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42 Cards in this Set
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President responsible for dropping atomic bombs on Japan; first inauguration to be nationally televised
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Truman
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communists took control of mainland China
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Red China
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highly popular Broadway musical and hit movie
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South Pacific
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played for New York Yankees; longest hitting street in the Major Leagues
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Joe Dimaggio
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republican Senator who focused on suspected communists in the government
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Joe McCarthy
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became widely popular in 1951
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Television
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movie star
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Marilyn Monroe
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married couple executed for selling secrets of the atomic bomb
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Rosenbergs
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response to the fear of communism
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H-bomb
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president in the 1950s
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Eisenhower
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discovered by Jonas Salk
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polio vaccine
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new queen of England
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Queen Elizabeth II
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known for his elaborate and flashy costumes and token candelabra
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Liberace
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dictator of the Soviet Union
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Joseph Stalin
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black all-star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Campanella
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countries that were the enemy during the Cold War
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communist bloc
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dictator in Argentina
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Jaun Peron
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trade name for polyester
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Dacron
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French fortress in Vietnam that was defeated
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Dien Bien Phu
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created the Theory of Relativity; won Nobel Prize
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Einstein
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movie star who became a symbol of young people for his role in Rebel Without a Cause
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James Dean
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Disney full length animated movie
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Peter Pan
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King of Rock and Roll
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Elvis Presley
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Disney's first theme park in Anaheim, California
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Disneyland
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Civil Rights Movement protesting against discrimination
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Alabama
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built the Berlin wall
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Khrushchev
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married the Prince of Monaco
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Princess Grace
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first nighttime soap opera
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Peyton Place
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trouble in the Suez
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Nazzer nationalized the Suez Canal
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Federal troops were sent to prevent racial segregation
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Little Rock
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wrote Doctor Zhivago
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Pasternak
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played for New York Yankees; led the league in home runs
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Mickey Mantle
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first orbiting satellite sent into space by the USSR
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Sputnik
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Premier and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China; tried to normalize relations with the U.S.
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Chou En-Lai
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won 7 Academy Awards among which was Best Picture
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Bridge on the River Kwai
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French army general who became president of France
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Charles de Gaulle
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drug that gave children birth defects
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Thalidomide
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won 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture
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Ben Hur
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first sentient being sent into outer space
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Space Monkey
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Communist leader in Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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spy plane shot down in USSR; who was the pilot
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U-2; Francis Gary Powers
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taking bribes to play certain songs on the radio
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Payola
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