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16 Cards in this Set
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Who desegregated the army?
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Truman
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What was the Marshall Plan?
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meant to contain communism;
United States funded |
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Joe McCarthy
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major communists..thought they were everywhere
sent Alger Hiss to jail for lying under oath |
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Alger Hiss
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govt employee/ advisor to FDR at Yalta.
accused my McCarthy of providing communist agents with govt documents |
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McCarran Walter Act of 1952
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gave attorney general the power to deport immigrants after they became citizens for being linked to communist groups
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1950
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Disneyland is open to ALL
are known as the glory years! |
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Eisenhower (4)
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1. desegregated schools
2. built free ways 3. kept us out of war. 4. balances budget |
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Rosa Parks
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famous for the bus... wasn't the first but got the credit and went to jail
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Martin Luther King (4)
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1. went to jail
2. gave the "I have a Dream" speech 3 ran unauthorized taxicab co. 4 made it not about black/white but equality |
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Elvis Presley
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was on the Ed Sullivan show
known as Elvis the Pelvis |
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sent out first rocket
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Russians.
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first rocket name
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Sputnik
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U-2 Incident
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with one of our plans we flew over Russia
Eisenhower says "yes we spied...and lied..and we wuld it again if we have too" |
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Scary movies at the time
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Godzilla, Dracula, Frankstein
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Nixon
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went up against JFK--lost
ran for governor of CA--lost |
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Kennedy's Goals
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put man on the moon; passed the national defense education act; wanted more science, teachers, and scientists;
created NASA |
