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Meeting for the big three helped pave the way for the Cold War

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Yalta conference

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This US Supreme Court decision said that schools in America must “integrate with deliberate speed” in 1954

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Brown v. Board

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What do you call the fear that if one country fell to communism then the other neighboring countries would fall as well

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Domino theory

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In 1961 this failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba hurt John f Kennedys image by making him look like a weak, inexperienced leader

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Bay of pigs

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This organization was designed to prevent any future wars, and America’s leader ship role in it has made us the so-called “policeman” of the world

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United Nations

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This was designed to contain communism by using American aid to rebuild the devastated economies of Europe in 1947

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Marshall plan

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Upon leaving office, President Eisenhower warned the American people about the danger of our growing economic dependence on military spending, which he called the:

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Military industrial complex

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What name was given to NASA’s plan for a moon landing that costed an estimated 24 billion in the 1960s?

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Apollo project

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This was a symbol of the Cold War and the failure of communism from 1961 to 1989

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Berlin Wall

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This intense “Cold War” showdown between President Kennedy and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev may have been the closest the two super powers have ever come to a nuclear conflict

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Cuban missile crisis

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This group was appointed by President Johnson to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy

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Warren commission

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In January 1968, this massive attack by the Vietcong on south Vietnam‘s major cities proved that the enemy was not being defeated as president Johnson had claimed

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Tet offensive

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In 1968 frustrated American soldiers followed orders and killed over 500 civilians, including women and children, under the assumption that the village was full of Vietcong. This event was called the

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My lai massacre

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After he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968, grief caused riots to break out in 130 major cities in the United States

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MLK

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This former US Attorney General was the “dove” candidate running for president in 1968, killed in June by Sirhan Sirhan after winning the California democratic primary

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Robert Kennedy

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Roughly half 1 million young people took part in this music festival, often called the greatest event in counterculture history in 1969

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Woodstock

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This report leaked by Daniel Ellsberg revealed to the American people that the government had often deceived them about the Vietnam war

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Pentagon papers

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This man found the united farm workers, a union that fought for the rights of the Mexican American migrant workers

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Cesar Chavez

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This group was created for the sole purpose of stopping government security leaks by the Nixon administration, and eventually contributed to the Watergate scandal that forced Nixon’s resignation

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Plumbers

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This controversial US Supreme Court case legalized abortion in 1973

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Roe v wade

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This American president led a conservative revolution in the 1980s, but his administration and image was seriously damaged by the Iran contra scandal

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Ronald Reagan

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General Norman Schwarzkopf led the US military and a UN coalition of forces against this Iraqi leader during operation desert storm in 1991

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Saddam Hussein

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Five times in the US history, the winner of our presidential election failed to win the popular vote, including the highly controversial election of 2000 when George W Bush defeated this man, even though Bush had over 1 million less votes

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Al gore

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The war on terror began in September 2001 in response to the 911 attacks that were planned by this Al-Qaeda leader who was eventually killed by American forces in May 2011

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Osama bin laden

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Tense relations, Political and economic warfare, no direct military warfare

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The Cold War

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What did the us wish to do to the spreading idea of communism

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Containment, keep from spreading

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Cut off all traffic to West Berlin, supplies, electricity to over 2 million residents, USSR hoped for allied retreat

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Soviet blockade of Berlin

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Supplied west berliners every day for 321 days, avoided military conflict and preserved the independence of West Berlin, successful Soviet’s ended the blockade

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Berlin airlift

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Communist who controlled mainland china

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Mao Zedong

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Opponent of Mao Zedong, backed by Truman, fought against communism

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Chiang kai shek

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North Koreans invade south, shocked the world, also known as the forgotten war

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Korean War

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Appointed commander of joint un forces

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General Douglas MacArthur

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China falls to Mao Zedong, new gov, shocks the world, Truman’s critics say he lost china

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Communist china

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Leader of the Soviet Union, hated the us, died in 1953

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Joseph Stalin

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Spy plane equipped by cia to take detailed aerial photos, shot down by USSR, created high tensions between USA and USSR

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U2 incident

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Tensions get worse, purpose was to build up nuclear weapons, threaten use of attacked

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Arms race

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Paranoia/fear of communists,

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Post world war 2

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HUAC

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House un American activities committee

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Republican senator, charged that 205 state department officials were communist, red scare, accused many well known people

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Joseph McCarthy

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Technique of making sweeping accusations without conclusive evidence

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McCarthyism

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Famous cbs news reporter, called McCarthy a fraud publicly attacked him during show.

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Edward r Murrow

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Candidates: JFK- democrat, Richard Nixon- republican

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Election of 1960

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Senator, democrat from wealthy background, father helped him to political power, war hero, Pulitzer Prize winning author

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John f Kennedy

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Former Vice President. Republican, huac congressman from California, later becomes president but the watergate scandal ruins his image, promised peace and prosperity

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Richard Nixon

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33rd president, “the buck stops here”,

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Harry s Truman

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Primarily in north, segregation not by law but practice

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De facto segregation

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What did Truman do to combat de facto segregation the first time during the Korean War

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Integrated the military

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Held the floor for 24 hours and 18 mins in an unsuccessful, one man effort against what later became the civil rights act of 1957

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Strom Thurmond

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Linda browns naacp lawyer, argues that segregation violated the 14th amendment

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Thurgood Marshall

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Case that made segregation legal by making sure it was “separate but equal”

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Plessy v Ferguson

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Separation of blacks and whites

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Segregation

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Rode on bus interstate in the south in an effort to integrate all white buses and bus terminals

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Freedom riders

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Leader of naacp, murdered in front of his home

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Medgar Evers

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Gov of Alabama, segregationalist, hero in the south, “segregation now, segregation forever”

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George Wallace

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Peaceful protests, sit ins, bus boycotts, marches, etc

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Civil rights movement strategies

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200000 blacks and whites marched to our nations capitol in protest to demand racial equality, considered greatest civil rights protest in American history

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March on Washington

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24th amendment, sought to ban discrimination in employment, public accommodations, voting, housing and state programs, eventually became known as

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Civil rights act of 1964

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Voter registration drive, mostly college students, roughly 1000 volunteers

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Freedom summer

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March from Selma to Montgomery, I eventually became known as

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The voting rights act of 1965

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Became president in 1964, democrat, replaced jfk after he was shot,

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Lyndon b Johnson

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Lyndon Johnson passed youth corps, job corps, vista, Medicare, Medicaid, etc to combat his

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War on poverty

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Ruling that the gov must provide attorney free of charge for anyone who is accused of a crime but too poor

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Gideon v wainwright

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Supreme Court ruling that persons accused of crime should be read their rights

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Miranda v Arizona

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Group based on the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the nation of islam, totally against integration, not realistic

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Black Muslims

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The black Muslims was led by

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Malcolm x

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Group that wanted blacks to take control of their lives economically and politically, very militant and aggressive

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Black panthers

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Communists in south Vietnam were also called

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Vietcong

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Train the south Vietnamese forces to take over for themselves

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Vietnamization

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