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11 Cards in this Set
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inflation
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the rise in prices
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Fair Deal
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is a plan of domestic reforms aimed at solving some of the nations economic problems.
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Taft-Hartley bill
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this bill limited the actions workers could take against their employers.
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closed shop
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a workplace that hires only union members.
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National Security Act
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it unified the army, navy, marines, and air force under the Department of Defense.
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Central Intelligence Agency
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collects information about what is going on in other countries,evaluating it, and passing it on to the president and other foreign-policy decision markers.
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Strom Thurmond
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Governor of south Carolina for president.
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Henry Wallace
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opposed Truman's foreign policy and called for closer ties between the U.S and the Soviet Union.
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Thomas Dewy
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Governor of New York, the republican nominee, would surely win the election.
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consumer goods
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products that people buy
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desegregate
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to end the separation of races
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