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27 Cards in this Set
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Central problem of Allied leaders at Yalta
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the future of Poland
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the year 1949 was notable for these two reasons
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first successful test of an Atom bomb by the USSR and the establishment of a communist government in China
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Why did miltary spending increase dramatically between 1950 and 1954
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Korean War and the Cold War
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The American president most associated with the domino theory
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Eisenhower
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In what city did the meeting between Kennedy and the USSR leader Khrushchev take place
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Vienna
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This is the region of the world most associated with the Allince of Progress
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Latin America
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This event started the Cuban Missle Crisis
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when President Kennedy asked the USSR to move their nuclear missles from Cuba
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President Eisenhower believed this changed 1961 America from the America of the past
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the development of the arms industry
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What did President Eisenhower warn Americans about in one of his last speeches
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the military-industrial complex
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What was the target of the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) ?
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the Hollywood film industry
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What does the term "McCartyism signify?
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the use of smear tactics to tarnish the reputations of individuals
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the best definition of the word "conformity" is ?
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conventional behavior
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This best describes the economy of the 1950's
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it was a boom economy --meaning that it grew
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The president who ended the policy of discrimination was ?
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Harry Truman
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Morgan V. Virginia and Shelley v. Kramer said this was unconstituional
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racial segregation
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the majority of Puerto Rican immigrants settled in this city during the 1950s
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New York City
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the founder of WSM the Nashville radio station that first broadcast the Grand Ole Opry in 1925 was
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Edwin W. Craig
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Who was nicknamed the "king" of rock n roll
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Elvis Presley
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the central theme of the Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright was
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the right of the poor to a lawyer
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Which group thought that Miranda v. Arizona was a bad idea?
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police departments
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In what city did an important boycott led by Rosa Parks happen?
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Montgomery, Alabama
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What organization was founded by MLK in 1957?
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The SCLC ( Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
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Diane Cash is famous for this
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sit-in demonstration in Nashville
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The president most responsible for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was ?
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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This was the main reason for Selma to Montgomery march in 1965
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voter registration
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co-founder of NOW
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Betty Friedan
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George Wallace was the governor of this state
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Alabama
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