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32 Cards in this Set
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Satellite nations
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countries in eastern europe controlled by soviet union
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What was the US foreign policy after ww2
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containment
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What was iron curtain and who gave it?
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described the division of communist and non communist
winston churchill |
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truman doctrine
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any country in europe fighting communism would get aid from military
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what was the cold war
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conflicting ideas b/t us and ussr
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marshall plan
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economic aid to countries who agreed to trade
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how did the marshall plan differ from truman plan
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economic vs military
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identify NATO
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north atlantice trade organization
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Warsaw pact
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communist alliance of countries in eastern europe
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limited war
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no nuclear weapons used
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What was the HUAC
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house un american activities committee
heavily investigate movies for communism |
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alger hiss
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accused of spying for the soviets
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purpose of CIA
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obtain info on foreign countries
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eisenhower doctrine
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give aid to fight communism in middle east
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sputnik
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first artificial satellite
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who were the two presidents during the korean war
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eisenhower and truman
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who was the president when the red scare began
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truman
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what did the GI bill do
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provide loans for colleges, homes, and businesses
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taft-hartley act
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how truman delt with strikers and it placed more controls on unions
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dixiecrats
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southren democrats who didnt support truman and his stand on civil rights
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Checkers speech
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tv speech to defend nixon of illegal actions
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who was president after truman
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richard nixon
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white flight
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people moving into suburbs and were white
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levittowns
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suburb housing developments
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what were fallout shelters and duck and cover associated with
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nuclear attacks
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purpose of interstate and defnese highway act?
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eisenhower started building interstates
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berlin airlift
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planes dropped supplies into berlin
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purpose of the united nations
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have international security help make decisions
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who were the 5 permanent members of the UN
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us,ussr,china,france,great britain
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OAS
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organizations of american states
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SEATO
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created the halt of expansion of communsim in SE asia
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ICBM
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intercontinental ballistic missile
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