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45 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of Soviet Union until 1953
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Joseph Stalin
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Brought Soviet Union into WWII and the Cold War
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Joseph Stalin
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Led many purges in his own country, killing millions
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Wendell Wilkie
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1940 Republican Nominee to Presidency, he was a politically inexperienced businessman
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Wendell Wilkie
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Wrote the book "One World" aruging US should abadon all military alliances and settle disputes diplomatically
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Harry Truman
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Vice President to FDR in his last administation and took over upon FDR's death in 1944
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Harry Truman
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He was re-elected as president in 1948 and defeated Thomas E. Dewey
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Harry Truman
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His doctrine ephasized containment from futher Soviet aggression
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Harry Truman
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He decided to use the Atomic bomb aginst Japan in 1945
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Mao Ze Dong
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Leader of Communist forces is china vs. Chiang Kai-shek
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Thomas Dewey
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Republican Governer of New York, nominee for presidency in 1948
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Douglas Macarthur
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American General during WWII
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Douglas Macarthur
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Allied supreme comander in the Korean war.
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Douglas Macarthur
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Argued for all out war against Korea and suggested bombing China and posible use of nuclear arms.
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Douglas Macarthur
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Fired by Truman in April 1951 after publicly critizing Truman's war policy
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Joseph McCarthy
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Radical republican known for claims of 200+ communists in the state departmentf
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Joseph McCarthy
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Had enormous political clout in Washington and he was supported by most of the nation on his claims
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Joseph McCarthy
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When his radical claims are examined and no evidence is found he looses support and eventually dies in 1957
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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President after Truman 1952
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Ran against Stevenson in 1952 on the Republican ticket.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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He promised to not attack New Deal but focus on foregin policy.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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This President deals with many problems in Iran and Guatemala
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Scott Mcleod
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Appointed by Eisenhower to be special prosecutor to find security risks in state department.
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Scott Mcleod
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Because of this persons invesigations 200 people are fired and most democrats are replaced by republicans
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Ho Chi Minh
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Vietnamese nationalist who tries to aruge his case after WWI for new vietnamese state
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Ho Chi Minh
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He starts the Indo-Chinese communist party
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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WWII hero
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Runs against Nixon for presidency in 1960
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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He is the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the begining operations in Vietnam
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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He is assinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas December of 1963
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Richard Nixon
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President after LBJ
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Richard Nixon
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Wanted to end the Cold War
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Richard Nixon
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To deal with China and Russia he planned Detente
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Richard Nixon
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He had the firts admistration that reconized Commie china as a country.
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Richard Nixon
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Involved in Watergate scandal but resigns before he can be impeached
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Pushed into the presidency after the assination of JFK
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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He made major historic moments during his presidency including: Vietnam, Space Race, Man on the Moon, Great Society, and Civil rights movements
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Rosa Parks
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Black civil rigths activist woman who was asked to "move to the back of the bus"
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Gerald Ford
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President after Nixon resigns.
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Gerald Ford
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Pardons Nixon from many illgal activities he may have been involved in.
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Gerald Ford
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Many people believe Jimmy Carter should have one election against this person
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George Marshall
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Secretary of State under Eisenhower
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Millard Tydings
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Conservative democrat and WWI veteran who served over 21 terms in the senate
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Millard Tydings
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He won the democratic nomination but looses partly because of McCarthy
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Nikita Kruschev
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He was the new leader of the Soviet Union following the death of Josef Stalin
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