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SECOND FRONT
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STALIN'S 1942 DEMAND THAT THE US AND GB FIGHT THE NAZIS IN WESTERN EUROPE TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON RUSSIA
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GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY
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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT LATIN AMERICAN POLICY OF 1930'S
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OPERATION TORCH
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ALLIED MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE N. AFRICA FROM AXIS
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NEW DEAL
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FDR PROGRAM TO END THE DEPRESSION
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GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN WWII
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BENITO MUSSOLINI
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LEADER OF FASCIST ITALY
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EL-ALAMEIN
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1942 BATTLE THAT PUSHED AXIS OUT OF N. AFRICA
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RHINELAND
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DMZ INVADED BY HITLER IN VIOLATION OF VERSAILLES, 1936
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WINSTON CHURCHILL
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WWII LEADER OF BRITAIN
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ANSCHLUSS
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FORCED UNION OF AUSTRIA WITH NAZI GERMANY, 1938
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JOSEF STALIN
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DICTATOR OF USSR 1927-1953
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SUDETANLAND
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GERMAN-SPEAKING REGION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA DEMANDED BY HITLER AT MUNICH CONFERENCE, 1938
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BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
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APOCALYPTIC 1942-3 BATTLE THAT PUSHED GERMANS OUT OF RUSSIA
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NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
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APPEASING P.M. OF BRITAIN AT MUNICH, 1938
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D-DAY
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JUNE 1944 INVASION OF NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE
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MUNICH PACT
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1938 CONFERENCE AT WHICH ALLIED POWERS APPEASED AGGRESSION OF AXIS BY SACRIFICING CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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OPERATION OVERLORD
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1944 ALLIED CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE FRANCE FROM NAZIS
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NYE COMMITTEE
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SENATE COMMITTEE THAT STRENGTHENED 1930'S ISOLATIONISM WITH EVIDENCE THAT WWI WAS A CREATION OF MUNITIONS INDUSTRIES
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BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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1944 LAST-DITCH EFFORT BY THE GERMANS TO FORESTALL ALLIED INVASION OF GERMANY
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NEUTRALITY ACTS
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1935-7 LEGISLATION THAT OUTLAWED ARMS SALES, LOANS TO NATIONS AT WAR
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BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA
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1942 BATTLE THAT PREVENTED JAPANESE ADVANCE ON AUSTRALIA
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ST. LOUIS
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SHIP OF JEWISH REFUGEES TURNED AWAY FROM AMERICAN SHORES, 1939
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BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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DECISIVE 1942 ALLIED DEFEAT OF JAPANESE NAVY
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CASH AND CARRY
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1939 U.S. POLICY AMENDING NEUTRALITY ACTS TO ALLOW BELLIGERENTS TO BUY AMERICAN WEAPONS WITH CASH & ON OWN SHIPS
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ISLAND-HOPPING
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1943-5 AMERICAN CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE PACIFIC ISLANDS/BASES FROM JAPANESE
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BATTLE OF BRITAIND
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FALL 1940 AIR-SEA BATTLE BETWEEN GERMANY AND BRITAIN
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CASABLANCA CONFERENCE
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1943 ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL CONFERENCE THAT DECIDED THAT ALLIES WOULD DEMAND UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF AXIS
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AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE
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ARCH-CONSERVATIVE ISOLATIONIST GROUP OF 1930'S
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TEHRAN CONFERENCE
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1943 ALLIED CONFERENCE THAT AGREED TO DIVIDE DEFEATED GERMANY INTO OCCUPATION ZONES
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DESTROYERS FOR BASES
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1940 SWAP OF AMERICAN SHIPS TO BRITAIN IN RETURN FOR LEASES ON BRITISH NAVAL/AIR BASES IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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GRAND ALLIANCE
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CHURCHILL'S TERM FOR THE AMERICAN/BRITISH/
RUSSIAN ALLIANCE TO DEFEAT AXIS IN WWII |
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CHARLES LINDBERGH
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1920'S HERO WHO BECAME AMERICA FIRSTER IN 1930'S
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ROSIE THE RIVETER
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PROPAGANDA ICON OF AMERICAN WOMEN IN WWII FACTORIES
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LEND LEASE
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1940 PROGRAM TO SUPPLY WAR MATERIAL TO BRITAIN
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WAVES (WOMEN APPOINTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE)
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NAVY CORPS FOR WOMEN IN WWII THAT GAVE WOMEN 1ST-EVER MILITARY STATUS
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ATLANTIC CHARTER
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1941 STATEMENT OF WAR OBJECTIVES BY ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL
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DOUBLE V CAMPAIGN
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BLACK CALL FOR WAR AS VICTORY OVER RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AS WELL AS AXIS
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YELLOW PERIL PROPAGANDA
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20TH CENTURY ANTI-JAPANESE PROPAGANDA
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CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY
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CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN WWII & BASED ON GANDHI'S IDEAS ON NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
