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54 Cards in this Set
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how long did the cold war last-
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46 years (1945-1991)
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he was the king of rock and roll-
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elvis presley
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he was the first manager to intergrate when he hired jackie robinson to play in the formely all-white roffesional major leager-
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branch rickey
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this ended in 1991 when the soviet union broke up into seperate countries-
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cold war
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he said, “i am not a cook”-
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richard nixon
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americas first mass-produced suburb of similar, affordable houses for mostly white young familys with simialr life stules-
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livittan
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wbhat did jonas salk discover?-
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polio vaccene
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he said “honey i forgot to duck”
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- ronald reagen
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this was started because iraqs dictator saddam hussien invaded kawait. the united states and other united nations troops expelled the iraqi forces from kuwait in an aerial and hundred-hour ground war-
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persian gulf
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he said, “read my lips, no new taxes”-
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goerge bush
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us policy after WWII of attemting to prevent the soviet union from expanding its world influence and control
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- policy of containment
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he said, “we will bury you.” -
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soviet promier cruschive
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economic system in which the states own and control all goods and gives them to them to the people-
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communism
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the invisible boundary between soviet- controlled eatsern euprope and the free western countries-
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iron curtain
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the last two states to join the union-
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hawaii and alaska
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how long did the cold war last-
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46 years (1945-1991)
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he was the king of rock and roll-
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elvis presley
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he was the first manager to intergrate when he hired jackie robinson to play in the formely all-white roffesional major leager-
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branch rickey
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this ended in 1991 when the soviet union broke up into seperate countries-
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cold war
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he said, “i am not a cook”-
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richard nixon
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americas first mass-produced suburb of similar, affordable houses for mostly white young familys with simialr life stules-
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livittan
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wbhat did jonas salk discover?-
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polio vaccene
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he said “honey i forgot to duck”
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- ronald reagen
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this was started because iraqs dictator saddam hussien invaded kawait. the united states and other united nations troops expelled the iraqi forces from kuwait in an aerial and hundred-hour ground war-
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persian gulf
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he said, “read my lips, no new taxes”-
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goerge bush
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us policy after WWII of attemting to prevent the soviet union from expanding its world influence and control
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- policy of containment
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he said, “we will bury you.” -
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soviet promier cruschive
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economic system in which the states own and control all goods and gives them to them to the people-
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communism
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the invisible boundary between soviet- controlled eatsern euprope and the free western countries-
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iron curtain
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the last two states to join the union-
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hawaii and alaska
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who were james watson and francis crick? -
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scientis who discovered dna
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he denied haveing a scandalouse relationship withe the white house-
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bill clinton
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economic system in whihc the people won good and businesses and buy and sell in a free market-
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capitalism
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why is dolly famous
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- she was s heep that was the first adult animal clone
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what was the political slogan of the president dwilght isenhouwer-
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i like ike!
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the divided communist controlled northk korea and deomocratic souith korea -
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the 38th parallel
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wher were thousands of chinese students who demonstrated for political and economoical reform
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- tienanamm square
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he denied knowing about the iran-contra affair
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- ronald reagan
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he reduced the size and spending of the federal government -
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ronald reagan
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name at least one way in which black voeters, especailly in the south, were discouraged from voting -
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poll taxes, literacy tests, violence
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she attacked the women’s liberation movement because she belived that a woman’s primary role was as a wife and mother -
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phyllis schlafly
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he champion human rights and home and abroad -
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jimmy carter
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he spoke out for pwoer through respec, black nbationalism, and hte use of force if provoke -
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malcolm x
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he outraged people when they saw his police force abuse peaceful protesters with attck dogs and fire hoses
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- bull conner
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what amendemt ruled that blacks could vote -
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15th
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where were the federal troops calsed in when the little rock nine tried to integrate central high schol -
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little rock, arkansas
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a person who sill not serve with the millitary due to the conviction that fighting is morally wrong
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- conscientious objecter
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which supreme court decision ruled the spareat e but equal was legal -
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plessy v. feruson
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he successfully argued against segregation before the supreme court
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- thurgood marshall
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he sent troops to kuwait during the first persain gulf war-
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george bush
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which supreme court decision declared segregation unconstitutional-
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brown v.s board of education
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where did the year-long bus boycott occur-
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montgomery, alabama
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four student were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard -
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Kent State
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who was assinated while running for president
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bobby kennedy
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