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Chapter 28- Years of Strength and Stability Flashcards

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succeeded FDR as President

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Truman

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enacted in 1944 to provide discharge pay, hospitalization, government loans for purchasing homes, farms or businesses and educational benefits for veterans.

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G.I. Bill of Rights

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wartime measures upset the natural cycles of

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supply and demand

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ended the Great Depression

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postwar economic boom

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the erosion of the value of money

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inflation

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replaced the Wagner Act

removed certain labor abuses and to curb the growing power of labor unions over individuals and employers

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Taft-Hartley Act

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passed to ensure that future Presidents would be limited to two terms in office

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22nd Amendment

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won election of 1948

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Truman

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Truman’s public support program of socialists legislation

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Fair Deal

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provided military aid to European allies and other friendly nations

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North Atlantic Treaty

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Truman’s programs designed to give assistance to underdeveloped countries

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Point Four Program

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eleven members of the Communist party were tried and convicted under the

made it a crime to advocate the violent overthrow of the US government of belong to group dedicated to that purpose

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Smith Act

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designed to bring the activities of the Communist party under closer surveillance and control

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Internal Security Act

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a State Department official that was convicted under the Smith Act

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Alger Hiss

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the husband and wife team that was executed for selling secrets to Russians

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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former Communist party member and spy that helped investigators find and convict Communist supporters

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Chambers

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conducted investigations into the Communist associations of employess of various departments of the federal government

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Joseph McCarthy

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increases Soviet espionage at home and additional friction abroad were part of the

a conflict of two opposing ideologies: Capitalism vs Communism

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Cold War

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set up by UN to meet the threats to world peace

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International Atomic Energy Authority

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Churchill’s name for eastern Europe

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Iron Curtain

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stated that the US would employ its resources to prevent the overthrow of any democracy through outside interference

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Truman Doctrine

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the European Recovery Plan that extended credits amounting to as much as $20 million to accelerate Europe’s economic renewal

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Marshall Plan

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established by Americans all through the winter of 1948-1949 to aid the West Berliners from starvation

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Berlin Air-Lift

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an association of nations established in 1949

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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Russia countered by denouncing the past as aggressive alliance against the Soviet union, and by forming a defensive association of its own, the

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Warsaw Pact

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appointed by Truman as Supreme Commander in the Allied occupation of Japan

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General Douglas MacArthur

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treaty that officially ended the Allied occupation of Japan

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Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

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named by Truman as Supreme Allied Commander in EUROPE

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General Dwight D Eisenhower

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gave the President the authority to fix wage and price ceilings

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Defense Production Act

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30
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Korea was partitioned along the

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38th parallel

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Chinese Communist leader

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Mao Tse-Tung

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Chinese Nationalist Leader

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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traveled to China and attempted to persuade Chiang Kai-Shek to form a coalition government which would include both Communists and Nationalists

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General George Marshall

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34
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North Korea invaded South Korea on

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June 25, 1950

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North Korean forces continued their advance and reached the South Korean capital

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Seoul

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36
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The outnumbered and outgunned South Koreans and Americans withdrew to a battle line called the

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Pusan Perimeter

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37
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in April 1951, Truman shocked the nation by

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abruptly removing General MacArthur from command

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38
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won the election of 1952

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Republican Dwight D Eisenhower

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Eisenhower’s VP

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Richard Nixon

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became Secretary of State under Eisenhower

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John Foster Dulles

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President Eisenhower transformed the Federal Security Agency into the

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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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42
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Ho Chi Minh drove the ___________________ out of their colony in Indochina

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French

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43
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the Red Chinese seemed intent on “liberating” _______________ from Nationalist Chinese rule

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Taiwan

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an organization formed by Eisenhower and Dulles to resist Communist aggression and expansions

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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

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weakened the SEATO alliance

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absence of three of the largest non-Communist nations in Asia– India, Indonesia, Japan

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West Germany became known as

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German Federal Republic

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47
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two men who helped make West Germany one of the most prosperous nations in the world

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Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard

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the whole trend of the Eisenhower Administration was

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away from the government participation in business and economy

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49
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the CIO and AFL united to form

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AFL-CIO

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became the first president of the AFL-CIO

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George Meany

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51
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Congress provided for the construction of the _______________________________ in partnership with Canada

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St. Lawrence Seaway

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52
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cleared the way for private, commercial development of atomic power

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Atomic Energy Act

53
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the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant vessel

used to demonstrate one of the peaceful uses of atomic energy

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under which President did Congress enact legislation to construct a national interstate highway system and provide low-rent public housing

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Eisenhower

55
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Marxist leader of East Germany who attempted to increase working hours while retaining low wages

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Water Ulbricht

56
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the greatest resistance to Communist tyranny occurred in

57
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throughout the Cold War, _________________ was gripped by tension

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Middle East

58
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year the US and Great Britain helped sponsor the establishment for the nation of Israel as a haven for Jews from around the world

59
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Egyptian President_____________________ was especially vocal in his condemnation of the new state of Israel

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Gamal Nassar

60
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Claiming to be primarily interested in the peaceful development of his country, Nasser sought financial assistance from both the US and the USSR for his project of

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Aswan High Dam

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while an appeal to the UN was pending after Nasser’s closing off the Suez Canal, __________________ suddenly invaded Egypt in October, responding to stepped up terrorist violence against Israel and Nasser’s declaration that Israeli ships were barred from canal

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the drive toward Arab unity had climaxed with the union of Egypt and Syria to form the

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United Arab Republic (UAR)

63
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country President Eisenhower sent US Marines in 1958 to protect AMerican lives and prevent an Arab revolt

