History 2 part 1

Question 1

US involvement escalated by the Gulf of Tonkin incident

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1964

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country that fell to communism in 1975

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Vietnam

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a landlocked country in southeast Asia

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Laos

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a country in southeast Asia

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Cambodia

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a country in Southeast Asia known for its history and culture

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Vietnam

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a region in East Asia divided into North Korea and South Korea

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Korea

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a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement known for his advocacy for black empowerment

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Malcolm X

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the key figure in the Civil Rights Movement’s nonviolent protests

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Rosa Parks

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An abolitionist leader and former enslaved person who fought for civil rights

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Fredrick Douglass

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A military intervention by the Soviet Union in 1979

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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A response by the US to the Soviet Union of Afghanistan

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withdrawal of American Troops

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a response by the US to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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increased military aid to anti-communist forces

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a US program to provide aid to Western Europe after WW2

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Marshall Plan

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civil rights activists who challenged segregation in interstate bus travel

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Freedom Riders

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A US armed interventionist aimed at toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

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a US policy to support anti-communist insurgencies worldwide

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Reagan Doctrine

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associated with welfare reform as an economic policy

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President Clinton’s administration

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resulted in the deregulation of the telecommunications industry

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1996 Telecommunications Act

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established to protect against terrorist attacks

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Homeland Security Act of 2002

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the US president during the Gulf War in 1991

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George HW Bush

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implemented to address the Great Depression

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the New Deal

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Major theme of US foreign policy during the Cold War

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Containment of Communism

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the first US female astronaut in space

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Sally Ride

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resulted in the punishment of Germany and reparations after WW2

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Treaty of Versailles

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the fall occurred in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War

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Berlin Wall

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a military alliance formed in response to the Soviet Union's expansionist policies

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NATO

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the US strategy aimed to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War

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Containment

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the first country to launch a satellite, leading to the Space Race

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Soviet Union

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the economic program designed to help rebuild Europe after WW2

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Marshall Plan

Question 31

the Supreme Court ruling that declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional

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Brown vs. Board of Education