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74 Cards in this Set
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-Why did Americans fear the end of WWII at home?
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Another recession
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-What group benefited the most during the post-war prosperity?
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Television
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-Most of the prosperity of the 1950’s and 1960’s rested what manufactured products?
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Write Answer
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-Why did Post-WWII American workers make such spectacular gains in wages?
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Education
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-What encouraged Americans to move to the suburbs?
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affordable housing and loans
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-How did suburban growth affect the urban society?
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negatively
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-What effects did the refusal of FHA loans have on blacks?
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Migrating blacks from the South filled up the urban neighborhoods abandoned by the departing white middle class
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-Why will the baby-boom generation create a major problem in the future?
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placing an enormous strain on the social security system
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-Characterize Harry S. Truman
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very straightforward, not politically correct, will continue with Roosevelts New Deal plan
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-The origins of Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union over post war arrangements in what part of the world?
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Germany
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-What part of the world did Joseph Stalin want to control after WWII?
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Western Berlin, he wanted all of berlin
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-Berlin Airlift, George F. Kennan, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan
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BA was when Stalin blocked the roads.
Kennan came up with the containment policy Tru. Doc. gave us the power to intervene if there is communism Marshal plan is were going to invest economically in Europe& Japan. |
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-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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Are defense alliance atlantic against communists
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-Why did the Nationalists lose the Chinese Civil War?
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Communists were more popular
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-Why did Southern Democrats split from the party in 1948?
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Race medaling
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-Fair Deal
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improved housing, full employment, higher minimum wage, expand social security
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-Why was General MacArthur relieved of his command during the Korean War?
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He wanted to expand the ware and use nuclear weapons
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-Why was Nixon part of Eisenhower’s ticket in 1952?
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Eisenhower was a moderate and Nixon was a popular communist hater
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-What was Eisenhower’s biggest asset as president?
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Eisenhower was good at running government and leaving big business alone
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-What was the first event that put Senator McCarthy on the national stage?
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Attacking communism in the government
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-Brown v. Board of Education
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1954, case that reversed Plessy v. Furgeson and ruled seperate but equal was unconstitutional
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-What was Eisenhower’s attitude toward racial injustice?
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Didnt want to deal with it
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-The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Black college students organized it
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Largest public works project during the Eisenhower administration.
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construction of the interstate highway system.
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Ho Chi Mihn, Eisenhower Doctrine, U-2 Incident
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Mihn was the leader of the North Vietnam
Eisenhower Doc. was to protect and intervene nations from communism U-2 incident is when are spy plane shot down in the soviet union |
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What new technology greatly affected the life-style of the 1950’s?
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television
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Levittowns, The fears of Rock n Roll, the Beatniks
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levittowns are suburns.
The fears of rock n roll was it was communist and was the devils music The Beatniks were superficial stereotype |
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-“Flexible Response”
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Kennedys plan was special forces (smaller military groups) example the green barets
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-Bay of Pigs
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A military fail where Fidel Castro was waiting for the revolutionaries
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-“Great Society”
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a set of domestic programs in the United States promoted by President Lyndon B. Johnson and fellow Democrats in Congress in the 1960s
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-Landing on the Moon
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Put a person on the moon in 1969
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-Malcolm X
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Violence/aggressive movement
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-Cesar Chavez
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Leader of the migrant farm works in california
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Gunboat Diplomacy
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the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power — implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare, should terms not be agreeable to the superior force.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Civil disobediance, nonviolent movement
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Black Panthers
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Radical group, out of Merit college, Oakland, patrol on neighborhood against police
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Soviet Union tried placing nuclear missles in Cuba
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-Vietnamization
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withdrawl from vietnam and let the vietnamese take control
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-Roe vs. Wade
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legalize abortion
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-SALT II & III
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Carter administration, arms agreement with Soviet Union
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-Reaction to invasion of Cambodia
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National guard open fired on students
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-Watergate
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Nixon wire tapping the opposing parties headquarters to win the election
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 66 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian Revolution.[
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Nixon’s Détente
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may 1972
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-Bakke Decision
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Bakked was denied acceptance to UC Davis because of affirmative action
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“New Right” movement.
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concerned about social issues: abortion, gay marriage, homosexuality
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-SDI
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Strategic Defense Intelligence - Star Wars- Lasers on sattelites that would blow up nuclear missles in space
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Iran-Contra Affair
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Congress didnt want to aide the contras againsthe sandinistas. 1985 American diplomats secretly sold guns and gave the money made to aide the contras. Scandal broke out but Reagan was found not guilty.
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Tiananmen Square
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Thousnands of prodemocracy demonstartors in china filled the square in spring 1989. China's rulers crashed the rebellion and ran over protestors with tanks
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-Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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prohibbiting discrimination against those with physical and mental disabilities.
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-The Reagan Revolution
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connected with the new right. Reagen backers championed free-market capitialism, Iranian hostages were released, Reagen wanted small government, movement to cut back federal spending, Reagen proposed bil tthat would slash $35 billion, healthy recovery started in 1983
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-Reaganomics
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Lowering federal spending and tax cuts would stimulate the economy
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-Glosnost
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openess (freedom)
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-Perestroika
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restructuring (capitalist)
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The Religious Right
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Moral majority- political organization founded by Reverend Jerry Fawlwell. Preached against abortion, feminism and gays. and Became political advocates of Reagen
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Berlin Wall and Soviet Fall
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The Eastern block falls down and Soviet unions plit up
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Persian Gulf War
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Saddam Hussen invaded Kuwait to control oil prices. Operation Desert Storm. Lasted only 4 days before Hussein released Kuwait. Militarily withdrew because of possible cost and possible lives lost.
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-Anita Hill
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got attention for filling for sexual harrasment
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Conservative Courts
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Bush nominates conservative CLarence THomas to the supreme court in 1991. Thomas was anti-affirmative action. scandal broke out days before vote but it didnt affect him.
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Election of 1992
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End of conservative era and see a democrat come back into office
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-Brady Bill
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gun control
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-“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy”
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dont ask if someones gay, dont tell someone your gay
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-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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trade agreement with Canada, US and Mexico
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-Kosovo
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ethnic cleansing we got involved in the 1990s
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Monica Lewinski
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Clinton had an affair with Lewinski
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Election of 2000
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most contested election since 1976, recount in Florida and bush wins
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-9/11
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the twin towers and pentagon were crashed into by plans that were hijacked by terrorists
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-Al Qaeda
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Terrorists organization founded by Osama bin LAden
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Osama bin Laden
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Founder of Al Qaeda and was responsible for organizing the 9/11 attacks
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-Iraq War-Why?
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fight against terrorism
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-Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane that devastated New Orleans and Bush was criticized for how slow he handeled it.
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-Barack Obama
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Democract that won the 2009 election. first black President
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-Stimulus Bill
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$8 billion dollar stimulus package to stimulate the economy. American Recovery And Reinvenstment Act of 2009. Primary objective was to save and create jobs almost immediately and provide temporary relief programs for those most impacted by the recession
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Obama Care
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Expands medical coverage and penalizes those without coverage
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