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60 Cards in this Set
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who was Eisenhower's first Secretay of State
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Dulles
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What was Dulles' foregin policy called?
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Brinksmanship
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Whose approval was Eisenhower seek before taking action agains N. Vietnam
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Churchill
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What was the name of the invasion of Cuban exiles begin?
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Bay of Pigs
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During whose adminstration did the training of Cuban exiles begin
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Eisenhower's
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According to the standard explination, where did the dault lay for the Bay of Pigs
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CIA
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Kennedy's foreign policy gave him the ability to intervne anywhere with varying amounts of force. What was it called?
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Flexeble response
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Where were the locations of th applications of Brinksmanship?
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Korea, Vietnam, and formosa
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Throughout Eisenhower's presidency, what was the rang for the defense budget?
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$35-40 billion dollars
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How did Khruschev solve the problems in Berlin
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Building the Berlin Wall
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Where did Stalin's violence originate?
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his daddy
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In 1931, the Soviet Union was said to be how many years behind the West in terms of industry?
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50 to 100
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How many people were taken, executed, imprisioned and interrogated during Stalin's Purges?
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Millions
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What pact did Stalin sign with hitler to prevent his invasion of Russia
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USSR-Germany non-aression pact of Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
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Did Stalin create his own policy or did he expand on others
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others
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Why was the director of the Moscow Zoo arested
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His monkeys got TB
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Where did Stalin develp the idea of forced labor camps
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from the tsars
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In the First 5 year plan, how much of decreacrese in illiteracry rates occur?
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50%
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Who was Stalin's rival to the succession of Lenin
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Trotsky
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As a result of the first five year plan, oil comsmption incressed ___, coal and Steel increased ___, and electricity consumption incressed ___.
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3x, 4x, 6x
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Who wew the mid-class intellectuals who wanted to use government to better society
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The progressives
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who wrote the jungle
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Upton sinclair
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who worte treson of the sentate
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david g phillips
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what treaty ended ww1
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treaty of versailles 1918
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artical 231 is also known as
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war guilt clause
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what work led to 3/5 of the nations cities to own their own water works
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shame of the cities by lincoln steffens
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inaugration of president __ was followed by the progessive era
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t. roosevelt
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what year did the us enter ww1
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1917
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whats considered the first total war
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ww1
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triple entente
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great britain, france, russia, and US
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What country was involved in Vietnam befor the US
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France
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how much was the final aid package for Europe under the Marshall plan
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12.5 billion
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what country was supporting the greek gov at the close of ww2
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great britian
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who put the blockade of berlin
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stalin
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what govermnet agancy was accused by McCarthy to be affiliated with commies
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state department
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what parellel was Vietnam divided at
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17
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who initiated the currency reform in w germany
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clay
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who was appointed supreme commander of NATO
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Eisenhower
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did russia participate in the marshall plan
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no
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what were the 2 countries that were provided aid by the US under the truman doctrine
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greece and turkey
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In the 1920s what did hitler argue the source of germany's troubles
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treaty of versailles
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what antion did italy attack in 1935
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ethiopia
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what area did Japan invadie in 1931
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manchuria
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what was the first country hitler seized control of
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austria
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what was the name of Italy's dictator
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mussolini
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in what country was the sudetenland
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czechoslovakia
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who was the vbritish prime minister in 1938
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chamberlain
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what was article 231 also known as
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war guilt clause
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what was the league of nation's only solution to international conflict
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economic sanctions
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what country was the first to suffer the effects of the nazi-soviet pact to aug. 1929
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poland
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Which New Deal programs were declared unconstiutional
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NRA and AAA
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how many dams were created by the TVA
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29
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What was the unemployment rate of Germany during the Depression
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40%
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Which New Deal program created the San Antonio Riverwalk
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WPA
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what year was the bonus March
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1932
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What was the term for FDR's radio broadcasts
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firside chat
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Which New Deal legislation established the FDIC
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Glass-Stegal Act
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How many men died fighting forest fires as part of the CCC
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47
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What was the insurance covered by the FDIC
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$5,000
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What was the name for hobo towns (yes hobo towns) during the Great Depression
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hoovervilles
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