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30 Cards in this Set
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Oakies
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migrated from Oklahoma
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Island Hopping
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war tactic in Pacific Ocean
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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19th President
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Lend-Lease Act
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offers war support to US allies
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Korean War
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North Korea against US. US protecting South Korea in hopes of ending communism
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Geneva Convention
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1956 in Switzerland, 4 treaties that have to do with the treatment of victims of war
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Pearl Harbor attack
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attack on Hawaii by the Japs
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Dwight Eisenhower
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major general of Allies
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Birmingham in 1950s
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racism , bus stations, Rosa Parks
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Berlin Wall
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seperated East from West ,
East=communists West=free |
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East Berlin was controlled by who?
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Soviets
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West Berline was controlled by who?
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Allies
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Battle of Midway
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naval battle, one one of the most decisive battles of WW2
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North Africa in WW2
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when Italy joined the war- the war spread to there
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Lee Harvery Oswald
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Kennedys assasin
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Bay of Pigs
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offensive of Cuba by US
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Teddy Roosevelt and Noble Peace Prize
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b.c made peace between Russia and Japan
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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bribery and oil
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Election of 1960
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Kennedy vs. Nixon. kennedy won b/c of popular
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Causes of Spanish-American War
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Sewards Folly
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Purchase of Alaska
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Progressive Causes
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US and WW1
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Bull Moose Party
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Roosevelts party he made up of Progressives
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Truman Doctrine
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US would support Greece and Turkey in COld WAR
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Soviets and Cuba on one side, US on other. began to build nuclear bases in Cuba
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WIlsons re-election of 1916
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"He kept us out of war"
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Lusitania Pledge
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sussex pledge, promised a change in Germanys naval warfare policy
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Battle of Bulge
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last battle of WW2
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Trumans reason for dropping the bomb
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humane act b/c it saved the lives that wouldve been lost if the US had invaded Japan
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