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35 Cards in this Set
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supply-side economics |
the government balancing the budget by first cutting taxes, which would increase personal income and business profits, people would then save or invest this extra income, thus causing the economy to grow and creating new jobs |
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September 11, 2001 |
a terrorist attacks occured when two planes crashed into the World's Trade Center, and was seen by Osama bin Laden which was one if the leaders of the Taliban, in response to this, the U.S went to war with Afghanistan and later Iraq as a result of mass destruction. |
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Tax cuts under president George W. Bush |
On June 7,2001, Bush passed $1.35 trillion tax-cut plan, and also passed the No Child Left Behind Act. Tax-cuts helped the weathly more than the poor. |
Taxes under Bush |
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Clinton Presidency |
under Clinton the Economy Boomed. |
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Persian Gulf War |
the war was fought after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to control oil, it was fought to kick Iraq out of Kuwait. |
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Fall of the Berlin Wall |
November 1989, Pro germans tore down the wall, and a year later Germany was united as one country. The Fall of the Berlin wall also led to the crumbling of the Soviet Union because alot of countries involved in the S.U broke free. |
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Axis Powers |
wanted the Suez Canal and captured Africa |
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Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk |
one of the bloodiest battles of the war and Soviets saved their country |
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V-E Day |
Germany surrendered and the war in Europe ended |
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island hopping |
the process of hopping to island to island. |
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Hiroshima/ Nagasaki |
Hiroshima was the first city hit but the atomic bomb |
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Japanese-American Internment |
when taken from their home, they were put in remote locations |
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holocaust |
nazis campaign to kill and 6 million jews died |
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nuremburg trials |
trials to show the world what had taken place. it was trials to try nazi government officials to charged with war crimes |
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cold war |
competition for world power between the U.S and S.U |
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NATO |
military alliance the U.S formed after WWII |
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Marshall plan |
establish world peace so there wouldn't be another war. |
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Taft-Hartley Act |
the president didnt want this act because it was going to hurt unions too much. Truman vetoed this act but congress and the senate overrided his veto. |
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korean war |
38th parallel divided korea |
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chinese civil war |
supported nationalist because other side was communist |
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McCarthyism |
making accusations with out proof about communism |
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Yalu River |
where chinese troops entered into North Korea |
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GI Bills of Rights |
provided loans and homes |
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hydrogen |
expanded the nuclear arms race |
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Eisenhower |
beloved by both parties |
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NASA |
entered the space race |
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suburbs |
white and middle classed families |
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urban renewal |
helped low income families with housing |
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Operation Ajax |
first CIA important mission |
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Jacabo Arbenz Guzman |
CIA stopped Guzman in Guatemala |
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U2 Spy Plane Incident |
increased tension between U.S. and Soviets |
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highway act |
resulted in many americans moving to the suburbs |
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cuban missile crisis |
bay of pigs invasion was a disaster and Castro defeated the U.S and exiles quickly |
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Committee on Civil Rights |
banned segregation in the military |
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Alger Hiss |
fear of communist spies |
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