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17 Cards in this Set
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What was a program designed to help devastated european economy |
Marshall plan |
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What did the Allies begin to build and the USSR responded by blockading Berlin in 1947 |
West Germany |
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How did the US respond to the blockading of Berlin |
Berlin airlift |
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What organization formed |
North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) |
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How did the Soviets respond to the North Atlantic Treaty organisation |
Warsaw pact |
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The Soviet development of the atomic bomb led to what between the US and the USSR |
Arms race |
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What needs received an increase in welfare |
Health care, education, unemployment, housing, and family benefits |
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What did western europe establish |
European economic community or common market, later known as European Union |
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What did the US begin to increase |
Military spending |
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Social distinction remained but what was it blurred by |
Social mobility |
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Rise of what class in the 1950s |
Married working women |
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Who came up with the idea of containment |
Truman |
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Who came up with the idea of brinkmanship go to the brink of the war and whoever blinks first loses |
Eisenhower |
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Who had a flexible response it could either use conventional military or nuclear weapons |
Jfk |
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Who had the ideal of detente |
Nixon |
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Who believe in human rights |
Carter |
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Who had escalation and military buildup |
Reagan |
