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98 Cards in this Set
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who is involved in the vietnam war?
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everybody
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what was seen as a ritualized mating dance?
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disco
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Equal rights amendment was the beginning of?
did it ever pass? |
women's liberation
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who took over after Nixon resigned in 1974?
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Gerald Ford
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What was Gerald Ford's foreign policy?
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followed Nixon's detente
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Who became president in 1976?
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Jimmy Carter
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Who started the introduction of evangelists in America's politics?
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Jimmy Carter
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1973 Supreme Court Case about abortion?
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Roe vs. Wade
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What all did Carter's administration cover?
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-Human Rights
-was in office all 4 years -russians invade Afghanistan && he gets mad && cancels participation in olympics -economy doing fairly well -1979 iranians take over the embassy |
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Who came after Carter?
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Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan's presidency main points:
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-69 years old
-didn't accomplish that much -cut taxes (didn't work) so increases -economy back on good standing -the "great communicator"-->actor -good ole boy -alzheimers disease in progress during his term |
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in 1983 the US is in a huge _________
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recession
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the pendulum has swung from ______ in the 1960s to ____ from the vietnam war
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liberal; conservative
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people begin moving to _____
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suburbs
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the cold war is between _______ &&&& _____
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The Soviet Union
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during the Cold War, the policy of _________ begins
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containment
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Geneva Summitt
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regulates how many missiles each country can have
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in 1956 russians invade _____
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Hungary
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_______ takes over the Soviet Union
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Kruschev
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in 1957 russians put up the first ______, which alarmed the US
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Sputnik
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Bay of Pigs invasion
& which president did this occur under? |
planned to attack cuba && kill Fidel Casttro
Kennedy |
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What year did the wall in Berlin go up?
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1961
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What year did Kennedy get assassinated
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1963
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Nixon establishes ________ which means they will work together
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detente
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1973 & 1974
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war comes to a close
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Who gave a blanket pardon to Nixon?
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Gerald Ford
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who is elected in 1976?
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Jimmy Carter
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What was the most violent year in history?
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1968
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What happened during 1968?
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-Bobby Kennedy
-MLK shot -700 fires at same time due to MLK'S assassination |
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Who took over after Kennedy?
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Lyndon Johnson
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Important aspects of Lyndon B. Johnson's administration
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-declares war on poverty
-uncommonly liberal -integrates university of Texas faculty club -Aid to public education -open integration -creates aid to artists -presses for getting rid of DDT -4 liberal judges on supreme court |
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everyone is entitled to a lawyer
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escobedo vs. illinois
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"miranda rights"
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miranda vs. arizona
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under which president did the counter culture begin to heat up?
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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What year did the hippies gain more importance?
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1968
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what were the hippies based on?
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-nonviolence
-love -based on alienation -hypocrisy of US -turns agains schools -angry with use of words |
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what 2 choices do hippies have?
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1)leave cities & form communes/societies
2)remain and change society from the inside |
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LBJ wants to become __________maker not _____maker
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peace;war
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Who becomes the president after LBJ?
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Nixon
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Nixon's important occurances
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-inflation begins to rise
*printing to much money *responded by imposing wage or price controls even though he is an old republican *OPEC decides to turn off spiggot price of oil, etc. goes up which leads to an economic recession ---->unemployment |
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Watergate Scandal
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--patch "plumbers"
-get caught -goes all the way up to Nixon |
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in 1972, ______ gets reelected
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Nixon
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in August 1974 _____ gets found guilty of a ## of offenses which will lead to impeachment
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Nixon
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How long did Vietnam last?
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1954-1975
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What does the US get out of the war?
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-debt
-aversion to war -division of society -troops came back with issues -america isn't in for long wars |
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What happened under JFK's presidency?
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-est. peace corps in 1961
-est. Green Burets 1961 -Bay of Pigs-FAILURE |
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What occurs during the Cuban Missle Crisis?
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-fly over and see ICBM missiles
-decide to put a picked line around cuba--->russians send fleet with more missiles to cuba -JFK mobilizes airborne down to Miami & move to red alert -missles are now raised up --->getting serious -as close to thermonuclear war as US has been since then -russian ships turn around mid-ocean && go back to russia -cost Kruschev his job |
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When did the parade in Dealy Plaza, Dallas occur and what happened there?
