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21 Cards in this Set
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Age of Reform
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–promoting law and order meant cleaning up city governments to make them honest and efficient, bringing more democracy and humanity to state governments, and establishing a core of social workers to improve slum housing, health, and education
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World War I
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–1914
–America started neutral – |
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Allies of World War I
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Britain, France, Russia, Greece, Italy, Romania, and Serbia
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Central Powers of World War I
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Germany, Austria–Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey
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World War II
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Cold War
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–Soviet Union kept control of Eastern Europe including half of Germany
–Communism spread |
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Truman Doctrine
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–1947
–policy designed to protect free peoples everywhere against oppression |
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The Marshall Plan
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–1948
–devoted $12 billion to rebuild Western Europe and strengthen its defenses |
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The Organization of American States
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–1948
–established to bolster democratic relations in the Americas |
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The Berlin Blockade
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–1948–49
–Soviets tried to starve out West Berlin so the United States provided massive supply drops by air |
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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–1949
–formed to militarily link the US and western Europe so that an attack on one was an attack on both |
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The Korean War
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–1950–53
–this divided the country into the communist North and the democratic South |
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The McCarthy era
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–1950–54
–Senator Joseph McCarthy –had hearings on supposed Communist conspiracies that ruined innocent reputations and led to the blacklisting of suspected sympathizers in the government, Hollywood, and the media |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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–1961
–stand–off between the US and the Soviet Union over a build–up of missiles in Cuba –eventually the Soviets stopped their shipments and a nuclear was was averted |
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When was President Kennedy assassinated?
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1963
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When was Senator Robert Kennedy assassinated?
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1968
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When was Martin Luther King Jr assassinated?
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1968
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The Civil Rights Movement
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–1964–1968
–protest marches were held across the nation to draw attention to the plight of black citizens –race riots |
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The Vietnam War
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–1964–1973
–military draft –heavy involvement of American personnel and money –protest demonstrations, particularly on college campuses |
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Major legislation in the 1960s
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–legislation passed during the 1960s including the Civil Rights Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Water Quality Act
–Peace Corps, Medicare, and the War on Poverty |
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Popular Sovereignty
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–the people establish government and give power to it
–the government can function only with the consent of the people |
