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A sustained state of military and political tension between the USA and Soviet Union

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The Cold War

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Who were the two world superpowers after ww2

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USA and Soviet Union

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What kind of society was the USA

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Capitalist Democracy

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What kind of society was the USSR

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Communist Dictatorship

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Economic system where property and businesses are privately owned. People have freedom to succeed or fail

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Capitalism

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Government provides everything for the people. More security but less choice and freedom

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Communism

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Winston Churchill (Britain), Franklin D Roosevelt (USA), Joseph Stalin (USSR)

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The Big Three

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Conference that met in a Black Sea port to discuss postwar issues after ww2. The Big Three decided that:
The Soviet Union would enter Pacific War in return for territory in Asia.
Soviet Union wanted a buffer between enemies in the West. (US/Britain fear Soviet control of East & spread of communism)
Germany divided- 4 zones (US, Britain, France, Soviet Union)
FDR proposes the United Nations

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Yalta

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Ideological boundary dividing Europe into two separate (competing) areas. 1945-1991
Western Bloc- Democracy
Eastern Bloc- Communism

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Iron Curtain

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50 nations met in San Francisco to settle disputes and hopefully prevent future wars

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United Nations

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Clement Attlee (Britain), Harry S Truman (USA), Joseph Stalin (USSR) meet:
They agree that Germany should stay in it’s occupied zones.
Poland is moved around to suit the Soviets.

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Potsdam

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US make take aggressive steps to contain Soviet (communist) expansion. Fighting spread of communism by limiting to countries where already exist.

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Containment/ Truman Doctrine

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Us provides economic aid to European countries ($13 billion) so they can rebuild and protect themselves against communism.

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Marshall Plan

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1948: US, Britain, France unite their German zones to form West German Republic which includes three Berlin zones. Stalin set up blockade around Berlin

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Berlin Blockade

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American and British cargo planes drop food, fuel, and other supplies into West Berlin for 10 months

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Berlin Airlift

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1949- US, Canada, and 10 other countries join forces against communism. “An armed attack against one shall be seen as an armed attack against all”

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization-NATO

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Soviet Union and surrounding communist countries of Eastern Europe form a military alliance in response to NATO

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Warsaw Pact

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Eisenhower’s theory that when one country falls to communism, its neighbor will soon follow, and communism will eventually reach America

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Domino Theory

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Hammer and Sickle, tools of the middle class

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Symbols of Communism

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Communist who defeated Chiangmai Kai-shek and became leader of China

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Mao Zedong

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A climate of fear that descends upon America: Americans worry that communist spies and sympathizers have penetrated all levels of society

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The Red Scare Part 2

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Massive hunt to uncover communists who (it was believed) were attempting to weaken the government from the inside:
Truman to lenient
Orders an investigation in the loyalty of all federal employees
Millions investigated by FBI, required all communist to register/provide list of members

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“With-Hunts” to find “Reds”

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Congressional committee formed to investigate cases of communist subversion
Launched sensational investigation of the Hollywood film industry

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House Un-American Activities Committee

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List of individuals, barred from working in Hollywood

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Blacklists

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10 Hollywood actors that were arrested and blacklisted for not cooperating with HUAC’s hearings on anti-communist activity

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The Hollywood 10

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German born British spy who helped create the A-bomb

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Klaus Fuchs

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Unfounded accusations against alleged communists

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McCarthyism

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Wisconsin Senator who gave a speech in West Virginia. Raised a sheet with names of 250 State Dept. employees who were members of communist party

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Joseph McCarthy

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Summons, bullies federal employees either dismissed or resign

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Congressional Subcommittee

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1954: McCarthy claims that communists had infiltrated the US military.
Two-month, televised hearings expose McCarhty’s sneering, cruel style.
Senate formally criticizes (censures) McCarhty for conduct “unbecoming a US Senator”
Army attorney, Joseph Welch

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Army-McCarthy Hearings

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Competition with each other to have the best, most powerful weapons in the world

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Arms Race

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A situation in which the USA and USSR both were in a stalemate because if either makes a move, it will be met with nuclear attack

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Mutually Assured Destruction

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Surge in birth rates from 1946-1964

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Baby Boomers

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Residential area; typically on the fringes (within commuting distance) of major cities
75% of new home construction took place here

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Suburbs

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Introduced mass-produced housing based on navy model

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William Levitt

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17,000 identical houses built from premade materials, erected quickly on site

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Levittown

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Popular TV shows mold desires/expectations of average

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The Happy Middle Class

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Fast-moving, guitar based music, derived from African-American rhythm & blues

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Rock ‘N’ Roll

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The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll

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Elvis Presley

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Middle-class (white) Americans “take-off” to suburbs, leaving behind islands of poverty

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White Flight

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Neighborhoods inhabited mainly by poor minority groups

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Ghettos

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Amount of taxable property, asserts, & income goes down when people leave a city

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Declining tax-base

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Goods produced using mechanical or electronic devices

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Automation of industries

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Group of writers who were “weary” (beat) with all forms of the modern industrial state

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The “Beat Generation”

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Betty Friedan’s book describing the frustration and unhappiness of the suburban housewives

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The Feminine Mystique

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Government provided wide-range of benefits for ww2 vets

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G.I Bill

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Slogan that helped Republicans win control of both houses of Congress

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“Had Enough?”

