Test #4 Flashcards

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USA vs USSR

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democracy + capatilism vs. communism

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buffer states or soviet satellites

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poland, east germany, bulgaria, romania, hungary, czechoslovakia

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) vs. warsaw pact

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if we set foot in their territory, they’ll attack

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4
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containment

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US policy to halt the spread of communism

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5
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marshall plan

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-did this to help build other countries up, keep peace, regulate economy, and avoid conflict & war
-massive economic aid to war- torn countries
-part of peace plan carried out by on eof the oldest generals (George Marshall)

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milestone of the cold war

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-berlin airlift: 1948
-berlin wall

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7
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1950-53 korean war

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north= communist
south= democratic

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8
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1956 suez canal crisis

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-egypt siezes canal
-britain & france retakes canal
-hungary holds democratic elections
-russia crushes evolution
-egypt gets land back but canal remains open for trade

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1957 sputnik ll orbits the earth

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-space race
-america goes to the moon [1969] (jfk was pres,., wanted to beat soviets in something)

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1961 bay of pigs fiasco

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1962 cuban missle crisis

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-kennedy v. khrushcher
-missile silos in turkey sacrificed

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12
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detente

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relaxation of tension

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13
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redphone

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-a literal red phone
-created, super popular

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14
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tracking software for nuclear weapons

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created

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15
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SALT treaties (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)

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-nixon travels to USSR + china
-nixon was a good president w/ foreign policy
-china + russia are U.S biggest enemies

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vietnam war (1950s- 1973)

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-containment
-cold war
-democracy & capatalist is better
-N- communist, S- democracy

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attricition (vietnam war cont.)

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-keep adding force until the other side can’t keep up anymore
-“hearts & minds”
-quagmire = muddy mess

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18
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the bright and shinning lie

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-by john paul rann
-book talking about the ar w/ vietnam
-media, politicians, generals, soldiers = lost

19
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tet offensive (1968)

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-1973 US troops withdraw
-1975 north vietnam wins
-1980 reagan wins
-military buildup to win cold war
-economic race = arms race

20
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soviet satellites

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poland, east germany, czechoslovakia

21
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what happens to the USSR in 1991

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they disintegrate

22
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what happens to germany in 1989

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the berlin wall is torn down, germany begins reunification

23
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reagan & george bush

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-national debt
-1981-88 tripled the debt
reagan: 0-8, bush: 0-4, clinton: 4-8, obama: 0-4, trump: 0-4, biden: 0-2

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affluent (wealthy) society

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consumer society

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middle class
-disposable income -recession until 1947 as transition to peacetime economy happens
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unemployment falls
-productivity increases -GNP: climbs repeatedly (23 trillion) -recession: GNP declines for 2 quarters -expansion: GNP increases for 2 quarters
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housing boom
-levittown: assembly line model -suburbs: automobiles & homes -segregation in suburbs: class + race -white flight: pattern where whites/racial groups voluntarily move w/ the race group they pertain to, (like schools & neighborhoods)
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automobiles
become a necessity for modern life
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consumer appliances
-refrigerator, oven/stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer, microwave, A/C -electronics/entertainment, TV, stereo
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credit cards (invented by americans)
-fast food= lifestyle -kids' toys: became esp. popular in US w/ creation of plastic in the 20s
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youth culture
-war protests -huge impact on civil rights movement -18 yr olds can vots -spending, consumerism $$$ -music= rock n roll -drug culture- more normalization + glorification of drugs, esp. in 60s -sexual revolution, sex ed. -teen pregnancy/std rates climb -sleeping where i fall - peter coyote
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civil rights movement- post ww2 (causes)
-abolition -13th- slavery aboloished -14th- citizenship -15th- voting rights -all passed by 1870 -segregation -full civil rights -progressivism- NAACP -lynchings -great migration -new deal
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WWll
-holocaust exposes hypocrisy on racial discrimination worldview -leaders & presidents are veterans -black civil rights leaders
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milestones: 1947
jackie robinson plays in MLB, signed by Branch Rickey of Dodgers
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milestones 1948
harry truman desegragates the military and federal drill service
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milestones 1954
brown v. board of education, topek, KS -school desegregation, all segregation is constitutional -NAACP learned to use the courts and 14th amendment instead of legislatures -brown has no timeline
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milestones 1955
-charleston, ar and itoxie, ar -the first stand (documentary) -emmitt till
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milestones 1956
rosa parks -montgomery bus boycott MLK jr 1) church involvement 2) economic boycott
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milestones 1957
LR central high school -governor orral faubus sends our state troopers, ARNG to keep the peace -president eisenhower sent ARNG home, deployed 101st -airbourne
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milestones 1960s
nonviolence -sitins -protest -marches -freedom rides
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milestones 1964
civil rights act -segregation in public places is illegal -affirmative actions -access to education -includes gender
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milestones 1965
-bariers to voting -literacy tests -poll taxes
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black muslims
malcolm x -black panthers -nonviolence
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1968 memphis garbage workers
-MLK- economic opportunities -mountaintop speech 12 hrs before assination -civil rights over