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Iron curtain

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Churchill describing the communist ussr

-ussr spread through Europe

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Containment

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Us- no instigating war with ussr BUT would defend countries in danger of soviet takeover

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Truman Doctrine 1947

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Us must support free people’s who resist armed-subjugation by minorities or outside pressures.

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Marshall plan 1948

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$12 billion to Europe to aid in rebuilding cities and economy’s
-hope: counties become us allies

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Berlin airlift 1948

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Soviets block berlin in Berlin Blockaid

-1000s of flights into east Germany

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1949

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Mutual defense alliance

-Canada, USA, western europe

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New look 1955

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Eisenhower

-relied on nuclear weapons to deter potential threats

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Massive retaliation

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New look threat

-nuclear weapons in response to aggression to any political enemy.

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Brinkmanship

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Us and ussr would not back down from conflict even into the BRINK OF WAR

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Sputnik I 1957

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ICBM capability

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Space race

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NASA
ICBM
Apollo 11—-moon

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Nikita Khruschev

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“peaceful coexistence”

  • denounced Stalin and his theories
  • overthrew some small rebellions
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Flexible response

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Buildup of troops and weapons

-allow limited war without nuclear weapons

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Cuban missile crisis 1962

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Ussr has missiles in cuba

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Limited test ban treaty 1963

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Prohibited testing of nuclear weapons

  • underwater
  • air
  • space
  • —-only underground testing allowed—–
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Nixon doctrine

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Vietnam war

-future: counties must fight their OWN war

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Detente

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Eased tension with ussr

-arms reduction

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (Salt 1) 1972

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Nixon

  • limited # of missiles
  • 200 missiles (ABN)
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (Salt II) 1979

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Carter

-not passed because Russian action in Afghanistan

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 1979

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Ussr

  • restored pro-soviet regime
  • embargo on grain to the ussr

Stopped détente

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House Un-American activists committee (HUAC)

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Investigate Un-American propaganda

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Alger hiss

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Accused of being communist

-not convicted-

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McCarran Internal Security Act 1950

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Required REGISTRATION of communist organization

-investigated “Un-American” activates

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McCarran-Walter Act 1952

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Still immigration limits

-communist country = no come to USA

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Suspected of giving ussr atomic bomb tech. | --tried and executed
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Joseph McCarthy
List of communists | -no proof of it
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McCarthyism
Accusations of bing communist
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National security council 1947
10 presidential advisers | -help with foreign policy
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CIA 1947
Spy's | Gather info on foreign governments
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Chinese civil war
Kai-shek (nationalist) vs Mao Zedong (communist) 1949---communist-----
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Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader - north Vietnam - tried to unify Vietnam
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Korean war 1950-1953
North (ussr) -invaded south South (USA and Un) --draw and division----
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Vietnam 1954-1961 (Eisenhower)
North-communist (Ho Chi) vs south-anti communist (NGO diem) | -$1billion to aid south
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Domino theory
If ONE becomes communist, more will follow
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Tonkin gulf resolution 1964
Response to minor naval incident | --authorization to declare war without congress approval
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Vietnam 1965-1973
Gradual withdrawal - end of war - seigon
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Vietcong
Guerrilla soldiers for the northern communists
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Tet offensive 1968
Massive Vietcong attack on the south Vietnamese
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Eugene mccarthy
Anti- war presidential candidate | -
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Robert Kennedy
Us attorney general - cilvil rights - assassinated
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My Lai 1968
North Vietnamese village | -us kills over 200 unarmed civilians
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Vietnam war 1969-1973 (Nixon)
Withdraw of troops | -peace with honor
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War powers act 1973
President must report with TWO days of placing troops | --60-90 max of overseas actions
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Students for a democratic society 1960
Protested- racial injustices and the Vietnam war | -1000s of protests
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Kent state 1970
Anti-war protests -3killed 9wounded
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Pentagon papers 1971
Revealed real cause of Vietnamese war | -public distrust
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Bay of pigs 1961
Us tried to overthrow Castro but failed
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Mann doctrine 1964
More us support in Latin America to combat Communism
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Suez crisis 1956
Egypt: nationalized canal - British and French attack - Un stops it
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Eisenhower doctrine
Use force in any other country likely to fall to Communism
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OPEC
Middle east | -did not sell oil to those who supported israel (USA)
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Camp David accords 1979
Peace talks between Egypt and Israel
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Carter doctrine 1979
Warning----- | Any attempt to take control of Persian gulf will be met with military force
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Rosa parks
We all know
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King
We all know
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Student nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC) 1960
Sit in Freedom rides Young people
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March on Washington 1963
I have a dream | 80% attendance
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Freedom summer 1964
Black voter registration
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March and Selma and Montgomery 1965
10,000s who wanted right to vote | -tear gas and clubs
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Watts 1965
- 50,000 la protests (loot and burn | - 20,000 national guard
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Malcolm X
Black rights | -use violence
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Black panthers
Black kkk
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Desegregation of military 1948
Happened | -blacks helped in ww2
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Brown vs board of education 1954
Not separate but equal | -must desegregate schools
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Civil rights act 1957
Symbolic - civil rights commission - civil rights admin
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Civil rights act of 1964
Outlawed public segregation | -also in workplace
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Voting rights act of 1965
Banned literacy testing as a voting requirement
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The feminine mystique 1963
By Betty Friedan | -comfortable concentration camp
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Equal pay act 1963
Can't pay unequally based on gender
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National organization for women (now) 1966
Equal pay | Civil rights
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Equal rights amendment 1972
Defeated | -conservatism began to grow
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Cesar Chavez
Civil rights leader | -Mexican
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Wounded knee 1973
Insisted that the us hone past treaties | -nothing much came of it
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Lyndon Johnson great society 1964
Medicare Civil rights stuff Education aid
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War on poverty 1964
Lbj | Help da poor
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Medicaid 1965
Helps poor with medical expenses
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Medicare 1965
Social security add on | Helps pay for old peoples healthcare
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Berkeley free speech movement 1964-1965
Lift ban on on-campus political activities | -free damn speech
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Silent spring 1962
Rachel Carson Chemicals-bad Deet this eggshells
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EPA 1970
Protecting and restricting use of chemicals and the environment
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Beats
Young poet, writers,artists - harsh critiques on pop culture - meaninglessness of politics
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Rock n roll
4 rebellious teens
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Woodstock 1969
Hippies | -drug, sex, freedom
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Watergate 1972
Nixon resigned - broke into democrats hotel - killed people's trust in the government
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Roe v wade 1973
-woman's right to privacy | Abortion is legal
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Right-to-life movement
Anti abortion movement | -11million members
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Phyllis schlafly
Anti-feminist women leader | -women are responsible for children raising
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Cold war 1945-1991
Us- democracy Vs. ussr-communism - arms race - space race - political race - economic race

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