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PEARL HARBOR
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HAWAIIAN NAVAL BASE DESTROYED IN JAPANESE ATTACK THAT BEGAN WWII, DE. 1941
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A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH
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WWII CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
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PENTAGON
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HEADQUARTERS OF AMERICAN MILITARY, BUILT 1942
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NAACP
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OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN US WHOSE MEMBERSHIP MULTIPLIED 10x IN WWII
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JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
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MILITARY MANAGEMENT GROUP MADE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, ESTABLISHED 1942
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 8802
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1941 FEDERAL PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND ANY FIRMS OR UNIONS DOING WAR WORK
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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES (OSS)
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ESPIONAGE-RELATED WWII FORERUNNER OF CIA
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NAVAJO CODE TALKERS
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WWII CORPS THAT CONFOUNDED JAPANESE BY USING NAVAJO LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN US COMMAND CENTERS
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IBM MARK I
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EARLIEST COMPUTER, DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE MILITARY ACCURACY IN WWII
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RELOCATION CENTERS
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WHERE 37,000 JAPANESE-AMERICANS WERE INTERNED DURING WWII
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MASH UNITS
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MOBILE AUXILIARY SURGICAL UNITS DEVELOPED FOR WWII
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066
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1942 ORDER BY FDR AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS FROM THE WEST COAST
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MANHATTAN PROJECT
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WWII PROJECT TO DEVELOP AN ATOMIC BOMB
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U.S. V. KOREMATSU
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1944 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT UPHELD JAPANESE INTERNMENTS
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ALBERT EINSTEIN
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GERMAN-AMERICAN SCIENTIST WHOSE WORK PROVIDED THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ATOMIC BOMB
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YALTA CONFERENCE
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1945 ALLIED CONFERENCE THAT FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON THE FATE OF POST-WAR GERMANY AND EASTERN EUROPE
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J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
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DIRECTOR OF MANHATTAN PROJECT
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UNITED NATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED 1945
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OPERATION TORCH
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ALLIED MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE NORTH AFRICA FROM AXIS
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V-E DAY
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MAY 8, 1945 END OF WWII IN EUROPE
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GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN WWII
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HARRY S TRUMAN
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US PRESIDENT WHO TOOK OVER ON DEATH OF FDR
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EL ALAMEIN
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1942 BATTLE THAT PUSHED AXIS OUT OF NORTH AFRICA
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POTSDAM CONFERENCE
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SUMMER 1945 CONFERENCE BETWEEN STALIN AND TRUMAN
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WINSTON CHURCHILL
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WWII LEADER OF GREAT BRITAIN
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IWO JIMA
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ALLIED VICTORY OVER JAPANESE WHOSE HEAVY COST SUGGESTED THAT INVASION OF JAPAN WOULD BE AWFUL
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JOSEF STALIN
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DICTATOR OF USSR 1927-1953
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OKINAWA
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JAPANESE WHOSE HEAVY COST SUGGESTED THAT INVASION OF JAPAN WOULD BE AWFUL
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BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
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APOCALYPTIC 1942-3 DEFEAT OF GERMANS BY RUSSIANS
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ENOLA GAY
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AMERICAN PLANE THAT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN, AUGUST 1945
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D-DAY
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JUNE 1944 ALLIED INVASION OF NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE
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HIROSHIMA
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JAPANESE CITY TARGETED BY FIRST A-BOMB, AUGUST 6, 1945
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OPERATION OVERLORD
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1944 ALLIED CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE FRANCE FROM NAZIS
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NAGASAKI
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JAPANESE CITY TARGETED BY 2ND A-BOMB, AUGUST 8, 1945
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ISLAND-HOPPING
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1943-5 AMERICAN CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE PACIFIC ISLANDS/BASES FROM JAPANESE
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CONTAINMENT
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COLD WAR DOCTRINE OF PREVENTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM
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CASABLANCA
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1943 ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL CONFERENCE THAT DECIDED ON UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF AXIS AS OBJECTIVE
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IRON CURTAIN
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CHURCHILL'S TERM FOR THE POST-WWII COMMUNIST DOMINATION OF EASTERN EUROPE
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TEHRAN CONFERENCE
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1943 ALLIED CONFERENCE THAT AGREED TO DIVIDE DEFEATED GERMANY INTO OCCUPATION ZONES
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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1946 AGENCY FORMED BY TRUMAN TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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GRAND ALLIANCE
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CHURCHILL'S TERM FOR THE AMERICAN/BRITISH/RUSSIAN ALLIANCE TO DEFEAT AXIS IN WWII
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COLD WAR
