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29 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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U.S foreign policy that wanted to have no involvement in world affairs & to be neutral in wars.
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Cash & Carry
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the U.S gives supplies to the allies if they pay cash & carry the goods in their own ships
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Island Hopping
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the U.S strategy in the Pacific where we are going from island to island getting closer to Japan
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U.S strategy
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Battle of Midway
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the turning point in the Pacific & the U.S went on the offensive
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Japanese Internment Camps
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the U.S put the Japanese in camps because of national security
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Rationing
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the limiting of goods people can buy during war time
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Lend Lease Act
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the U.S gave supplies to the allies & they pay us back later
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FDR house on fire story
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Navajo Code Talkers
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Native Americans that transmitted messages for the United States during war in the Pacific
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Tuskegee Airmen
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African American pilots that fought in WWll
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Yalta
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the allies split Germany into four zones & the United Nations was created
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Potsdam
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they plan the future of defeated nations
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Containment Policy
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the U.S 2nd foreign policy where they tried to stop the spread of Communist
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Truman Doctrine
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Truman gives military and economic aid to any country being threaten by Communism
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Marshall Plan
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the U.S gives 13 billion to Western Europe to help them rebuild after WWll
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United Nations
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a peace keeping organization that promotes corporation b/w countries
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NATO
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a defense alliance between the U.S Western European countries
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Warsaw Pact
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the Soviet Union alliance with Eastern European countries after NATO
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Joseph McCarthy
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McCarthy goes on a witch hunt looking for Communist in the government, military and Hollywood
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Bay of Pigs
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a CIA plot to overthrow Castro
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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the Soviet Union takes their missiles out of Cuba & the U.S takes theirs out of Turkey
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FDR's views on neutrality
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FDR wanted to help the allies but he had to appease the American people
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American war strategy in Europe & Pacific
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the allies go to Europe 1st and then Japan
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Changing roles of women & minorities
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women & minorities received more job opportunities but still face discrimination
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Arguments for dropping the Atomic Bombs
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end the war quickly and save American lives
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and results
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This gave President Johnson power to send more troops to Vietnam
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Ramifications of the Korean War
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Communism was contained we didn't use nuclear weapons and 38 parallel divided the countries
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African American in Vietnam War
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African Americans survived in disproportionate number in Vietnam
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Election of 1968/ Outcomes of Vietnam War
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Nixon wins presidency Johnson decides not to run & super technology doesn't guarantee victory
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American Forgien Policy in Latin America
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The US is involved in Latin America for their interest in the territory
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