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Harry Truman’s domestic reforms policy aimed at solving the nation’s economic problems. Congress blocks it

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Fair Deal

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Restricted the activities/power of labor unions
1. Outlawed the closed-shop (workplace that hires only union members)
2. Allowed the government to stop strikes that endangered public health

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Taft-Hartley Bill

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  1. Greatest upset in election history
  2. Truman (D) defeats NY governor Thomas Dewey (R)
  3. Dixiecrats Storm Thurmond
  4. Progressive Party’s Henry Wallace
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Election of 1948

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Truman travels 30,000 miles by train and delivers 250 speeches to American people

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“Whistle-Stop” Tour

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Desegregated the armed forces enforce existing Civil Rights laws

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A Fair Deal (Again)

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Landslide victory for Eisenhower (R) (442-89) over Adlai Stevenson (D)
First republican to win since 1928 (Hoover)

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Election of 1952

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  1. Conservative when it comes to money & liberal when it comes to human rights
  2. Moderate “Middle of the road” republican
  3. Federal government “smaller rather than bigger”
  4. Removed Truman’s wage & price controls
  5. Budget surplus: $300 million
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Eisenhower’s domestic policy

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40,00 miles of highway that tied the nation together
Largest public works program in the nation’s history
Improved military mobility in case of attack

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Eisenhower Interstate System

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  1. Policy that promised US nuclear attacks in answer to Soviet expansion
  2. Coined by Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles
  3. Condemned Containment
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Massive Retaliation

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The idea that we had to push the Soviets to the brink of war to get results

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Brinkmanship

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  1. The race to make nuclear weapons (More bang for your buck)
  2. Hydrogen Bombs replace atom bombs
  3. Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs)
  4. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)
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US-Soviet Arms Race

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Educated the public on how to prepare for nuclear attack

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Civil Defense Administration

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1957: World’s first artificial satellite launched into space by Soviets

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Sputnik

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America answers the Sputnik with their own satellite aka the flopnik (it exploded a couple feet in the air)

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Vanguard

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Administration that aimed to put an astronaut in space

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Period of eased tension between US and Soviets after death of Stalin (1953)

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Cold War Thaw

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Leader of Soviets in 1955 after Stalin died

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Nikita Khrushchev

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May 1, 1960: Soviets shot down U-2 (spy) plane and captured American pilot Gary Powers

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U-2 Incident

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  1. President from 1960-1963
  2. One of 9 kids
  3. Wrote Why England Slept
  4. Potsdam Conference
  5. House, Senate, and President
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JFK

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  1. First time in history, radio and television played a factor in who wins
  2. JFK: promises new programs to get country moving again
  3. Nixon: pledged to continue the policies of Eisenhower
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Election of 1960

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  1. More federal funds for education
  2. Eradicate poverty
  3. Civil rights legislation
  4. Landing a man on the moon
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The New Frontier

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  1. November 22, 1963: JFK killed in Dallas while traveling in his car on a campaign
  2. Lee Harvey Oswald arrested for killing Kennedy
  3. Jack Ruby kills Oswald
  4. Did Oswald really kill JFK?
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JFK assassination conspiracy

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This president introduced a set of ambitious programs called the “Great Society”

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LBJ

71
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Kennedy’s plan to send special forces abroad (Green Berets) trained to fight guerrilla wars

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Flexible response

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Kennedy’s 10 year development plan To assist free leaders and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty because communism was an attractive option to impoverished countries

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Alliance for progress

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  1. 1961: America’s plan to overthrow Castro using 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban refugees
  2. Cuban forces crushed the exiles
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Bay of Pigs

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  1. Wall of concrete blocks and barbed wire built by East Germany government w/ Soviet support
  2. Cut off communism & travel between East and West Germany
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Berlin Wall

75
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  1. October, 1962: American spy plane makes unsettling discovery while flying over Cuba
  2. Soviets building nuclear missile launch sites in Cuba
  3. Sites near completion
  4. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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  1. July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin become first humans to walk on the moon
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One Giant Leap for Mankind

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NASA program aimed to land a man on the moon

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Apollo Project

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A war in a Cold War that is not fought between the two Cold War powers but is instigated by those two and fought between two or more smaller countries

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Proxy War

79
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A political system that promotes nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy

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Fascism

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