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1945-1989 CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AMERICAN-DOMINATED WEST AND RUSSIAN-DOMINATED EAST
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ROSIE THE RIVETER
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CULTURAL/ PROPAGANDA ICON OF AMERICAN WOMEN IN FACTORIES DURING WWII
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GEORGE MARSHALL
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AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE WHOSE MARSHALL PLAN PROVIDED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO WAR-DEVASTATED WESTERN EUROPE
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WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS (WACS)
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ARMY CORPS FOR WOMEN IN WWII THAT GAVE WOMEN 1ST-EVER MILITARY STATUS
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MARSHALL PLAN
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1947 PLAN THAT PROVIDED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO WAR-DEVASTATED WESTERN EUROPE
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WOMEN APPOINTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE (WAVES)
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NAVY CORPS FOR WOMEN IN WWII THAT GAVE WOMEN 1ST-EVER MILITARY STATUS
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TRUMAN DOCTRINE
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PRES. TRUMAN POLICY OF CONTAINING COMMUNISM TO WHERE IT HAD ALREADY TAKEN HOLD
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NAACP
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OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN US
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BERLIN AIRLIFT
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1948-9 AMERICAN CAMPAIGN TO HELP STALIN-BLOCKADED WEST BERLIN
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CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE)
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CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN WWII, BASED ON GANDHI'S IDEA OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
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NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION)
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AMERICA'S 1ST DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE, FOUNDED IN 1949 AS COLD WAR MEASURE
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A,PHILIP RANDOLPH
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WWII CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
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JIANG JIESHI
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LEADER OF NATIONALIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN BY COMMUNISTS IN 1949
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 8802
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1941 FEDERAL PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND ANY FIRMS/UNIONS DOING WAR WORK
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MAO ZEDONG
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COMMUNIST LEADER OF CHINA WHO TOOK POWER IN 1949
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NAVAJO CODE TALKERS
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WWII CORPS THAT CONFOUNDED JAPANESE BY USING NAVAJO LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN U.S. COMMAND CENTERS
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RED CHINA
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COMMUNIST CHINA
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U.S. V. KOREMATSU
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1944 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT UPHELD JAPANESE INTERNMENT PROGRAM
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HYDROGEN/
THERMONUCLEAR BOMB |
FUSION-BASED GENERATION OF BOMB DEVELOPED BY US IN 1953
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YALTA CONFERENCE
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1945 ALLIED CONFERENCE THAT FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON THE FATE OF POST-WAR GERMANY AND EASTERN EUROPE
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NSC-78
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1950 REVIEW OF AMERICAN DEFENSE POLICY THAT URGED MASSIVE INCREASES IN US MILITARY TO COMBAT COMMUNISM
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UNITED NATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1945
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KOREAN WAR
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1950-3 UN POLICE ACTION TO KEEP N. KOREAN COMMUNISTS FROM TAKING OVER S. KOREA
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V-E DAY
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MAY 1945 END OF WWII IN EUROPE
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38TH PARALLEL
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KOREAN BORDER BETWEEN NORTH-SOUTH
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THE NEW DEAL
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GENERAL NAME FOR THE PROGRAM OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
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GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
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AMERICAN COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREAN WAR
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V-J DAY
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AUGUST 1945 END OF WWII IN JAPAN
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LIMITED WAR
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TRUMAN POLICY TO KEEP THE KOREAN WAR CONFINED TO ONE AREA AND NOT TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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PRESIDENT DURING NEW DEAL AND WORLD WAR II
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G.I. BILL OF RIGHTS
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FEDERAL PROGRAM TO FORESTALL POST-WWII RECESSION BY HELPING RETURNING SERVICEMEN WITH JOBS, EDUCATION, ETC.
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HARRY S TRUMAN
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U.S. COLD WAR PRESIDENT WHP TOOK OVER ON DEATH OF FDR
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BRETTON WOODS AGREEMENT
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1944 MEETING OF ALLIES TO PREPARE FRAMEWORK FOR POST-WAR GLOBAL ECONOMY
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BRAIN TRUST
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ROOSEVELT'S CIRCLE OF ADVISORS DURING THE NEW DEAL
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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FUND CREATED AT BRETTON WOODS TO STABILIZE EXCHANGE RATES BY VALUING OTHER CURRENCIES IN RELATION TO THE AM. DOLLAR
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POTSDAM CONFERENCE
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SUMMER 1945 CONFERENCE BETWEEN STALIN AND TRUMAN
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INFLATION
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RISING PRICES
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HUNDRED DAYS
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PERIOD OF INTENSE NEW DEAL ACTIVITY, FROM MARCH TO JUNE 1933
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OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
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FEDERAL ANTI-INFLATION AGENCY THATG IMPOSED PRICE CONTROLS
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IWO JIMA
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ALLIED VICTORY OVER JAPANESE WHOSE HEAVY COST SUGGESTED INVASION OF JAPAN WOULD BE AWFUL
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WAGNER ACT
