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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

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republican president
elected in 1952, 1956
born in Texas

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Douglas MacArthur

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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fair deal

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what did Truman want to do?

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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

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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

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house on un-american activities committee

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Black list

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cant be hired

cant work

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HUD

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housing and urban development department

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Joseph McCarthy

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senator from Wisconsin
republican
had big rise, then big fall

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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led the struggle in the south

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Aladi Stevenson

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from Illinois

ran against Eisenhower and lost

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Kennedy’s VP
got sworn into office after Kennedy was killed
Texas

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Generation Gap

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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

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difference between what is said or promised and what is actually done

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George Marshall

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famous for his leadership role in World War 2 and the Cold War

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Elvis Presley

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born in Mississippi

drafted into the military

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Neil Armstrong

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American astronaut

first person to walk on the moon

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Fidel Castro

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Cuban politician

Prime minister from 1959-1976

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Hotline

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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

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13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba

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Camelot

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study begun by the United States Army in 1964

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Arlington

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national cemetery to honor the men and women who were killed as part of Cold War

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United Nations

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inter-governmental organization to promote international co-operation

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Head Start

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experimental program by the US Air Force during the Cold War where strategic Air Command bombers were launched

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Branch Rickey

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major league baseball executive

born in Ohio

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Robert F. Kennedy

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American politician born in Massachusetts
served as senator
was assassinated

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ideas and accomplishments of the fair deal

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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

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Great Society

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what was the war on poverty

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best economy country has ever had

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what was the new frontier?

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the name of JFK’s policies

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Medicare

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old people

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Medicaid

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poor people

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food stamps

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kids

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college aid/loan

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every student

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head start

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designed to change race and age gap earlier

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Warsaw Pact

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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

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cuba, USSR, eastern europe

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3rd world: underdeveloped, not always por

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no examples, mainly the rest

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1st World: Us and like nations, industrial, democracy

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US, Canada, South African, Japan, Isreal, Australia, New Zealand, western europe

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