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23 Cards in this Set
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UN big 5
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security council-great britain,u.s.,france,china,soviet union
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Truman doctrine
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he tried to stop the advance of communism into turkey and greece (gave 400 million)
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marshall plan
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us gave economic aid to western europe to help them rebuild after ww2
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ERP
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european recovery program
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berlin airlift
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every 2 minutes we flew supplies into berlin
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berlin blockade
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USSR blocked only way into berlin-people couldnt get supplies
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red scare
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macarthy was accusing people of being communists
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HUAC
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commitee that went after communists. richard nixon was in this commitee
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alger hiss
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famous case to come out of HUAC-he was an advisor to the president
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NATO
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north atlantic treaty organization-eisenhower was the head of it
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election of 1948
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dewey v.s. truman-very close election
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the atomic energy act (AEC)
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controlled materials needed to make an atomic bomb
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GI bill
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soldiers after ww2 were sent to college and were given homes
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taft harding act
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outlawed "closed shop" (only serve to people who are in the union)-congress said people have a right to work without a union
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rosenburgs
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husband and wife that gave nuclear secrets to the russians. they were executed
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iron curtain
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edge of soviet sattelite states
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22nd ammendment
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president cant run for more than 2 terms
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CIA
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national security act
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truman civil rights
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de-segregated the military. made anti-lynching laws-appoints first african american judge to federal court
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nurnberg trials
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nazi leaders were tried for war crimes
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dean acheson
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believed communism would take over the world-pushed for a policy of containment
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strom thurmond
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was a "dixiecrat"-was against civil rights-became a senator
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mao zedong
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let communists take over in china
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