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1935 FEDERAL LAW (2ND NEW DEAL) PROTECTING RIGHTS OF WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS
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BANK HOLIDAY
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ROOSEVELT'S MARCH 1933 ORDER TO SHUT DOWN ALL BANK FOR 4 DAYS TO REORGANIZE
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TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
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REPUBLICAN LABOR LEGISLATION OF 1947 THAT CURBED THE POWER OF LABOR UNIONS
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OKINAWA
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ALLIED VICTORY OVER JAPANESE WHOSE HEAVY COST SUGGESTED INVASION OF JAPAN WOULD BE AWFUL
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JACKIE ROBINSON
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FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO PLAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
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EMERGENCY BANKING ACT
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1933 LEGISLATION THAT REGULATED THE REOPENING OF HEALTHY BANKS AND MANAGED THE FAILURES OF OTHERS
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PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
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1947 COMMITTEE TO REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS
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ENOLA GAY
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AMERICAN PLANE THAT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN, AUGUST 1945
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DIXIECRATS
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SOUTHERN SEGREGATIONISTS WHO SPLIT FROM DEMOCRATS OVER CIVIL RIGHTS IN 1948
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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NEW DEAL AGENCY TO INSURE ALL BANK DEPOSITS
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STROM THURMOND
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SC GOVERNOR/SENATOR WHO LED DIXICRATS, RAN FOR PRESIDENT ON DIXIECRAT TICKET 1948
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CONTAINMENT
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COLD WAR DOCTRINE OF PREVENTING SPREAD OF COMMUNISM
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PROGRESSIVE PARTY
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LEFT-WING DEMOCRATS WHO CALLED FOR FRIENDLIER RELATIONS WITH USSR
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FIRESIDE CHATS
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ROOSEVELT'S RADIO TALKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
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HENRY WALLACE
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FORMER VP WHO LED PROGRESSIVES
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IRON CURTAIN
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CHURCHILL'S TERM FOR THE POST-WWII COMMUNIST DOMINATION OF EASTERN EUROPE
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DO NOTHING CONGRESS
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TRUMAN'S TERM FOR REPUBLICAN 80TH CONGRESS
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HOME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION (HOLC)
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NEW DEAL AGENCY TO HELP PEOPLE REFINANCE MORTGAGES
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FAIR DEAL
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TRUMAN'S DOMESTIC PROGRAM
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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1946 AGENCY FORMED BY TRUMAN TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT 1953-1961
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
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NEW DEAL AGENCY THAT PROVIDED LOANS TO FARMERS TO MEET PAYMENTS ON THEIR FARMS
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INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
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EISENHOWER-ERA FEDERAL PROGRAM OF NEW HIGHEAYS
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COLD WAR
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1945-1989 CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AMERICAN-DOMINATED WEST AND RUSSIAN-DOMINATED EAST
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JIM CROW
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SOUTHERN LAWS ENFORCING RACIAL SEGREGATION
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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC)
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NEW DEAL PROGRAM TO SYIMULATE THE ECOONMIY BY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT JOBS TO JOBLESS YOUTH
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YATES V. UNITED STATES
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1957 SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT DISTINGUISHED UNLAWFUL CONCRETE ACTS FROM TEACHING REVOLUTIONARY (COMMUNIST) IDEOLOGY
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TRUMAN DOCTRINE
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TRUMAN POLICY OF CONTAINMENT OF COMMUNISM
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION TOPEKA
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1954 PRECEDENT THAT PROHIBITED SCHOOL SEGREGATION
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT (
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NEW DEAL PROGRAM TO HELP STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO PROVIDE RELIEF
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PLESSY V. FERGUSON
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1896 PRECEDENT OVERTURNED BY BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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MARSHALL PLAN
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1947 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO WAR-DEVASTATED WESTERN EUROPE
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WHITE CITIZENS' COUNCILS
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SEGREGATIONIST ORGANIZATIONS FORMED IN WAKE OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT (AAA)
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NEW DEAL PROGRAM TO SUBSIDIZE FARMERS FOR CUTTING PRODUCTION IN ORDER TO RAISE AGRICULTURAL PRICES
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LITTLE ROCK
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ARKANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICT WHOSE INTEGRATION WAS VIOLENTLY OPPOSED BY WHITES
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BERLIN AIRLIFT
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1948-9 AMERICAN CAMPAIGN TO HELP STALIN-BLOCKADED WEST BERLIN
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ORVAL FAUBUS
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ARKANSAS GOVERNOR WHO LED POPULAR RESISTANCE TO SCHOOL INTEGRATION
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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION (NRA)
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NEW DEAL AGENCY TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BY SETTING PRODUCTION LIMITS, PROSCRIBING WAGES, ETC.
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957
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WEAK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION PASSED IN WAKE OF LITTLE ROCK CRISIS
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NATO
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AMERICA'S 1ST DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE, FOUNDED 1949 AS COLD WAR MEASURE
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960
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ACT THAT SLIGHTLY STRENGTHENED ENFORCEMENT POWER OF 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
