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Dixiecrats

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any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights

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Marshall Plan

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gives money to people so that they will stay democratic

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Truman Doctrine

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president said U.S. should prevent communist governments from being set up anywhere in the world

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G.I. Bill

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veterans attending college had their tuition paid and received a monthly income
provided federal guarantees of loans to veterans to buy homes and farms

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Baby Boom

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post war population explosion

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Dynamic Conservation

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Kennedy’s name for his policies- wanted to maintain a certain number

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Missile Gap

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gap between us and the soviets- said soviets caught up with us in # of missiles
unknowingly sparked biggest nuclear arms race in the world

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peace corps

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helps out poor people in all different places- volunteering your time to help people

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U-2

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airplane that was sent over Germany to take pictures

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Bay of Pigs

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failed military action to invade Cuba

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ICMB

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inter-continential ballistic missile

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Military Industrial Complex

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warns us about how much money we spend on the military

warns us about making our military too large

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Fair Deal

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extension of the new deal- only stronger- for the american people

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22nd Amendment

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said you couldn’t be president for more than 10 years or 2 terms

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NATO

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(north atlantic treaty organization)
soviet invasion into Czechoslovakia lead to approval of the marshall plan and the formation of a defesive military allowance

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Jackie Robinson

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broke the color line in 1947- signed a contract to play for Brooklyn Dodgers

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John Glenn

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Ohio
went around the earth 3 times
went back to space at the age of 72

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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killed President Kennedy

never had a trial because he was killed by Jack Ruby

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Jack Ruby

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loved Kennedy- catholic-killed Oswald

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Yuri Gadarin

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Circled the earth in 89 minutes

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Gary Powers

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pilot of U-2
was shot down
agent of the CIA
found unconcious
captured
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Nikita Khrushcher

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Russian’s new “leader”

got (Sputnik) into space

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Richard Nixon

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really important
born in California
republican
elected twice-quit because of a scandal

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John Kennedy

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beat Nixon in the presidential election in 1960
was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
catholic
born in Massachusets
barely got elected
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Dwight Eisenhower
republican president elected in 1952, 1956 born in Texas
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Douglas MacArthur
ignored Truman's words that said dont cross the 38th Parallel- he crossed it and attacked North Korea fired after disobeying Trumans orders not to cross 38th parallel
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Harry S. Truman
``` Democrat Missouri president from 1945-1953 said we should no longer have a Jim Crow army *** De-Segregated Military*** ordered dropping of the atomic bomb ```
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J. Strom Thurmond
Dixiecrats formed the states rights democratic party and ran their own candidate governer of South Carolina lost to Truman in the presidential election
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Alger Hiss
former member of the State Department | accused of passing classified government documents to the communist party
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what did Truman call his policies?
fair deal
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what did Truman want to do?
raise minimum wage from .40 to .70 social security stays wanted to have universal health care(congress said no) wanted to make sure farmers had it better(congress said no) G.I. Bill Baby boom
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Korean War
Dwight Eisenhower runs for president in 1952 | promises that if he wins he will go to Korea and speak- not a very good speaker
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HUAC
house on un-american activities committee
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Black list
cant be hired | cant work
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HUD
housing and urban development department
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Joseph McCarthy
senator from Wisconsin republican had big rise, then big fall
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Chiang Kai-Shek
led the struggle in the south
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Aladi Stevenson
from Illinois | ran against Eisenhower and lost
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy's VP got sworn into office after Kennedy was killed Texas
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Generation Gap
people have different opinions based on what generation they are a part of different world perspectives opinions vary based on age
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Creditability Gap
difference between what is said or promised and what is actually done
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George Marshall
famous for his leadership role in World War 2 and the Cold War
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Elvis Presley
born in Mississippi | drafted into the military
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Neil Armstrong
American astronaut | first person to walk on the moon
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Fidel Castro
Cuban politician | Prime minister from 1959-1976
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Hotline
safety valve intended to help reduce the chance of nuclear war occurring by accident, miscalculation, or failure to communicate
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Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba
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Camelot
study begun by the United States Army in 1964
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Arlington
national cemetery to honor the men and women who were killed as part of Cold War
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United Nations
inter-governmental organization to promote international co-operation
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Head Start
experimental program by the US Air Force during the Cold War where strategic Air Command bombers were launched
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Branch Rickey
major league baseball executive | born in Ohio
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Robert F. Kennedy
American politician born in Massachusetts served as senator was assassinated
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ideas and accomplishments of the fair deal
recommended that all Americans should have health insurance, minimum wage be raised, and all people are treated equal plans were not popular with congress
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Lyndon Johnson's name of his policies
Great Society
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what was the war on poverty
best economy country has ever had
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what was the new frontier?
the name of JFK's policies
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Medicare
old people
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Medicaid
poor people
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food stamps
kids
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college aid/loan
every student
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head start
designed to change race and age gap earlier
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Warsaw Pact
collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the cold war
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2nd world:communist,industrial, societ union and like nations
cuba, USSR, eastern europe
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3rd world: underdeveloped, not always por
no examples, mainly the rest
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1st World: Us and like nations, industrial, democracy
US, Canada, South African, Japan, Isreal, Australia, New Zealand, western europe

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