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14 Cards in this Set
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Which amendment states that a president would be limited to two terms in office? |
22nd |
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What husband and wife team passed State Department documents to the Soviets in the 30's and 40's? |
Rosenbergs |
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Name the first satellite to orbit the Earth? |
John Glenn |
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_______: used the term "iron curtain" to refer to the Communist tyranny that enslaved Eastern Europe. |
Winston Churchill |
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_________: investigated the Communist associations and activities of various government employees and officials |
Joseph McCarthy |
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_________: established a Communist dictatorship in Cuba |
Fidel Castro |
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_________: succeeded President Roosevelt after FDR died in 1945 |
Harry S. Truman |
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________: nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956 |
Gamal Nasser |
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________: Supreme Commander in the Allied occupation of Japan |
Douglas MacArthur |
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__________: the first black American ball player to play for a major league team. |
Jackie Robinson |
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________: recommended the withdrawal of U.S. troops from China. |
George C. Marshall |
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_______: discovered the polio vaccine in 1955. |
Jonas Salk |
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____________: elected president in 1969. |
John F. Kennedy |
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__________: assassinated President Kennedy |
Lee Harvey Oswald |