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SCHECHTER POULTRY V. US
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1935 SUPREME COURT RULING THAT DECLARED THE NRA UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
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DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT, 1961-3
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WARSAW PACT
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DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE OF EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST NATIONS, FOUNDED 1955
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NEW FRONTIER
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KENNEDY'S DOMESTIC PROGRAM
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC)
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GOVERNMENT AGENCY CREATED BY THE NEW DEAL TO REGULATE THE STOCK MARKET
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RICHARD M NIXON
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REPUBLICAN VICE-PRESIDENT WHO RAN AGAINST KENNEDY IN 1960
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HYDROGEN BOMB
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FUSION-BASED GENERATION OF BOMB DEVELOPED BY US IN 1953
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KENNEDY-NIXON DEBATES
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1960 ELECTION DEBATES THAT BEGAN ROLE OF TV IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)
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NEW DEAL RECOVERY PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VERY BACKWARD TENNESSEE VALLEY
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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KENNEDY VICE-PRESIDENT
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NSC-78
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1950 REVIEW OF AMERICAN DEFENSE POLICY THAT URGED MASSIVE INCREASES IN US MILITARY TO COMBAT COMMUNISM
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ROBERY KENNEDY
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KENNEDY'S BROTHER AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
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DUST BOWL
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1930'S DUST STORMS THAT TURNED GREAT PLAINS INTO ARID DESERT, FORCING A GREAT MIGRATION OF DIPLACED FARMERS
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SPUTNIK
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SOVIET SPACE SATELLITE WHICH BEGAN SPACE RACE OF COLD WAR
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KOREAN WAR
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1950-3 UN POLICE ACTION TO KEEP NORTH KOREAN COMMUNISTS FROM TAKING OVER SOUTH KOREA
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RACHEL CARSON'S SILENT SPRING
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1962 BOOK THAT INSPIRED MODERN ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT
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OKIES
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DERISIVE NICKNAME FOR DUST BOWL MIGRANTS
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PEACE CORPS
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KENNEDY-FOUNDED PROGRAM OF VOLUNTEERS ABROAD TO HELP PEOPLE IN UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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POLICE ACTION
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TERM FOR AMERICAN-DOMINATED UN CAMPAIGN TO REPEL N. KOREAN ATTACK ON SOUTH
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BAY OF PIGS
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1961 AMERICAN-PROMOTED AND FAILED INVASION OF CUBA TO OVERTHROW CASTRO
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FATHER COUGHLIN
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ANTI-SEMITIC CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO MADE ANTI-ROOSEVELT RADIO SPEECHES
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FIDEL CASTRO
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LEADER OF CUBA
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38TH PARALLEL
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N-S KOREAN BORDER
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NIKITA KRUSHCHEV
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LEADER OF USSR 1956-1964
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FRANCIS TOWNSHEND
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FDR RIVAL WHO WANTED THE GOVERNMENT TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY BY SUBSIDIES TO SENIOR CITIZENS
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BERLIN WALL
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1961 RUSSIAN-BUILT WALL SEPARATING WEST FROM EAST BERLIN
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GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
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AMERICAN COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREAN WAR
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
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1962 SOVIET-AMERICAN CONFRONTATION OVER RUSSIAN MISSILES IN CUBA
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HUEY LONG
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FLAMBOYANT GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA WHOSE 'SHARE OUR WEALTH' PROGRAM SUGGESTED MASSIVE TAXES ON THE RICH
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FREEDOM RIDERS
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CORE-LED CAMPAIGNS AGAINST SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES (HUAC)
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HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT SERVED AS FOCUS FOR 1940'S-1950'S ANTICOMMUNISM
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CORE
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GROUP THAT LED DE-SEGREGATION EFFORTS IN SOUTH
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SECOND NEW DEAL
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1935-6 BUNDLE OF REFORM MEASURES WHICH WAS MUCH MORE ACTIVIST AND LIBERAL THAN THE FIRST
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LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL
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1963 KING ESSAY DEFENDING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
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MCCARTHYISM
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GENERAL TERM DESCRIBING ANTI-COMMUNIST SUSPICION/PARANOIA OF LATE 1940'S TO LATE 1950'S
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MARTIN LUTHER KING
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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER OF 1950'S AND 1960'S WHO PREACHED NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS
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JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
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BRITISH ECONOMISTS WHO FIRST THEORIZES THE USE OF GOVERNMENT DEFICITS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
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JAMES MEREDITH
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1ST BLACK TO INTEGRATE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 1962
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1947
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DATE OF MARSHALL PLAN
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BULL CONNER
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BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA SHERIFF WHOSE VICIOUS ATTACKS ON PEACEFUL CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTS WERE NATIONALLY TELEVISED
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DEFICIT SPENDING
