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36 Cards in this Set
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Taft-Hartley Act
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banned "closed shops" and made unions liable for certain damages
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Operation Dixie
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the CIO's plan to move unions into the South and the West
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Two reasons that Operation Dixie failed
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Southern and Western workers were not factory workers, but were more scattered, thus were harder to unionize. Also, these workers valued their individual freedom.
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Employment Act
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got the government to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power
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Council of Economic Advisers
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were to give the president data so he could make good decisions
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The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as...
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the G.I. Bill of Rights.
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What two options did former soldiers have under the G.I. Bill of rights?
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to start a business or go to college
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4 Roots of Postwar Prosperity:
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1. war's massive production
2. jobs in military-related fields 3. energy was cheap and plentiful 4. worker production increased |
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Dr. Benjamin Spock's Book
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The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
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The power shifted from the North and Midwest to...
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the South and the West (Sun Belt)
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Why did so many whites move to the suburbs?
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Cheap loans made it more sensible to buy a house than rent an apartment
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Levittown
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a town filled with houses built by the Levitt brothers that were all the same, but functional
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How did cities become poorer?
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Most whites left, leaving behind mostly minorities since they could not get loans from the government as easily. They had lower incomes. Thus, cities grew poorer.
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Truman's nickname
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The Man From Independence
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Where did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin last meet?
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Yalta Conference
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Two initial things Russia did to gain America's distrust:
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- join the war against japan when it was basically over just to get the benefits
- promised free elections for Poland but broke them |
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4 Reasons the USSR distrusted America
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1. the US didn't recognize the USSR until 1933
2. the Allies were slow to start a 2nd front 3. US withdrew the lend-lease program to Russia 4. US rejected Russia's request for money but granted Germany's |
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Buffer Zone
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communist governments in Eastern europe to protect Russia from attack
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3 Categories of UN
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1. General Assembly
2. Security Council 3. Relief-based Agencies |
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Nuremberg Trials
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where Nazi leaders were tried
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What was done to Germany to keep it from rearming?
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divided into 4 zones: 1 controlled by Russia, France, Britain, and US each
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West Germany was _______
East Germany was ________ |
Democracy
Communist Nation |
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Berlin Airlift
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America's response to USSR's blockade of West Berlin
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George F. Kennan wrote _________ which said:
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containment doctrine; the USSR was expansionist by nature but could be controlled by firm American containment
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Truman Doctrine
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stated that America would stop the spread of communism anywhere it went
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Marshall Plan
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a massive project to lend financial help to rebuild Europe
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3 Things that happened under National Security Act
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reorganized the military; created Department of Defense; formed CIA
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National Security Council
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was to advise the president on security matters
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Voice of America
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radio broadcast in Eastern Europe
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NATO
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alliance between US and Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
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Douglas MacArthur
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acted as dictator of Japan to reorganize their government
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Mao Zedong
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led communist forces in a civil war against Nationalist government and won
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Loyalty Review Board
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investigated communist ties in America
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HUAC
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set out to investigate "subversion"
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Richard Nixon
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made a name for himself as a red hunter by pursuing Alger Hiss
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Point Four
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program to give money and help to underdeveloped nations
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