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What was the UN subcommittee who was responsible for maintaining world peace?

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Security council

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Who came up with the “containment” policy?

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George Kennan (on quiz)

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Marshall Plan

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Provided economic aid that helped rebuilt Europe (our allies) and battle Communism(on quiz)

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4
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Most famous suburbia?

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Levittown

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What did the United Nations replace?

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League of Nations

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What signaled the end of US isolationism?

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America joining the United Nations

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What was the Iron Curtain?

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A physical and symbolic boundary between Soviet-controlled Eastern European nations and Democratic Western Europe

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Truman Doctrine

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Speech about military and economic aid to nations “at risk” of falling

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Group of famous black fighter pilots

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Tuskegee Airmen

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“Big Three”

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FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. Allied leaders of USA, Great Britain, and USSR, met throughout war to discuss war and post-war issues

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Battle of Midway

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Major US victory in Pacific Ocean, halted Japanese expansion

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Island hopping

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Attacking strategic islands en route to Japan

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Manhattan Project

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Developed first atomic bomb

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Casablanca Conference

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FDR and Churchill Decided on Sicily and to seek unconditional surrender

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Yalta

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Dealt with the postwar occupation and partition of Germany

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What were the two cities the United States dropped the atomic bomb on?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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