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110 Cards in this Set
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Hegemony
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domiance over others
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Yalu River
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Chinese border
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Yalta Conference
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US and Eng. agreed to recognize the Soviet "sphere of influence" w/ some conditions
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Election 1952
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Dem = Stevenson, Rep = Eisenhower, Rep wins
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Molotov
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Soviet foreign minister
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J. F. Dulles
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Eisenhower's Sec of state
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Baruch Plan
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US proposed system of international control that would preserve American monopoly
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Khruschev
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Stalin's successor, called for peaceful coexistance b/w communists and capalists
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Containment
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designed to prevent Soviet expansion
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George Kennan
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expressed the policy of containment in a 8,000 word cable, "the long telegram"
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ICBM
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Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
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George Marshall
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came up w/ the Marshall plan - European Recovery Program
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DEW Line
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Distant Early Warning Line
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Truman Doctrine
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requested large scale military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey
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SEATO
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Souteast Asia Treaty Organization
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Berlin Airlift
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for nearly a year, US and Eng. piolots who had previously dropped bombs, delivered 2.5 mil tons of food and fuel
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CIA
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Central Intelligence Agency
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NSC
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National Security Council
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Marshall Plan
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gave 12 billion to reconstruct Europe
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Gr. Democratic Republic
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East Germany
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Federal Republic of Germany
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West Germany
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Warsaw Pact
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military alliance for Eastern Europe
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Monnet
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helped oversee dispersion of Marshall Plan funds
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D. MacArthur
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helped pave the way for Japanese sovereignty
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Taiwan
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US recognized the exiled Nationalistic government there
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Mao Zedong/ Tse Tung
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led Communists forces
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Dean Acheson
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Sec of State
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Zhou Enlai (Chou En Lai)
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led communist forces
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38th Parallel
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N Korean launched a suprise attack across that line
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Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai Shek)
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leader of conservative Nationalist forces
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Pusan
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where the UN staged a breakout
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Inchon
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where MacArthur launched a suprise attack
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Seoul
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capital of S Korea
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Zionism
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Jewish nationalistic movement
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Nasser
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came to power in Egypt in 1954
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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stated that American forces will assist any nation in the Mid East
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Taft-Hartley Act
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rollback of several provisions of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act
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Earl Warren
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gov of CA
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Section 14b of Taft Hartley Act
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allowed states to pass laws that took away power of unions
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Election 1948
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Dem = Truman, Rep = Dewey, Dem won
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Henry Wallace
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ran as candidate for Progressive Party, fired by Truman
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Strom Thurmond
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gov. of SC
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H. Humphrey
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northern liberal that wanted Taft Hartley act repelled
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Fair Deal
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created by Truman
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McCarthy
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vocal anti-communist
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McCarthism
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campaing of domestic repression of Communism in America
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HUAC
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House Committee on Un American Activities
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"Fellow Traveler"
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communists, (left winged)
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Alger Hiss
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investicated by HUAC
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Whitaker Chambers
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former Communist
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Nixon
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Eisenhower's VP
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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convicted of passing attomic secrets to the Soviots, executed in 1953
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Aldei Stevenson
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ran against Eisenhower in 1952 & 1956
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Sputnik
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1st satelite launched by Soviet Union
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NASA
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National Aeronautics & Space Administration
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HEW
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Health, Education, and Welfare
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Jakie Robinson
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baseball player for Brooklyn Dodgers
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Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka
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Supreme court sided w/ Marshall, who fought against segregation
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Little Rock
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Arkansas, school board created a disegregation plan
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Faubus
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gov of Arkansas, defied the court order to desegregate
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Rosa Parks
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arrested for violating segregation laws
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Montgomery
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where Rosa Parks lived
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SCLC
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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MAD
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Mutually Assured Destruction
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U - 2
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American spy plane, one was shot down by the Soviets
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Francis Gary Powers
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pilot of U-2, captured and imprisoned by the Soviets
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N. Khruschev
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got in the "kitchen debate" w/ Nixon
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New Frontier
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JFK's program to get America moving again
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Oligopolies
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a few large corporations control the entire economy
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22nd Amendment
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no person can serve more than 2 terms
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Conglomerates
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firms in diff industries are bought and combined into a single large firm
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Election 1960
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R = Nixon, D = JFK, Dem wins
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Bretton Woods
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resulted in IMF and World Bank
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Green Berets
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US Army Special Forces
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IMF
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International Monetery Fund
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Peace Corps
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a New Frontier program
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GATT
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General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade
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Batista
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overthrown by Castro
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FHA
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Federal Housing Administration
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Bay of Pigs
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where US attempted to crush Castro's troops and failed
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CIO
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Congress of Industrial Nations
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Alan Shepard
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first American in space
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John Glenn
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manned the first space mission to orbit the earth
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"Bull" Connor
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used violence to break up protests lead by MLK
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GDP
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Gross Domestic Product
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Medgar Evers
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was killed in his driveway in Jackson
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SNCC
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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
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L.H. Oswald
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accused of killing JFK
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N. V. Peale
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wrote "the Power of Positive Thinking"
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OEO
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The Office of Economic Opportunity
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Billy Graham
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a christian who used technology to spread the gospel
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VISTA
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modeled by the peace corps
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Medicare
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covered every old person eligeble for social security
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Great Society
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a burst of legislation that marked the high tide of postwar liberalism
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Betty Friedan
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named the 'feminine mystique'
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Shelly vs. Kraema
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supreme court ruled that restrictive covenants were illegal
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Voting Rights Act (1965)
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outlawed literacy test for votin
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Sun Belt
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FL, TX, CA
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Election 1964
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D = Johnson, R = Miller, Dem win
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Autosclerosis
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can result in hearing loss
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Alan Freed
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a Cleveland DJ
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Jackson Pollock
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leader of abstract expression
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Allen Ginsberg
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poet who wrote "Howl"
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Jack Kerovak
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wrote "On the Road"
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Chuck Berry
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a black musician
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Graceland
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Elvis' home in Memphis
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Bracero Program
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brought half a million Mexican workers to US in 1959
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"operation wetback"
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feds deported about 4 mil Mexicans during the 1953 recession
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M. Harrington
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a critic that noticed that many Americans remained in poverty
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