear attack and desire to be prepared

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d. fear of a nuclear attack and desire to be prepared

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Levittown represented a change toward

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affordable homes in american suburbs

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how did the possible atomic in 1950s cause effect?

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  1. nuclear testing- new environmental and health problems
  2. rivalry between US and USSR produced beginning of arms race
  3. both USSr and US tested enormously powerful hydrogen bomb
  4. us and USSr rivalry threatened safety of the world
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The GI bill was geared toward helping veterans in the areas of

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housing and education

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the economic expansion of the 1950s and early 1960s was caused by

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  1. rise in family incomes
  2. increase in birth rate
  3. rapid expansion of the suburbs
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major goal of truman’s fair deal

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improve economic benefits for working people

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the US refused to support the british, french and israelis in the 1956 suez invasion becaue

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it feared the arab nations would become allies of he Soviet Union

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this Wisconsin senator was leading reason the red scare of 1950s by accusing people of being communsits:

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Joseph McCarthy

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Many nations in _____ were forced to become communist and enter the Soviet Union

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easter europe

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by 1949, all but a few countries in this region were hard line stalinist regimes

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Eastern Europe

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who coined the phrase “iron curtain”

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churchill