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Truman Doctrine

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sent aid to those who were resisting Communism, part of containment

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Marshall Plan

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sent over $12 billion to Europe to help rebuild its cities and economy, expected to become American allies

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NATO

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mutual defense alliance with Canada and countries in Western Europe

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Berlin Blockade

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Soviets closed off access to the city during the Truman administration, airlifts kept portion under Western control

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Second Red Scare

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fear of association with communists or moral weaknesses, like alcoholism or homosexuality

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Joseph McCarthy

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never uncovered a single communist- had years of hearings

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Cold War

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power struggle between Communism and capitalism

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The American economy was growing more dependent on exports, and American industry also needed to import metals, a process requiring what?

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open trade and friendly relations with the nations that provided these metals

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What caused the Cold War?

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WWII exposed the ideological differences between the Soviet Union and US?

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Truman Doctrine- containment

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sent aid to Greece and Turkey when USSR threatened to take over more territory

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Marshall Plan

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sent aid to Europe to help rebuild its cities and economy. in return countries were expected to become American allies

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Berlin Blockade

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Soviets closed off access to the city during the Truman administration

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Why was the CIA created?

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Soviets detonated their first atomic bomb and fear of Soviet invasion

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McCarthyism

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anticommunist paranoia at home- federal employees were investigated, Alger Hiss was found guilty of communist activity

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What occurred manufacturing-wise after the end of WWII?

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American businesses started laying off employees with fewer wartime items to manufacture, but many people who had built up their savings during the war, since rationing had limited the availability of consumer goods, started to spend more liberally, causing prices to rise

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Taft- Hartley Act

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prohibited union only work environments, restricted labor’s right to strike, prohibited the use of union funds for political purposes, and gave the government power to intervene in strikes

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Why did the US government intervene in the Korean War?

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believed that the Soviet Union had engineered the North Korea invasion on South Korea

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GI Bill of Rights

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provided an allowance for educational and living expenses for returning soldiers and veterans who wished to continue their education

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Interstate Highway System

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began development to make it easier to move soldiers and nuclear missiles around the country- also promoted tourism and development of the suburbs

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Eisenhower’s policy of termination

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would liquidate reservations, end federal support to Native Americans, and subject them to state law- Native Americans protested

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Brown v Board

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Supreme Court overturned the “separate but equal” standard

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Little Rock Nine

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governor of Arkansas called in the National Guard to prevent a group of black students

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Montgomery bus boycott

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began when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man as required by Jim Crow laws

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deterrence

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described how Soviet fear of massive retaliation would prevent their challenging the US and led to an arms race

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mutually assured destruction

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prevented both nations from deploying nuclear weapons

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domino theory

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Eisenhower administration argued that the spread of communism had to be checked in Southeast Asia- if South Vietnam fell to communism, the nations surrounding it would fall quickly like dominoes

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The launch of Sputnik caused what?

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the creation of NASA

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WWII resulted in the breakup of Europe’s overseas empires. In the decades that followed the war’s end, numerous countries in Africa, Asia, and South America broke free of European domination. They did not do what?

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they allied themselves with neither of the 2 major powers- deemed the Third World, nationalism spread through Third World countries

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examples of US attempts to expand its influence in the Third World

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attempted assasination of Fidel Castro, the communist leader of Cuba

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Bay of Pigs inasion

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sent Cuban exiles to invade Cuba in attempt to have the Cuban people rise up and overthrow Fidel Castro- failed

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Cuban missile crisis

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Kennedy imposed a naval quarantine on CUba to prevent any further weapons shipments from reaching the islands, demanded that the SOviets withdraw their missiles

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Why was the Peace Corps created?

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the policy of containment- mission was to provide teachers and specialists in agriculture, health care, transportation, and communications to the Third World, in hopes of starting these communities down the road to American- style programs

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Equal Pay Act

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passed in 1963, required that men and women receive equal pay for equal work

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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Freedom Riders movement

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staged sit- ins on buses, sitting in sections prohibited to them by segregationist laws

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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outlawed discriminatory voting practices

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War on Poverty

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legislation introduced by LBJ in response to national poverty

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Project Head Start

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prepared underprivileged children for early schooling

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Great Society

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LBJ’s social reformsq

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Warren Court ruled that, upon arrest, a suspect must be advised of his or her right to remain silent and consult with a lawyer

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Malcolm X

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urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary

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Students for a Democratic Society

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laid out a platform called the Port Huron Statement- called for university decisions to be
made through participatory democracy

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Free Speech movement

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started when UC Berkeley students protested when the university banned civil rights and antiwar demonstrations on campus

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=The Feminine Mystique

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challenged many people’s assumptions about women’s place in society

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National Organization for Women

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founded in 1966 to fight for legislative changes

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Stonewall riots

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gays fought back against the police in New York City

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Roe v. Wade

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allowed women to get abortions

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counterculture

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rebellion against the establishment- took the form of nonconformity

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Clean Air Act

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controlled use of airborne contaminants

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US foreign policy leaders asserted an American right to intervene anywhere to stop the spread of communism and protect American interests- failed in Vietnam. Why did they do so?

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US didn’t recognize Vietnamese independence or the legitimacy of Hoc Chi Minh’s government due to America’s alliance with France, who had owned Vietnam. US continued to aid the French even when defeated

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Geneva Accords

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divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel- Communist forces controlled North Vietnam and capitalist in the South- agreed that this division was to be temporary and that elections would be held in 2 years to reunite the country

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