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marshall plan |
George Marshall, an American general assessed Europe's condition at the time He suggested setting up a $17 billion plan to aid economic growth was needed in Europe He argued that poverty and hardship breeds communism All countries in Europe damaged by the war in Europe; countries in need of re-equipment of industry/ farming; Money, food, machinery etc. that would aid economic growth. In return these countries would have to buy US goods and allow US companies to invest
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Truman Doctrine |
the British government would no longer provide military and economic assistance to Greece and Turkey. Truman asked Congress to support Greece and Turkey against the Communists. the Truman Doctrine committed the United States to actively offering assistance to preserve the political integrity of democratic nations. America would send military and economic aid to countries fighting communism |
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NSC-68 |
was a call for permanent military build-up to enable the united states to pursue a global crusade against communism . it helped spur a drastic increase in American military spending
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Korean War |
was Korea was divided into 2 governments, communist north Korea, and anticommunist south Korea. the north invaded the south hoping to reunify the country under communist control. |
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NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - it was an alliance pledging mutual defense against any future soviet attack. consider attack against one an attack against all |
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Warsaw Pact |
the Warsaw Pact was a response to a similar treaty made by the Western Allies.Warsaw Treaty was based on total equality of each nation and mutual non-interference in one another's internal affairs, the Pact quickly became a powerful political tool for the Soviet Union to hold sway over its allies and harness the powers of their combined military
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the fair deal |
focused on improving the social safety net and raising the standard of living of ordinary Americans. they increase minimum wage, start national health insurance, expand public housing, social security and aid in education |
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operation dixie |
a campaign to bring unionization to the south and by doing so shatter the hold of anti-labor conservatives on the regions' politics. the drop in workers' real income sparked the largest strike wave in American history |
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Taft-HartleyAct
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sought to reverse some of the gains made by organized labor in the past decade. a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions. |
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Dixiecrats |
any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights. |
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uses of anticommunism |
expand power of the FBI, also served as a weapon for ppl in battles unrelated to defending the US against subversion. |
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McCarthyism |
assault on civil liberties, character assassination, guilt by association, and abuse of power in the name of anticommunism. |
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Joseph Mccarthy |
senator of Wisconsin who accused ppl of unproven charges of communist subversion in high government circles |
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Sputnik |
The world's first artificial satellite released by the soviet union
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Southern Manifesto |
The Southern Manifesto became a bold written document in 1956 by legislators in the United States congress, who were against racial integration in public places. The Manifesto document was a direct response to the Brown v. Board of Education to ruling.
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watergate |
a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
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Vietnamization
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aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam
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Richard Nixon |
37th President of the United States, and only U.S. president to resign the office.
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my lai massacre |
company of American soldiers brutally killed the majority of the population of the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai in March 1968
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SDS |
Students for a Democratic Society - a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. |
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New Left |
a broad political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of educators, agitators and others who sought to implement a broad range of reforms on issues such as civil rights, gay rights, abortion, gender roles, and drugs
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Port Huron Statement
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a text that criticizes institutions ranging from political parties to corporations, unions, and the military-industrial complex. the power of the Port Huron Statement lies in the concept of a participatory democracy, in which people take part in making decisions that affect their lives. |
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Great Society |
was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. provide health care for poor & elderly and federally fund education and urban developments.
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3rd world |
define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO, or the Communist Bloc.
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urban decay |
the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude.
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Jimmy Carter |
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States (1977-81) and later was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. tireless work both before and since his presidency in support of equality, human rights and the alleviation of human suffering, Carter will go down as one of the nation's great social activists.
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Human Rights |
Criticism of human rights abuses in other nations served as an early indication that Carter’s inaugural address marked an ideological shift in U.S. foreign policy.
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CaucasianRace Equal Privileges Resolution
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Passed by Texas where they defined Mexicans as white. Didn't have to address the topic os segregation this way.
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“GrossNational Product” War
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The war in the Pacific was called this as it's outcome was believed to be based on which combatant could outproduce the other.
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Iran-Contrascandal
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scandal uncovered after investigations in 1987 revealed that the US had been selling weapons to the anti-American government in Iran (to help secure the release of American hostages) & had been using the profits from these sales to secretly & illegally finance the Contras in Nicaragua (a rebel group fighting the leftist Sandinista regime; (2) NSC member Oliver North had organized the operation from within the White House but there was no proof that Reagan was aware of North's actions
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