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a direct result of the glasnost policy might be___.

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The fall of the USSR

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Adolf Hitler

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Wrote Mein Kampf while in prison

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After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

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no evidence of conspiracy, CIA was involved, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

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After the Allied victory in North Africa, Churchill urged the Americans to strike at the “soft under-belly of the Axis” Where sis the U.S. decide to attack?

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Italy

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After WWII, the Marshall Plan was proposed as a way to

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provide economic assistance to Europe

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American actions in the settlement of Yom Kippur War of 1973 resulted in?

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The Middle East put an oil embargo on the United States

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At Mai Lai American soldiers were accused of:

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killing women and children

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Benito Mussolini

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the founder of fascism and Italy’s wartime leader

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Douglas MacArthur

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American General in charge of the Philippines

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During WWII, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to

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recruit women into wartime industries

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During WWII, the federal government used rationing to

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reserve resources for the military

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Eisenhower

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commander of allied forces in europe

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Europe

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allied power

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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president during most of WWII

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From December 1944-January 1945 Germany fought an all-out attempt to break through the Allied lines with a surprise thrust through the Ardennes Forest. This month - long battle was known as the battle of

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the bulge

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Gave Hitler complete control

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Enabling act

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Germany’s generals devised a new type of warfare which relied on fast movements and coordinated air and ground attacks. This new type of warfare was called:

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Blitzkrieg

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Harry S. Truman

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Us president who approved the bomb

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Heideki Tojo

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leader of japan

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Hitler’s attempt to annihilate all of Europe’s Jews is known as;

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The Holocoust

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How did American women contribute to the war effort

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women built planes, tanks, and other military equipment

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How did life in the suburbs influence consumer spending in the 1950’s

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consumer spending increased

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How did the media affect attitudes in the United States during the Vietnam War

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it made Americans dislike the war and depicted us as losing and the soldiers as bad

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How was propaganda used in the United States during WWII

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motivate and unite citizens

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In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to

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help veterans after the war

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1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of ___ to the United States

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oil

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In 1987, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced his plans for ___, or a reconstructing of the Soviet economy and government

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glasnost and peristroka

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In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock’n’roll were viewed as forms of

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Rebellion

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In what case did the Supreme Court rule against segregation in schools?

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Brown vs. board of education

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Japanese surprise attack location

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Oahu Hawaii

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Joseph Stalin

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leader of the USSR

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Military leader of Japan

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Heideki Tojo

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One reason the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact was to

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Oppose NATO

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Pact between Hitler and Stallin to split Poland

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USSR/Nazi Pact

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Place where the leaders of Germany, Britian, France and Italy met in 1938 to declare peace

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Munich

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President Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief that

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the war would be long and costly

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37
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Robert Oppenheimer

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creator of the atomic bomb

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Shortly after entering WWII, the United States began the Manhattan Project to

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to create the ultimate weapon, atomic bomb

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Soviet and Western wartime cooperation had already degenerated into serious tensions at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 because

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Stalin had reneged on his promise to allow free elections in Soviet occupied Eastern Europe

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The agreements of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at Yalta in 1945 are controversial

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they gave a free hand in dominating the liberated states o eastern Europe they gave the Russians control of a sizeable segment of Germany

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The allied plan for the invasion of Europe was code-named

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Operation Overlord

42
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The first Earth Day, celebrated in 1970, was a response to what?

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Vietnam War

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The first Naval battle in U.S military history in which the two fleets engaged in battle but never fired a single shot at one another from their massive deck guns became known as the battle of

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coral sea

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The top-secret project carried out by U. S. scientists to develop the atomic bomb was called;

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Manhattan Project

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The U.S. Marshall Plan combined altruism with self-interest because the sheer generosity of the United States was rewarded by

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The containment of communism and the opening of a rich market for U.S. industry

46
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This country invaded it and started war

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Poland

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To help pay for WWII, the U.S. Government relied heavily on the

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War bonds

48
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To keep away from global conflicts

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Isolationism

49
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Totalitarian from of government which has one leader and party

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Fascism

50
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Treaty that many believed had treated Germany unfairly

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Versailles

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What action by the U.S. caused the Japanese to execute the Pearl Harbor attack

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The U.S. cut off all oil and steel shipments to Japan until they abandoned all conquered territory.

