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Chapter 26-27: Postwar America and New Frontier Flashcards

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22nd amendment

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set 10 year limit on presidency

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1952 elections

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Eisenhower was republican “Ike”; Nixon accused of being dishonest; Eisenhower’s vice-president; Stevenson ran against Nixon

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checkers speech

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Nixon; 1952 campaign; defending actions; cocker spaniel only thing he took

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John Foster Dulles

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helped shape Eisenhower’s Cold War policies; brinkmanship; wanted to roll back communism; massive retaliation (hit with everything you have)

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CIA

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central intelligence unit; not on US soil; spies from around the world

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Stalin died and

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Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet Union

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Warsaw pact

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alliance with the Soviet-dominated countries of easter Europe

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US and Soviet relationship

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Geneva, Switzerland for a summit meeting; “open skies” treaty that would allow each side to fly over the other’s to see military abilities

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Francis Gary Powers

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flew American U-2 spy plane; got shot down by the Soviets

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Ho Chi Minh

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communist leader of North Vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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anti-communist allies; south Vietnam

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jews and Arabs

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had much conflict when Israel was created after WW2

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SEATO

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anti-communist allies; Southeast Asia treaty organization

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Vietnam

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divided into 2; North (communist) and South Vietnam; supposed to be temporary

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Israel

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created in 1948 by the UN; divided Palestine into jewish and Arabian state

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Nassar

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leader of Egypt; wanted to unite Arab nations and support the Soviets; seized the Suez Canal; US took away support for the Aswan High Dam

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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US would aid any nation in the Middle East trying to resist communism

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arms race

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between US and Soviets with military advantage

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new military strategies

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nuclear weapons; brinkmanship; massive retaliation

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ICBM’s

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intercontinental ballistics missile

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1957 Soviets

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launched the first satellite the Sputnik

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1958 US

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created NASA as response to Sputnik

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FCDA

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federal civil defense administration; duck and cover; air raid sirens

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limited test-ban treaty

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precise testing; testing rules of nuclear testing; ended atmospheric and underwater testing

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Kennedy in office

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focused on change; strong anti-communist tone

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Kennedy’s administration

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Robert “Bobby” Kennedy; most young

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

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Kennedy finds out Castro took over; invasion of Cuba that didn’t go well; ransomed captures and had to get them back; Castro tipped off and moved everything; pushed Castro closer to the Soviets

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Berlin Wall

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August 13, 1961; Khrushchev closed portal between free Berlin and communist Berlin

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cuban missile crisis

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Bay of Pigs invasion non successful; spy plane detected SAMS (surface to air missiles) in Cuba aimed that the US; Kennedy called in advisors

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ExComm

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Kennedy’s advisors; military members favored an air-strike; others argued for a naval blockade

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Khrushchev

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agreed to dismantle missiles if the US never invades Cuba; set up hotline

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peace corps

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trained and sent volunteers to Africa, Asia, and Latin America to serve for 2 years to help with medical, educational, etc.

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alliance for progress

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offered billions of dollars to aid Latin America to build schools, hospitals, roads, power plants, and low-cost housing

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flexible response

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strengthening American forces so they could use other options than nuclear war; meeting them with the same force given

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new frontier

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congress didn’t approve; went along with the space race; Kennedy’s plan for the country

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Earl Warren

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Warren Court; extended individual rights and freedoms

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Brown v Board of Education

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banned segregation in schools

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citizens vote more equal

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Baker v Carr, Westberry v Sanders, Reynolds v Sims

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rights of accused

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Mapp v Ohio, Gideon v Wainwright, Escobedo v Illinois, Miranda v Arizona; extended the bill of rights to the actions of state governments

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Engel v Vitale

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religion guarantees of 1st amendment; stopped prayer and bible readings in school

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Kennedy’s assassination

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Nov 22, 1963; Dallas, Texas; Le Harvey Oswald (assassin); Jack Ruby (killed Oswald and associated with night life)

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Warren Commission

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investigate assassination; Earl Warren; no conspiracy; Oswald and Ruby acted alone

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johnson treatment

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getting in people’s faces to get their way; towering over people; Johnson used

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economic opportunity act

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give economically depressed communities a boost

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job corps

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offered work training programs to unemployed youth

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VISTA

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domestic version of job corps; from home

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Johnson wanted

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to cut taxes to stimulate the economy and down unemployment

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tax reduction act

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unemployment declined; employment grew

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civil rights act

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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin

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great society

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all of Johnson’s plans for the country

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elementary and secondary education act

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first large scale program of government aid to public schools

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higher education act

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created first federal scholarship for needy college students

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head start

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education program for preschool children of low-income parents

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omnibus housing act

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created department of housing and urban development

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medicaid

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provided free healthcare for poor people

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medicare

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health program for people over 65

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highway beautification act

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Lady Bird’s bill; plant flowers along the highways

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public broadcasting act

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corporation for public broadcasting; PBS

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truth in lending act

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tell people upfront payment, interest, and length of loan

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Johnson doctrine

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revolutions in Latin America were more than local concerns if communism was involved; US would intervene

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Pueblo incident

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ship named Pueblo from the US navy captured by North Korea; found off the coast of North Korea; US claimed they were in international waters; North Korea released crew but kept ship

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