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Chapter 28 Flashcards

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What bill provided discharge pay, hospitalization, government loans, and educational benefits for veterans ?

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The G. I. Bill of Rights

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What ended the Great Depression ?

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The postwar economic boom.

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What is inflation ?

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The increase of the number of dollars needed to purchase an item.

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What act removed certain labor abuses and curbed the growing power of labor unions over individuals and employers ?

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The Taft-Hartley Act

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What amendment ensures that future Presidents will be limited to two terms ?

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The 22nd Amendment

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What was the name for President Truman’s program of socialistic legislation ?

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The “Fair Deal”

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What treaty provided military aid to European allies and other friendly nations?

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The North Atlantic Treaty

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What program was designed to give assistance to underdeveloped countries ?

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The Four Point Program

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What two acts were used to combat Communist subversion in America?

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The Smith Act

The Internal Security Act

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Who was the member of the state department who transferred documents to a Soviet Agent ?

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Alger Hiss

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What couple was executed for leaking vital atomic bomb secrets to Russian agents ?

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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What former Communist member realized the true nature of the government ?

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Whittaker Chambers

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What Senator thought that the State Department had been infiltrated by a large number of Communist spies ?

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Joseph P. McCarthy

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Who became President of the United States after Franklin Roosevelt passed away ?

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Harry S. Truman

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What is the name for a war fought with words and not weapons ?

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“Cold War”

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16
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What was the arms race?

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A period of time in which other nations wanted to possess an atomic or hydrogen bomb for themselves.

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What did the United Nations set up against this threat to world peace?

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The International Atomic Energy Authority

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What did the United States set up to combat the threat to world peace?

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The Atomic Energy Commission

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What did Winston Churchill say covered the nations of Eastern Europe with tyranny and oppression?

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The “Iron Curtain”

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What did the Truman Doctrine state?

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It stated that the United States would employ its resources to prevent the overthrow of any democracy through outside interference.

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What did the Marshall Plan state?

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The Marshall Plan extended credits amounting to as much as $20 billion to accelerate Europe’s economic renewal.

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What helped save millions of West Berliners from starvation?

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The Berlin Airlift

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What was the defense pact signed by the U. S., Canada, and 10 Western European nations in opposition to Communism?

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NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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What year was NATO founded ?

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1949

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Russia counteracted by denouncing the packed as an aggressive alliance against Soviet union and formed what?

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The Warsaw Pact

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Who was supreme commander in the allied occupation of Japan?

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General Douglas MacArthur

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27
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What conference officially ended the Allied occupation of Japan?

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The Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

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Who was the Supreme Allied commander in Europe?

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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29
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What have the President authority to fix wage and price ceilings ?

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The Defense Production Act

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30
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On what parallel are North and South Korea divided ?

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The 38th Parallel

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31
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The Communist Chinese leader

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Mao Tse-tung

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The Nationalist Chinese Leader

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Chiang Kai-shek

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Who traveled to China and attempted to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to form a coalition government ?

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General George C. Marshall

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34
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On what day did North Korean forces invade South Korea?

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June 25, 1950

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35
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The South Koreans and the Americans were quickly pushed back behind what battle line ?

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The Pusan Perimeter

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Which general did President Truman abruptly remove from command after multiple out of place comments ?

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General Douglas Mac Arthur

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37
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Who won the election of 1952?

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

38
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Who was Eisenhower’s Vice President ?

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Richard M. Nixon

39
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Who was Eisenhower’s Secretary of State?

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John Foster Dulles

40
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What did Eisenhower transform the Federal Security Agency into?

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The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

41
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What organization was formed to resist Communist aggression and expansion in Southeast Asia?

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The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

42
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Which half of Germany achieved national status once again? What were they renamed ?

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West Germany; German Federal Republic

43
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What two men helped make Western Germany into one of the most prosperous nations in the world ?

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Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard

44
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What was the while trend of the Eisenhower Administration?

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Away from government participation in business and the economy.

45
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The AF of L and the CIO combined into the AFL-CIO. Who was their first president ?

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George Meany

46
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What seaway was created in partnership with Canada ?

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The St. Lawrence Seaway

47
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What act cleared the way for private, commercial development of atomic power ?

