History 23 Flashcards
1
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March on Washington
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Civil rights protest: I have a Dream Speech
2
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Determined: Separate is not equal
3
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Baby Boom
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Unprecedented growth in population post WWII
4
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Peace Corps
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Government agency for volunteers to help underdeveloped nations
5
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John F. Kennedy
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President during the “Camelot” era
6
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Alger Hiss
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Guilty of treason
7
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McCarthyism
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Use of lies, distortion, and innuendo to destroy another person
8
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Berlin Wall
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Stood from 1961 to 1989
9
Q
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Khrushchev put long range missiles 90 miles from our shore
10
Q
Bay of Pigs
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Our CIA failed to create democracy in Cuba
11
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Peaceful Coexistence
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Post Korea foreign policy regarding communism
11
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Domino Theory
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Eisenhower’s belief: Communism in Asia
