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Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany, WHich side was under communist rule?

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East Germany

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Describe the Truman Doctrine?

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Greece and Turkey, need U.S. help to avoid communist threat

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Describe the Berlin airlift?

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Stalin created blockade dividing East and West Berlin so no supplies could get to west Berlin. U.S. & Britian fly in supplies to west berlin

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During the 1948 election experts expected Republicans blank to win?

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Thomas Dewey

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Korea was divided after World War 2 at which line of latitude?

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38th parallel

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How and why did the Korean war begin?

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how= North Korea invades South Korea
why= to make all Korea communist

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Which country came to North Korea’s aid and pushed back UN forces to South Korea?

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china

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Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

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M wanted to drop bomb T said no and M criticized him publicly

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Name Eisenhower’s greatest domestic program?

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Federal Highway Act

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Give 2 examples of the space race?

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Sputnik, nasa

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Name the institution that collects information about what is going on in other countries?

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CIA

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Name the big 3?

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FDR, Stalin, Churchill

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Who takes over after FDR dies?

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Truman

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What is the UN?

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United Nations, settle disputes and prevent wars

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How does Europe separate?

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-communist Eastern Europe
-democratic Western Europe

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subversion

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sabotage, Communists known as “Reds”

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What is the red scare?

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massive hunt to uncover communists in U.S.

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What is the Taft-Hartley Act?

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limited actions workers can take against bosses (Truman vetoed the act)

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What is the CIA?

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collect into. On what other countries are doing

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What are the names of the democratic parties after they split?

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Dixiecrats
Progressive party

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What is the 38th parallel?

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What is the greatest domestic program?

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Federal highway act

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What is white flight?

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white people left cities—cities became ghettos (neighborhoods of poor minority groups)

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