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SPENDING MORE THAN REVENUE TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
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MEDGER EVERS
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NAACP LEADER MURDERED 1963
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1949
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DATE OF CREATION OF NATO
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GEORGE WALLACE
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SEGREGATIONIST GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
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2ND NEW DEAL (1935)PRO-LABOR PROGRAM THAT GUARANTEED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, PERMITTED CLOSED SHOPS, PROHIBITED BLACKLISTING OF UNION ORGANIZERS
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1945
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DATE OF BEGINNING OF COLD WAR
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1950
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DATE OF COMMUNIST TAKE0VER OF CHINA
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1947
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DATE OF MARSHALL PLAN
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WAGNER ACT
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ANOTHER NAME FOR THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
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1948
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DATE OF BERLIN AIRLIFT
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1950-3
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DATE OF KOREAN WAR
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1949 (1)
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DATE OF CREATION OF NATO
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CLOSED SHOP
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UNION PRACTICE OF REQUIRING THAT ALL WORKERS IN A COMPANY MUST JOIN THE UNION
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1949 (2)
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DATE OF COMMUNIST TAKE-OVER OF CHINA
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G.I. BILL OF RIGHTS
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FEDERAL PROGRAM TO FORESTALL POST-WWII RECESSION BY HELPING RETURNING SERVICEMEN WITH JOBS, EDUCATION, ETC.
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1950-3
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DATE OF KOREAN WAR
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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
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2ND NEW DEAL (1935) PROGRAM THAT ESTABLISHED FEDERAL/STATE PROGRAMS OF PENSIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AID FOR THE DISABLED, AID FOR DEPENDENT MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN
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1945-1953
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DATE OF TRUMAN PRESIDENCY
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OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION (OPA)
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FEDERAL ANTI-INFLATION AGENCY FOR IMPOSING PRICE CONTROLS
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1953-1961
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DATE OF EISENHOWER'S PRESIDENCY
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COURT-PACKING PLAN
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ROOSEVELTS' UNSUCCESSFUL 1937 PLAN TO REFORM THE SUPREME COURT AND MAKE IT MORE PROGRESSIVE
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1954
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DATE OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION
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TAFT-HARTLEY
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REPUBLICAN LABOR LEGISLATION OF 1947THAT CURBED POWER OF LABOR UNIONS
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1957
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DATE OF LITTLE ROCK CRISIS
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1929
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DATE OF STOCK MARKET CRASH
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1961-3
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DATE OF KENNEDY PRESIDENCY
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JACKIE ROBINSON
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1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN PRO BASEBALL
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1961
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DATE OF BAY OF PIGS INVASION
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1929-1939
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DATE OF GREAT DEPRESSION
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1962
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DATE OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
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DIXIECRATS
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SOUTHERN SEGREGATIONIST DEMOCRATS WHO SPLIT WITH DEMOCRATS IN 1948
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1963
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DATE OF KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
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1933
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DATE OF HUNDRED DAYS
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1963
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DATE OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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STROM THURMOND
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SC SENATOR WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT 1948 ON DIXIECRAT TICKET
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1939-1945
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DATE OF WORLD WAR II
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1933-1939
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DATE OF THE NEW DEAL
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1941-1945
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DATE OF US PARTICIPATION IN WORLD WAR II
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DO NOTHING CONGRESS
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TRUMAN'S TERM FOR REPUBLICAN-DOMINATED 80TH CONGRESS
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1944
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DATE OF D-DAY
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1935-6
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DATE OF THE SECOND NEW DEAL
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1943
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DATE OF TEHRAN CONFERENCE3
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FAIR DEAL
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TRUMAN'S DOMESTIC PROGRAM
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THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1945
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V-E DAY, V-J DAY, ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED, YALTA CONFERENCE, POTSDAME CONFERENCE, BEGINNING OF COLD WAR
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT 1953-1961
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INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
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EISENHOWER-ERA FEDERAL PROGRAM OF NEW FREEWAYS
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JIM CROW LAWS
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SOUTHERN LAWS ENFORCING SEGREGATION
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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1954 SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT THAT PROHIBITED SCHOOL SEGREGATION
