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20 Cards in this Set
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james forrestal?
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first secretary of defense 1947
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geoge kenann?
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DOS employee who formulated the concept of containment
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George marshal?
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trumans secratary of state who offered milions$$ to Europe to rebuild
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doulgas mcCarthur
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commander of UN forces in korea:releived by harry truman for insubordination
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henry wallace
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progressive candidate in 1948 against truman
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strom thurmond
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longest senate fillbuster against truman and dewey in 1948-later republican senator
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adlai e. stephenson
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democrat candidate for president twice against eisenhower, 1950s
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john foster dulles
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eisenhowers secretary of state who enunciated 'massive retaliation"
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joseph mccarthy
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searched for communists in US state department 1950s
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ethel and julius rosenburg
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first civilians executed for spying
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francis gary powers
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U-2 spy plane shot down over the soviet union
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henry cacot lodge
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nixons vice presidential cantidate in 1960, when he barely lost to kenedy
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alan shepherd
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first american in space
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john glen
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first american to orbit th earth
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niel armstrong
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first american on the moon
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barry goldwater
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father of modern conservatism; republican candidate for president 1964
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robert s. mcnamara
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secretary of defense whose study questioned US operations in vietnam (later released as pentagon papers)
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eugene mccarthy
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democratic party anti war candadate 1968, senator, who almost won in NH
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j. william fullbright
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major senate critic of johnsons vietnam policy, senator from arkanass
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billy graham
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evangelical revivalist who who emphasized old fashioned gospel themes in the 1950s-1960s
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