Exam 3 People Flashcards

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George Wallace

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He ran as an American Independent in the 1968 presidential election

Criticized both Republicans and Democrats as being too liberal.

He also blocked the door to the University of Alabama to prevent racial integration from occurring.

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Richard Nixon

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Republican – won the election of 1968

Watergate

Previous Cali Senator

Ended Vietnam War

Eisenhower’s running mate in 1952.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.

First organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

president of the Montgomery Improvement Association

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Kennedy

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Was humiliated by a failed attack on Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles at the Bay Of Pigs.

Was Roman Catholic and the youngest president in U.S. history.

domestic policy was called the New Frontier

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Truman

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1) President after Roosevelt
2) The Truman Doctrine. – turmoil in Greece and Turkey.

3) Vetoed McCarran Internal Security Act
- - “thought control”

4) Did not seek second term in 1952 – low approval rating
5) Opened the way for “military-industrial complex” through creation of new government agencies.
6) Fired MacArthur in 1951
7) Domestic policy – “Fair Deal”
8) Desegregated armed forces in 1948

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George F. Kennan

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proposed a policy of “Containment” to combat the growing Soviet threat after World War II.

an official at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow

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Joseph Stalin

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Communist dictator of USSR

He ordered a blockade of West Berlin to try to force the United States to leave.

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Douglas MacArthur

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5 star General of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army in 1930s

Was in charge of overseeing Japan’s transition to constitutional democracy

Was placed in command of the UN forces in Korea during the Korean War

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Joseph McCarthy

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U.S. senator who made reckless charges and groundless accusations of the extent of communist activity in America during the early 1950s.

McCarthyism – associated with the Second Red Scare’s hunt for communists

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Whittaker Chambers

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Former Soviet spy accused Alger Hissof of supplying U.S. secret documents to the Soviets

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Eisenhower

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“moderate Republicanism.”
Falling domino theory – fight communism in Vietnam
President from 1953-1961 after Truman

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Rosa Parks

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refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus on December 1, 1955

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Ho Chi Minh

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Led the League for Independence of Vietnam

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Egyptian General

Sized the Suez Canal in attempt to become the leader of the Arab world

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Roosevelt

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Fireside chats – to give the public hope

“court packing” plan to retire Judges over 70 and have 15 instead of 9 in Supreme court

signed Executive Order 9066 to expel all Japanese from West Coast

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Huey Long

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From Louisiana

“Kingfish”

criticized President Roosevelt

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John Maynard Keynes

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English economist

“The General Theory of Employment” in 1936 – importance of gov deficit spending during tough economic times

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George Marshall

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Truman’s Secretary of State. – rebuilding Europe

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Mao Zedong

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Led the Chinese civil war of 1949 for communists.

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Adlai Stevenson

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Democratic Governor Illinois – ran against Eisenhower in 1952 election

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Thurgood Marshall

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head of the NAACP

opposed separate but equal

22
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Orval Faubus

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Governor of Arkansas

called the National Guard to prevent the black students from entering the school