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The Atomic Energy Act

48
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What was the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant vessel ?

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The Savannah

49
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Who was the Marxist leader of West Germany ?

A

Walter Ulbricht

50
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In what year was Israel established as a nation?

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1948

51
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Who was the leader of Egypt who hated Israel?

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Gamal Nasser

52
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What project did Nasser want the United States to help to fund ?

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The Aswan High Dam

53
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What did Egypt and Syria come together to form?

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The United Arab Republic

54
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What nationalist Chinese islands were bombarded by Communist China and protected by American naval and air forces ?

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Quemoy and Matsu

55
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In what strait did the President call for a build up of naval forces to help the Nationalist troops receive food and supplies ?

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The Formosa Strait

56
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What doctrine gave the President the power to use force against Communist aggression in the Middle East?

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The Eisenhower Doctrine

57
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What was the first satellite to orbit the earth? What was the first American satellite to orbit the earth?

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Sputnik I ; Explorer I

58
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What organization was started to further United States space research and development ?

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

59
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What was a large movement between the 1950’s and 1960’s ?

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The civil rights movement

60
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Race relations in public schools were governed by what court case ?

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

61
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Which court case resulted in the desegregation of public schools? In what year ?

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Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka; 1954

62
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What black American boarded a bus after a long day at work and got arrested because of where she sat? Who organized a boycott of the bus system because of this ?

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Rosa Parks; Martin Luther King Jr.

63
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What did Martin Luther King help to form ? What did they practice ?

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The Souther Christian Leadership Conference; nonviolent resistance

64
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What are the 49th and 50th States ?

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Alaska and Hawaii

65
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Russia wanted what with the rest of the nations ?

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“Peaceful Coexistence”

66
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Who became leader over Russia shortly after the Geneva Summit ?

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Nikita Khrushchev

67
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Who was the pilot of the reconnaissance plane shot down over Soviet Russia in 1960?

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Francis Gary Powers

68
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What did the Belgian Congo become? Who was their leader?

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The Republic of the Congo; Patrice Lumumba

69
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What American doctor along with others was murdered in the Congo just before help arrived ?

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Dr. Paul Carlson

70
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Who was the dictator of Cuba that was overthrown ? Who over-through him? What was his move meant called ?

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Fulgencio Batista ; Fidel Castro ; the 26th of July Movement

71
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Who introduced the Polio vaccine ?

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Jonas Salk

72
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Who found a way to ingest the Polio vaccine by putting it on a sugar cube ?

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Albert B. Sabin

73
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What is the world’s largest suspension bridge?

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The Mackinaw Straights Bridge

74
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What system would eventually link one side of America to the other?

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The American Highway System

75
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Who was the heavyweight boxer who retired undefeated?

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Rocky Marciano

76
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Who was the first black-American baseball player to play for a major league team?

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Jackie Robinson

77
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Who became President in 1960?

A

John F. Kennedy

78
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What was Kennedy’s liberal program?

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The New Frontier

79
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Black college students began to organize what where they would sit in sections reserved for whites?

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Sit-ins

80
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Who was the first black-American man who attempted to enroll in a all-white university ?

A

James Meredith

81
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What court case resulted in all schools have to stop reciting prayers ?

A

Engel vs. Vitale

82
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What court case resulted in the banning of prayer and Bible reading in the schools even if done voluntarily?

A

Abington School District vs. Schempp

83
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What self-proclaimed Marxist was brought to national attention through a court case in Maryland?

A

Madalyn Murray O’Hair

84
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Who was the first American into space?

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Alan B. Shepard

85
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Who became the first American to orbit the earth?

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John H. Glenn Jr.

86
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Where did American-trained Cuban freedom fighters attempt to invade. Communist Cuba ?

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The Bay of Pigs

87
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What crisis occurred when Russia tried to take mussels into Cuba ?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis

88
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What was built by the East Germans to keep their people from escaping to the West?

A

The Berlin Wall

89
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What group of nations began to be recognized as separate nations ?

A

French Indochina

90
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What was the name for the Communist guerrillas ?

A

The Viet Cong

91
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What was the special U. S. Army unit that was sent to South Vietnam to help them with their struggle?

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The Green Berets

92
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Who killed President Kennedy ?

A

Harvey Lee Oswald

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