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PLESSY V. FERGUSON
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1896 SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT UPHOLDING RACIAL SEGREGATION
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MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
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1955 BLACK PROTEST DEFENDING ROSA PARKS THAT OPENED MODERN ERA OF BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS
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ROSA PARKS
|
MONTGOMERY SEAMSTRESS WHOSE REFUSAL TO GIVE UP HER BUS SEAT TO A WHITE MAN PROVOKED MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
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LITTLE ROCK CRISIS
|
1957 ARKANSAS STATE AND PUBLIC RESISTANCE TO INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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ORVAL FAUBUS
|
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR WHO LED POPULAR RESISTANCE TO SCHOOL INTEGRATION
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957
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LITTLE-ROCK INSPIRED BUT WEAK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
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BRINKMANSHIP
|
1950'S ANTICOMMUNIST FOREIGN POLICY TO GOING TO THE BRINL OF WAR, IF NECESSARY, TO RESIST SOVIET AGGRESSION
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JOHN FOSTER DULLES
|
EISENHOWER SEC. OF STATE BEHIND BRINKMANSHIP POLICY
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FIDEL CASTRO
|
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER OF CUBA 1959-2008
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SPUTNIK
|
SOVIET SPACE SATELLITE WHICH BEGAN SPACE RACE OF COLD WAR
|
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|
LEVITTOWN
|
1950'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT PIONEERED AFFORDABLE 'ASSEMBLY-LINE'HOUSES IN SUBURBAN AMERICA
|
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
|
AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1961-1963
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NEW FRONTIER
|
KENNDY'S DOMESTIC PROGRAM
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KENNEDY-NIXON DEBATES
|
1960 ELECTION DEBATES THAT PRESAGED ROLE OF TV IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
|
|
|
RACHEL CARSON'S SILENT SPRING
|
1962 BOOK THAT INSPIRED MODERN ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT
|
|
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THIRD WORLD
|
TERM REFERRING TO THE UNDEVELOPED WORLD OF AFRICA, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA
|
|
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PEACE CORPS
|
KENNEDY-FOUNDED PROGRAM OF VOLUNTEERS ABROAD TO HELP PEOPLES IN UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
|
|
|
BAY OF PIGS
|
1961 AMERICAN-PROMOTED FAILED INVASION OF CUBA TO OVERTHROW CASTRO
|
|
|
NIKITA KRUSHCHEV
|
LEADER OF USSR 1956-1964
|
|
|
BERLIN WALL
|
1961 RUSSIAN-BUILT WALL SEPARATING EAST FROM WEST BERLIN
|
|
|
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
|
1962 AMERICAN-SOVIET CONFRONTATION OVER RUSSIAN MISSILES IN CUBA
|
|
|
FREEDOM RIDERS
|
1960'S CORE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH
|
|
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING
|
1960'S CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO PREACHED NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS
|
|
|
JAMES MEREDITH
|
1ST BLACK TO INTEGRATE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 1962
|
|
|
LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL
|
1963 KING ESSAY DEFENDING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
|
|
|
BULL CONNER
|
BIRMINGHAM SHERIFF WHOSE VICIOUS ATTACKS ON PEACEFUL CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTORS WERE NATIONALLY TELEVISED
|
|
|
GEORGE WALLACE
|
ALABAMA GOVERNOR WHO RESISTED RACIAL INTEGRATION
|
|
|
MEDGAR EVERS
|
NAACP LEADER MURDERED IN 1963
|
|
|
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
|
AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1963-1969
|
|
|
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
|
LANDMARK FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT BANNED DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC PLACES
|
|
|
WAR ON POVERTY
|
JOHNSON ERA FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO END POVERTY IN THE US
|
|
|
HARRINGTON'S THE OTHER AMERICA
|
1962 BOOK EXPOSING THE DETAILS OF 'CULTURE OF POVERTY'IN US, INSPIRED WAR ON POVERTY
|
|
|
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
|
FEDERAL ANTI-POVERTY AGENCY OF JOHNSON ERA
|
|
|
VISTA
|
DOMESTIC PEACE CORPS: YOUNG PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING TO HELP UNDEVELOPED AREAS IN US
|
|
|
PROJECT HEAD START
|
PART OF WAR ON POVERTY, TO PROVIDE FREE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS
|
|
|
GREAT SOCIETY
|
JOHNSON-ERA PROGRAMS TO END POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION , 1964-8
|
|
|
BARRY GOLDWATER
|
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT 1964 WHOSE CAMPAIGN PRESAGED CONSERVATIVE ASCENDANCY IN US
|
|
|
MEDICARE
|
GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO AGED
|
|
|
MEDICAID
|
GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO POOR
|
|
|
WARREN COURT
|
LIBERAL SUPREME COURT 1954-1969 WHOSE DECISIONS RESHAPED CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE US
|
|
|
GIDEON V. WAINRIGHT
|
S.C. PRECEDENT THAT GUARANTEED RIGHT TO ATTORNEY IN STATE COURTS
|
|
|
MIRANDA V. ARIZONA
|
1966 S.C. PRECEDENT REQUIRING THAT CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS BE INFORMED OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UNDER 5TH-6TH AMENDMENTS
|
|
|
ENGEL V. VITALE
|
1961 S.C. PRECEDENT THAT PROHIBITED PUBLIC SCHOOL PRAYER
|
|
|
THURGOOD MARSHALL
|
1ST BLACK S.C. JUSTICE
|
|
|
1961-3
|
DATE OF KENNEDY PRESIDENCY
|
|
|
1961
|
DATE OF BAY OF PIGS INVASION
|
|
|
1962
|
DATE OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
|
|
|
1964-8
|
DATE OF GREAT SOCIETY
|
|
|
CLASSICAL LIBERAL
|
IDEOLOGICAL POSITION THAT PLACES EMPHASIS UPON INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
|
|
|
NEW DEAL/GREAT SOCIETY LIBERAL
|
IDEOLOGICAL POSITION THAT FAVORS STRONGER GOVERNMENT ACTION TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL
|
|
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
IDEOLOGICAL POSITION THAT PLACES EMPHASIS UPON INSTITUTIONS (CHURCH, BIG BUSINESS), STATUS QUO
|
|
|
NEW DEAL/GREAT SOCIETY CONSERVATIVE
|
IDEOLOGICAL POSITION THAT SUPPORTS BUSINESS AND OPPOSES BIG GOVERNMENT
|
|
|
LATINOS
|
HISPANIC AMERICANS
|
|
|
CESAR CHAVEZ
|
LEADER OF LATINO MOVEMENT IN 1960'S & 1970'S
|
|
|
UNITED FARM WORKERS
|
LATINO ORGANIZATION OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS THAT SOUGHT IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITITONS , ORGANIZED CONSUMER BOYCOTTS
|
|
|
AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT
|
MILITANT NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION OF 1960'S & 1970'S
|
|
|
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN (NOW)
|
FEMINIST ORGANIZATION THAT SOUGHT LIBERAL CHANGE THROUGH THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
|
|
|
BETTY FRIEDAN
|
LEADING FEMINST OF 1960'S & 1970'S, AUTHOR OF THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, FOUNDER OF NOW
|
|
|
THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
|
SEMINAL FEMINIST WORK BY BETTY FREIDAN THAT SUGGESTED WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE CONFINED TO NARROW ROLES AS WIVES & MOTHERS
|
|
|
CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
|
FEMINIST TACTICE OF 1960'S & 1970'S THAT SOUGHT TO EDUCATE WOMEN ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF THEIR ROLES IN SOCIETY
|
|
|
NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (NLF)
|
SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, ALSO CALLED VIETCONG
|
|
|
VIETCONG
|
SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, ALSO CALLED NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (NLF)
|
|
|
STRATEGIC HAMLETS
|
AMERICAN POLICY OF RELOCATING VIETNAMESE PEASANTS TO COUNTER THE VIETCONG
|
|
|
NGO DINH DIEM
|
LEADER OF SOUTH VIETNAM OVERTHROWN BY AMERICAN-LED 1963 COUP
|
|
|
HO CHI MINH
|
LEADER OF NORTH VIETNAM COMMUNISTS
|
|
|
HANOI
|
CAPITAL OF COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAM
|
|
|
SAIGON
|
CAPITAL OF SOUTH VIETNAM
|
|
|
GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
|
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR ESCALATION OF AMERICAN MILITARY ACTION IN VIETNAM
|
|
|
GULF OF TONKIN
|
NORTH VIETNAM GULF WHERE AMERICAN PATROL BOATS WERE ATTACKED BY COMMUNISTS IN 1964, LEADING TO AMERICAN ESCALATION OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM
|
|
|
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER
|
MILITARY PLAN FOR SUSTAINED AMERICAN BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
|
|
|
HAWKS
|
AMERICANS WHO SUPPORTED THE VIETNAM WAR
|
|
|
DOVES
|
AMERICANS WHO OPPOSED THE VIETNAM WAR
|
|
|
EUGENE MCCARTHY
|
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR AND DOVE WHOSE 1968 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DROVE PRES. JOHNSON OUT OF RE-ELECTION RACE
|
|
|
TET OFFENSIVE
|
HUGE 1968 OFFENSIVE BY VIETCONG AND N.VIETNAM IN S. VIETNAM THAT BECAME A TURNING POINT IN AMERICAN OPINION ABOUT VIETNAM WAR
|
|
|
RICHARD NIXON
|
AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO ESCALATED AND THEN ENDED THE VIETNAM WAR
|
|
|
DETENTE
|
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY OF THAWING COLD WAR RELATIONS BETWEEN US AND SOVIET UNION
|
|
|
MY LAI MASSACRE
|
1968 AMERICAN ATROCITY AGAINST VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS
|
|
|
NIXON DOCTRINE
|
POLICY THAT REDUCED AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD FROM 'MILITARY PROTECTOR' TO 'HELPFUL PARTNER'
|
|
|
PEACE WITH HONOR
|
NIXON DETERMINATION TO END VIETNAM WAR WITHOUT SACRIFICING AMERICAN PRESTIGE
|
|
|
VIETNAMIZATION
|
NIXON POLICY OF GRADUALLY REPLACING AMERICAN TROOPS WITH VIETNAMESE ONES
|
|
|
CAMBODIA
|
SE ASIAN COMMUNIST COUNTRY BOMBED BY AMERICANS IN 1970
|
|
|
KHMER ROUGE
|
BRUTAL COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA
|
|
|
EASTER OFFENSIVE
|
1972 NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFENSIVE
|
|
|
PARIS PEACE TALKS
|
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEN US AND N. VIETNAM TO END WAR IN VIETNAM
|
|
|
LE DUC THO
|
N. VIETNAMESE LEADER AT PARIS PEACE TALKS
|
|
|
PARIS ACCORDS
|
1973 AGREEMENT THAT ENDED HOSTILITIES BETWEEN AMERICANS AND N. VIETNAMESE BUT LEFT DIFFERENCES UNRESOLVED
|
|
|
1968
|
DATE OF TET OFFENSIVE
|
|
|
1964-1973
|
DATE OF VIETNAMESE WAR
|
|
|
1973
|
DATE OF PARIS ACCORDS
|
|
|
1964
|
DATE OF GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
|
|
|
RICHARD NIXON
|
PRESIDENT 1969-1974, ASSOCIATED WITH END OF VIETNAM, WATERGATE
|
|
|
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)
|
FEDERAL REGULATIONS ENFORCING HEALTH & SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE WORKPLACE
|
|
|
'GUNS AND BUTTER'
|
POLICY OF WAGING WAR WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING SOCIAL PROGRAMS
|
|
|
STAGFLATION
|
DISASTROUS ECONOMIC CONDITION OF 1970'S CHARACTERIZED BY BOTH INFLATION AND RECESSION
|
|
|
HUSTON PLAN
|
NIXON OFFENSIVE AGAINST ANTI-WAR TYPES INVOLVING WIRETAPPING, INFILTRATION OF RADICAL ORGANIZATIONS
|
|
|
THE PLUMBERS
|
SECRET NIXON TEAM EMPOWERED TO DISCREDIT NIXON'S POLITICAL OPPOSITIONS AND ENSURE GOVERNMENT SECRECY
|
|
|
PENTAGON PAPERS
|
SECRET DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM WHOSE PUBLICATION ENRAGED NIXON
|
|
|
SOUTHERN STRATEGY
|
NIXON STRATEGY OF POLITICALLY COURTING SOUTHERN WHITES ENRAGED BY CIVIL RIGHTS ADVANCES
|
|
|
SWANN V. CHARLOTTE MECKLENBERG
|
1972 SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT THAT UPHELD SCHOOL BUSING AS CONSTITUTIONALLY NECESSARY TO ENSURE RACIAL EQUALITY IN EDUCATION
|
|
|
SPIRO AGNEW
|
NIXON'S COMBATIVE AND PARTISAN VICE-PRESIDENT WHO RESIGNED IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL
|
|
|
GEORGE MCGOVERN
|
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL AND DOVE DEFEATED IN THE 1972 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
|
|
|
CREEP
|
ACRONYM FOR COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT THE PRESIDENT, 1972
|
|
|
WATERGATE BURGLARS
|
TEAM OF NIXON LOYALISTS ARRESTED FOR 1972 BREAK-IN AT DEMOCRATIC HQ IN WATERGATE COMPLEX
|
|
|
WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN
|
WASHINGTON POST REPORTERS WHO INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED THE WATERGATE SCANDAL
|
|
|
DEEP THROAT
|
DEEP BACKGROUND SECRET SOURCE FOR SOME OF WOODWARD & BERNSTEIN'S WATERGATE REVELATIONS
|
|
|
ENEMIES LIST
|
LIST THAT REVEALED THAT PRES. NIXON USED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HARASS POLITICAL OPPONENTS
|
|
|
GERALD FORD
|
NIXON-APPOINTED VICE-PRESIDENT WHO BECAME PRESIDENT UPON NIXON'S 1974 RESIGNATION
|
|
|
NIXON PARDON
|
PRES. FORD'S CONTROVERSIAL 1974 PARDONING OF NIXON FOR WATERGATE CRIMES
|
|
|
ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC)
|
13 NATION OIL-PRODUCING GROUP WHOSE EMBARGO DRASTICALLY INCREASED GAS PRICES AND WORSENED INFLATION
|
|
|
WHIP INFLATION NOW (WIN)
|
PRES. FORD'S INEFFECTIVE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM TO REDUCE CONSUMER PRICES
|
|
|
MAYAGUEZ
|
AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIP SEIZED BY CAMBODIA IN 1975
|
|
|
JIMMY CARTER
|
AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1977-1981
|
|
|
LOVE CANAL
|
NEW YORK STATE REGION WHICH WAS THE SITE OF A MASSIVE TOXIC WASTE CONTAMINATION IN 1978
|
|
|
PANAMA CANAL TREATY
|
CARTER NOGOTIATED 1978 TREATY HANDING RIGHTS TO THE PANAMA CANAL BACK TO PANAMA BY 1999
|
|
|
SALT II
|
US/USSR NUCLEAR WEAPONS LIMITATION TREATY NEGOTIATED IN 1979 BY CARTER ADMINISTRATION
|
|
|
CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
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CARTER-LED 1978 PEACE TREATY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT
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AYOTOLLAH KHOMENI
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RADICAL ISLAMIST LEADER OF1979 IRANIAN REVOLUTION
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SHAH OF IRAN
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IRANIAN MONARCH OVERTHROWN IN IRANIAN REVOLUTION WHOSE ADMISSION TO THE US CAUSED 1979-80 HOSTAGE CRISIS
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MALAISE SPEECH
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CARTER'S 1979 POLITICALLY DAMAGING SPEECH THAT SEEMED TO BLAME AMERICANS FOR THE CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE
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1969-1974
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DATE OF NIXON PRESIDENCY
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1973-4
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DATE OF WATERGATE SCANDAL
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1974
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DATE OF NIXON'S RESIGNATION
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1974-7
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DATE OF FORD PRESIDENCY
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1977-1981
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DATE OF CARTER PRESIDENCY
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1973
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DATE OF FALL OF SAIGON
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1978
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DATE OF CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
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1979
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DATE OF IRANIAN REVOLUTION
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