64
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Nationalist Chinese Islands bombarded by Communist CHina and protected by American naval and air forces

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Quemoy and Matsu

65
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doctrine expressed the President’s determination to use force, if necessary, to stop Communist aggression in the Middle East

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth

67
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Congress responded to Sputnik I and II by appropriating $40 billion for defense, authorizing the President to reorganize the Defense Department, and creating this for further US space research and development

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

68
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the US first man-made satellite

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Explorer I

69
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in the 1950s and 1960s, black Americans made considerable gains through the

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civil rights movement

70
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court case that made the landmark decision of “separate by equal”

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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declared racial segregation in public schools unconsitutional (1954)

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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

72
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Supreme Court Justice that struck down the former decision (Plessy vs. Ferguson) by ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

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Chief Justice Earl Warren

73
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black American woman that got arrested for sitting in “white seat” on a bus

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Rosa Parks

74
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a young black American minister that stepped forward to help Rosa Parks by helping to organize a boycott of the city bus system

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

75
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formed by Luther King and pledged itself to nonviolent resistance in the struggle for civil rights

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

76
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the first American President to face three Congresses controlled by the opposite party

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Eisenhower

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in 1958, Congress provided for the admission of ________________ into the Union as the 49th state

78
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The 86th Congress passed bills in march 1959 providing for the admittance of the 50th state, _____________

79
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after the 1955 summit, Russia moved more from aggression to

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peaceful coexistence

80
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became premier of Soviet Union after Stalin’s death

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Nikita Khrushchev

81
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the pilot of the reconnaissance plane shot down over Soviet Russia in 1960

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Francis Gary Powers

82
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the African country that was not prepared for self-government

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Belgian Congo (later became Republic of the Congo)

83
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two important figures who died during the civil way in the Congo

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Patrice Lumamba (assassinated)

Dr Paul Carlson (murdered when Belgian paratroopers dropped in by US Air Force)

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Cuban dictator who was ousted by Communist revolutionaries in 1959

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Fulgencio Batista

85
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led the Cuban revolution that ousted Batista

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Fidel Castro

86
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after his release from prison, castro established this in Mexico

named after his aborted attempt to seize Cuban government in 1953

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26th of July Movement

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the major medical development during the fifties

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public introduction of the polio vaccine

88
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introduced polio vaccine

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Jonas E Salk

89
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perfected another polio vaccined that could be administered by the mouth

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Albert Sabin

90
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the world’s longest suspension bridge that connected the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan

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Mackinac Straits Bridge

91
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signaled the beginning of the largest domestic building program in the history of the country

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Federal Aid Highway Act
Highway Revenue Act of 1956

92
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linked one end of the country to anothers

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Interstate Highway System

93
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synonymous with football in the fifties

94
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leading male golfers in fifties

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Arnold Palmer

95
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won every important women’s golf title

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Babe Zaharias

96
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heavyweight boxer that retired undefeated

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Rocky Marciano

97
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middleweight champion flawless boxing style

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Sugar Ray Robinson

98
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baseball heroes in the fifties

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Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams

99
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the first black American ballplayer to play for a major league team

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Jackie Robinson

100
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won the election of 1960

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John F Kennedy

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the youngest elected President

102
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said, Ask not what your country can do for you– ask what you can do for your country

103
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JFK’s liberal program that laid the foundation for the greatest growth in government welfare and regulatory agencies since the New Deal

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New Frontier

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JFK’s government ran large

105
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by living beyond its means, borrowing large amounts of money, foolishly expanding credit, and printing excess money, the government created a

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false prosperity

106
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the major domestic issue during the Kennedy years was the demand for

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equal rights for black Americans

107
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black college students began to stage ________________- at lunch counters reserved for whites

108
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black and white group that provoked riots in Anniston and Birmingham, AL, while riding buses

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freedom riders

109
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the first black American man to make an attempt to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi

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James Meredith

110
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case in which public schools were forbidden to require the recitation of prayers

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Engel vs. Vitale

111
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court case that banned school prayers and Bible reading even if they were voluntary

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Abington School District vs. Schempp

112
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the most dramatic moment of the civil rights movement was when

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Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed 200,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

113
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atheist and Marxist who was brought to national attention through a court case in Maryland

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Madelyn O’Hair

114
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pioneer American astronauts during the Kennedy Administration were all part of the _________________ program of single-manned space flights

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Project Mercury

115
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first American in space

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Alan B Shepard

116
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first American to orbit the earth

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John Glenn

117
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the first two American communications satellites that were placed in orbit in 1962:

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Telstar (relayed transatlantic television broadcasts)
Relay (replay worldwide radio, television, and telephone communications)

118
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where did American-trained Cuban freedom fighters attempt to invade Communist Cuba

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Bay of Pigs

119
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when Russia sent missiles to Cuba in order to attack America

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Cuban Missile Crisis

120
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built on August 13, 1961 to keep East Berliners from escaping to freedom in the south

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Berlin Wall

121
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three countries of Southeast Asia that were formerly known as French Indochina

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Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia

122
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Vietnam that was Marxist

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North Vietnam

123
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called for democratic elections in 1956 to unite Vietnam under on government, whether Communist or free

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Geneva Accords

124
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Communist guerillas in Vietnam

125
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special force group that was sent to South Vietnam by Eisenhower and later Kennefy in order to aid the South Vietnamese in their struggle against communism

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Green Berets

126
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suffered similar Marxist terrorism and subversion

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Laos
Cambodia

127
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assassinated Kennedy

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Lee Harvey Oswald

128
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when and where Kennedy was assassinated

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November 12, 1963

Dallas, TX

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