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November 22, 1963
Kennedy shot |
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Who becomes the new president after Kennedy?
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LBJ
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What occurs under LBJ?
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-declares administration "the great society"
-tax cuts -GNP growth -utopian society |
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Who wrote "The feminine Mystique" && what did that book start?
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Betty Friedan
Women's Liberation Movement |
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When did MLK give his "I have a Dream Speech'?
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1963
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What was the "Little Rock Nine"
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Federal troops brought in to protect students
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What year was the most violent year in American history? && what happened?
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1968
-assassination of Bobby Kennedy -MLK jr shot -vietcong "tet-offensive"-rise && take over -Walther Cronkite "we have lost this war" |
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postwar anti-colonial nationalism == _________
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irrational patriotism
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_______ detroys imperial legitimacy
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holocaust
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involvement in vietnam stemmed from _______
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fear of communism
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who created the theory of containment?
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George Kennan
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Theory of Containment
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every time the Soviet Union tries to spread out, the US will get involved-try to stop communism
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Who came up with the "domino theory"
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Eisenhower
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Domino Theory
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if one country falls to communism, they all will`
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When did the Tonkin-Gulf Resolution occur
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August 7, 1964
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Tonkin-Gulf Resolution
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USS Maddox performing spying in Vietnamese water, fired on by N. Vietnames--->gives Johnson a reason to start war
STARTS DANGEROUS PRESIDENT |
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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bomb communists into giving up
starts the war |
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pacification program
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2 pronged program made to win the hearts and minds of vietnames
actually ended up making more enemies than killing asymmetrical warefare |
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hawks-- ______
doves-- _______ |
for war
against war |
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body count
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count how many vietcong we kill since we don't actually ave real battles
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What ended Johnson's political career?
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Tet offensive
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tet offensiv
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vietnamese new year
vietcong launch massive attack-->failure && defeated! |
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"Tricky Dick"
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Nixon
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vietnamization
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teach vietnamese how to govern themselves, give them some $$
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Nixon's plan to get us out of the war
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1) vietnamization
2)makes war bigger:sends troops into Loas and Cambodia 3)restarts the bombing: |
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Mai Lai Massacre
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troops under luietenat searching for vietcong--->raping women, burning children, houses, etc.
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Who leaked the pentagon papers?
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elsburg
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pentagon papers
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leaked by elsburg---documents involvement in Vietnam--gov't has been lying
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When is the war over
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1973
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political impact of war
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-$$
-change ow people thought about Am. govt -leads to war powers act 1973--> restricts power of pres. to send soldiers off somewhere without a proper declaration of war -vietnam syndrom-->US no longer wants to send troops to small wars |
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___ becomes model for Vietnam
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Korea
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1950's dominated by 3 things
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-Mccarthyism
-Polio -Racism |
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2 republicn administrations in a row
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eisenhower && richard nixon
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1950's period of ________
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enormous growth
-automobiles |
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largest program in US history?
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interstate highway program
eisenhower |
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people moving from urban areas ---> _____
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suburbs
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50's= _______ generation
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baby boom
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who integrated the armed forces and when?
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Truman
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overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Brown Vs. Board of Education
END OF SEGREGATION |
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what year did blacks gain the right to vote?
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1955
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American foreign policy based on: ______
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hatred of communism
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1950's are like _________
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a pressure cooker
-befriending wrong countries -civil rights -racism -polio -communism |
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War in Europe over on
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May 8, 1945
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when was the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
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August 6, 1945
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Truman Doctrine
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if any country fears its going to be taken over by communists? come to us for:
-guns, troops -$$ -etc. |
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Marshall Doctrine
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designed to help american economy
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policy of containment
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link european countries together into a treat organization called NATO
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Berlin is in ____ zone
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soviet
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soviet closes the ports to americans so we ____
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airlift
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when does the berlin wall come up? and when does it come down?
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1961
1989 |
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House Unamerican Activites commitee
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on lookout for unamericans
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