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51 Cards in this Set
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Ngo Dinh Diem |
leader of south Vietnam |
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Ho Chi Minh |
revolutionary founder of the Indo Chinese Communist Party |
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Harry S.Truman |
US president from 1945 to 1953 |
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Martin Luther King JR. |
an influential leader of the civil rights era assassinated in 1968 |
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Cold war |
conflict between US and Soviet Union following World War II |
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26th amendment |
Constitution on a amendment passed in 1971 that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 |
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tet offensive |
surprise communist attack on US in South Vietnamese forces in 1968: further weakened American support for war |
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Guerilla Warfare |
small attacks by small bands of fighters |
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Agent Orange |
Chemical that kills plants; used in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts |
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Napalm |
Jellied gasoline that burns violently; used to destroy vegetation and as a weapon |
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brown v. board of education of Topeka |
1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" education for black and white students was unconstitutional |
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baby boom |
a sharp increase in the birth rate following World War II |
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rock'n'roll |
musical style based on rhythm and blues that became popular in the 1950s |
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suburbs |
residential areas surrounding a city |
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suburbs |
residential areas surrounding a city |
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Benito Mussolini |
Italian fascist dictator |
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suburbs |
residential areas surrounding a city |
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Benito Mussolini |
Italian fascist dictator |
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lend - lease act |
allowed US to lend weapons to allies |
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Adolf Hitler |
German dictator, Nazi party leader |
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Battle of the Bulge |
Final German assault in December 1944 in Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg |
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Battle of the Bulge |
Final German assault in December 1944 in Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg |
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D-Day |
Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 |
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Pearl Harbor |
United States Naval base attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1944 |
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Pearl Harbor |
United States Naval base attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1944 |
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Yalta Conference |
conference where allies plans the post world war |
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Appeasement |
meeting demands of a hostile power in order to avoid war |
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Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression |
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Flapper |
hey young woman eager to try the latest fashions, dance, or fad |
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Lost Generation |
Americans who became disillusioned with society after World War I |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
democratic president who created the new deal to counter the effects of the Great Depression |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
democratic president who created the new deal to counter the effects of the Great Depression |
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Herbert Hoover |
republican president who failed to hault the Great Depression |
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hundred days |
march 9 to mid June 1933 congressional session in which Many laws designed to fight the depression were passed |
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Fireside Chat |
series of radio talks in which FDR explain his policies in a casual style |
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Second New Deal |
1935 to 1937 extension of Roosevelts first new deal |
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First New Deal |
1933 to 1935 program created by President Roosevelt to fight the depression |
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First New Deal |
1933 to 1935 program created by President Roosevelt to fight the depression |
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credit |
agreement for delayed payment of a loan or purchase |
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Bonus Army |
World War I veterans who came to Washington seeking each payment of bonuses for wartime service |
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Harlem Renaissance |
A burst of African-American culture in the 1920s to 1930s |
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Speakeasies |
nightclubs it illegally serve alcohol |
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prohibition |
legal ban on alcohol imposed by the 18th amendment |
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fundamentalism |
Belief every word of the Bible is literally true |
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Jazz Age |
name for the 1920s because of the popularity of jazz – a new type of American music that combined African-American rhythm, blues, and ragtime |
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Jazz Age |
name for the 1920s because of the popularity of jazz – a new type of American music that combined African-American rhythm, blues, and ragtime |
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League of Nations |
an organization set up after World War I to settle international conflict |
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convoy |
A guard that accompanies and protects the ships or troops |
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Woodrow Wilson |
President of the US during World War I |
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Fourteen Points |
President Woodrow Wilson goals for peace after World War II |
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War Bonds |
A low interest loan by a civilian to the government meant to be repaid in a number of years |