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What battle was the first major land battle for the U.S. in the Pacific

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Guadalcanal

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What brought an end to the Cold War in the 1990’s?

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Gorbachev’s 5 pints, internal rebellion

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What defines the domino theory?

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The fall of one nation t communism will lead to the fall of surrounding nations to communism

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What did Nixon and Khrushchev argue about in the Kitchen Debate?

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The superiority of each economic system

56
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What did the Berlin Airlift teach the Soviet Union?

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The UN will not be bullied into compliance with Stalin

57
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What did the Truman doctrine promise

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Contained communism

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What does the term McCarthyism mean

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Accusing people of being communist without evidence

59
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What event in December 1941 brought United States into World War II

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Pearl Harbor

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What is the difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact

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The Warsaw Pact was a part of he USSR, NATO was capitalistic and democratic

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What is the predominant religion in the middle east

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Islam

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What led to the Iran hostage crisis

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The US refused medical service to an Iranian leader

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What two countries were involved in the Camp David Accords

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Egypt and Israel

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What was a lasting effect of the Watergate scandal under President Richard Nixon

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Distrust of the government

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What was a long time affect of the Vietnam war

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Less American boots on the ground

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What was an example of the British and French policy of appeasement

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Giving Germany the Sudetenland

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What was one reason that some Americans criticized the war and the draft

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Lack of progress in Vietnam

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What was the arms race

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A stockpiling of nuclear weapons in the event of war

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What was the British invasion

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A musical movement in the 60’s featuring lots of British artists

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What was the cause of the Korean War

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Communist North Korea invaded anti-communist South Korea

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What was the Iron Curtain

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An imaginary border that divided Europe into communist and non-communist

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What was the name given to the strategy used by the US forces to defeat the Japanese

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Island hopping

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What was the name of the battle that is considered to be the “turning point” of the Pacific war

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Midway

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What was the name of the first Japanese city to be bombed by an atomic bomb

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Hiroshima

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Where did the allied leaders believe they had to defeat the axis before they could invade southern

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North Africa

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Where was D day fought

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Beaches of Normandy, France

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Where, to this day, is Korea divided between North and south

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38th parallel

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Which lot is Supreme Court decision abolished literacy tests as a requirement for voting and used federal workers to help register black voters

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Which of the following best explains why Americans worried about sputnik

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Soviet spying and nuclear attacks from space

80
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Which of the following was an important reason the United States use atomic bomb against

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Japan wouldn’t surrender

81
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Which of the following was not true of the Tet offensive

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The North Korean fighters severely damaged the US Embassy

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Which precedent was established by the Nuremberg war crimes trials

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National leaders can be held responsible for crimes against humanity

83
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Which presidents were presesident while the Vietnam war was going on

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Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford

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Who led German and American forces in North Africa

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Erwin Rommel and Dwight Eisenhower

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Who was the only president in American history whose term him ended with the elected president and the elected vice President no longer in office

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Ford

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Who were the presidents in the 1950s

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Harry S Truman, Eisenhower

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Who were the presidents in the 1960s

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Dwight D Eisenhower, JFK, Lyndon B Johnson, Nixon

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Who were the presidents in the 1970s

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Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford

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Who were the presidents in 1980s

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Jimmy Carter, Ronald Regan, George HW Bush

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Why did large numbers of Americans eventually oppose the Vietnam war

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media showed us as loosing and it went of for a large amount of time, many soldiers died and soldiers were accused of killing civilians

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Why did the US government secretly help to overthrow the leader of Iran

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For Iranian oil and westernization

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Why is the Cuban missile crisis the closest we’ve ever came to war during the Cold War

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nuclear world war was threatened and only called off due to a peace agreement, Cuba had soviet missiles aimed at the us only 90 miles away

93
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Why was the conflict between the US and the Soviet Union called the cold war

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There was tension and fear of war, but no actual fighting

94
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Erwin Rommel

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Desert fox

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