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30 Cards in this Set
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Reason why nationalist were defeated in Chinese Civil War
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No support from public
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What was the argument between McAurthor and Truman?
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To drop the atomic bomb on Japan
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In the Korean War, south was winning until what happened?
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Chinese got involved
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Why did Soviets block West Berlin?
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Wanted to divide Germany
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HUAC was known for investigating communism in what industy?
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Movies
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What is Mcarthyism?
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Accusing innocent people of being communists
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What was the first military alliance during peace time that the United States entered?
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NATO
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What aid package was against hungar, poverty, chaos, and desperation?
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Marshall Plan
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The satilite nations were members of what alliance?
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Warsaw Pack
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What was the main result of the Korean War?
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Stallemate, no one gained anything
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What is brinkmanship?
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brink of nuclear war
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what was the main point of limited test ban treaty?
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banned testing in atmosphere
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what was the main reason for the construction of the berlin wall?
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to keep the educated from moving from the east to the west.
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DMZ is associated with what area?
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Korea
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Who lead the indochinese communist party?
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Ho Chi Mihn
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What is napalm?
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a gasoline based bomb.
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What document authorized President Johnson to conduct war in Vietnam?
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Tunkin Gulf Resolution
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Which president adopted the policy of vietnamizing the war?
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Nixion
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What meeting divided Vietnam on the 17th parallel?
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Geneva
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What theory states that countries on brink of communism will fall?
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Domino Theory
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How could a youngman avoid going to war?
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go to college, get hurt
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What president adopted the policy, "Peace with honor"?
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Nixon
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What event led to the division of public opinion supporting war?
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Tet Offensive
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What was the name of the North Vietnamise supply route to Vietcong?
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Ho Chi Mihn trail
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What nation did the United States aid inorder to control Vietnam?
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France
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What event set off the first generals student strike?
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Invasion of Cambodia
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Three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi led to what?
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Voter Registration
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The posting of "whites only" was made leagal by what?
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Voting rights act of 1965, outlawed what?
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Literacy tests
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Main goal of Freedom Rides
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interstate travel- intergrate
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