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44 Cards in this Set
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Josph Stalin
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Intent on extending his power into war-torn Central Europe
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Averill Harriman
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Warned that Communist ideology was more dangerous then Natzism
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George Marshall
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Produced a plan that would finance the reconstruction of the European economy after WW2
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Geroge Kennan
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Oppsed advancing beyond the 38th parelle; during the Korean War
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Omar Brandley
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A showdown with the Chinese would involve us in the wrong war
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Ho Chi Minh
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Communist leader in Vietnam harassing the French
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Leader of Russia after the death of Stalin
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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US backed leader of South Vietnam who was killed by his generals
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Oveta Culp Hobby
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First Secretary of the Department of health, education, and warfare
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John F. Dulles
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Called for the liberation of Iron Curtain countries
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New Frontier
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Term given to Presidents Kennedy's domestic program
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice who directed an investigation of the kennedy assasination
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Great Society
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Term given to President Johnsons domestic program
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Malcolm X
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Black Muslim who advocated black nationalism
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Henry Kissinger
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Secretary of State for President Nixon
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The "plumbers"
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Men hired by Nixon to plug leaks of govenment material
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John Dean
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Implicated President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
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Barry Gold Water
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Republican candidate for president in 1964
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George Ball
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Proposed the united states withdraw and accept the fall of South Vietnam
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Eugene McCarthy
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Democratic candidate for president in 1968
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William Westmoreland
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Commander of American forces in Vietnam
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George Wallace
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Presidential candidate in 1968 for the American independent party
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Archibald Cox
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Special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate affair
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Spiro Agnew
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Vice-president who resigns because of income tax fraud
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Gerald Ford
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Became president upon Nixons resignation
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Douglas MacArther
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Commander of UN forces in the Korean War until his Removal
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Fair Deal
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Term used to describe Trumans domestic policy
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Joseph McCarthy
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Senator who became the leading crusader against Communism in the early 1950's
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Roe V. Wade
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allowed abortion in the first trimester
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Engle V. Vitale
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Prayers in public schools were ruled unconstitutional
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Escobedo V. Illinois
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A defendent must be allowed access to a lawyer before being questioned by police
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Miranda V. Arizona
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Authorities must infrom a criminal suspect of their 5th and 6th amendment rights
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Rosa Parks
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Refused to give up her seat on a bus to white passenger
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Domino Theory
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If Vietnam became Communist, the rest of Asia would also fall under Communist control
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Bay of pigs
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An attack on Cuba to eliminate Castro and communism
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James Meredith
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First black to enroll at the university of mississipi
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Affirmative Action
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Recruited blacks for jobs to compensate for past injustices
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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First female justice of the Supreme Court
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Sally Ride
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First women astronaut to go into space
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Vietnamization
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Nixons policy for winding down the war in Vietnam
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Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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Gave 19-year olds the right to vote
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Geraldine Ferraro
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Fist Women ever to be included on a presidential ticket
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Norman Schwarzkopf
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Commanded the UN forces in the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm
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Colin Powell
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Chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was the first bkack to occupy that position
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