unit 11 Flashcards
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Marshall plan (4)
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- also called euro recov program
- gave eco aid to post ww2 euro
- so they could rebuild their eco
- stopped the expansion of communism further west in post ww2 years
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Taft Harley act (5)
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- pro business
- outlawed closed shops
- outlawed boycotts of companies that workers were striking
- was meant to check the growing power of unions
- prohibited the use of union dues for polit activity
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Truman doctrine (4)
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- US govt would assist milit.
- and Eco
- free ppl of the world against foreign regimes
- first examples: Greece and Turkey
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22nd amend (3)
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- passed during trumans presidency
- limited
- presidential service to 8 years
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iron curtain (2)
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- soviet occupation of eastern euro
* w/ soviet puppet govt in control
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milit industrial complex (3)
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- in his farewell speech
- Eisenhower warned of the build up of the defense industry
- and armed forces
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containment (3)
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- am foreign policy
- George Kennan
- meant to stop further expansion of Soviet Union post ww2
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NATO (3)
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- North Atlantic treaty Organization
- alliance mainly made up of western euro nations
- the U.S. and Canada
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Warsaw Pact (2)
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- alliance of Soviet Union
* and their eastern euro satellite countries
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braceros (3)
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- mexican farm workers
- encouraged to come to US
- during ww2
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Joseph McCarthy (5)
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- senator of Wisconsin
- used the country’s fear of communism
- to gain political power
- the tactic became known as McCarthyism
- or the 2nd red scare
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huac (4)
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- house of unamerican activities committee
- that investigated supposed communist activity in the US
- in areas such as show business
- and the fed govt
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Rosenberg trials (5)
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- accused of selling secrets to the soviets
- put on trial for espionage
- convicted
- executed
- in a case many felt had been more about hysteria than evidence
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smith act (5)
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- made it illegal to advocate
- or teach
- the overthrow of the govt
- by force
- or belong to an org that has this objective
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McCarran Internal Security Act (5)
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- made it unlawful to advocate or support
- the est of a totalitarian govt
- put restrictions on those who joined communist org
- authorized the use of detention camps
- for those who were found in these activities
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John foster Dulles (2)
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- wanted us foreign policy to be more aggressive
* massive retaliation
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seato (3)
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- south eastern asian treaty organization
- alliance of south eastern nations
- meant to fight the spread of communism
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1956 highway act (3)
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- during president Eisenhower’s presidency
- authorized construction
- of 42000 miles of roads
- thatd link major cities
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peace corps (5)
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- plan devised by Kennedy
- where young men and women
- would travel abroad
- and help ppl of third world nations
- in various tasks
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alliance for progress (4)
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- Kennedy’s foreign aid proposal
- for Latin America
- that would not only contain communism
- but also help Latin American nations economically
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bay of pigs (5)
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- failed attempt by U.S. govt
- and Cuban exiles
- to stage a revolution in Cuba and oust Castro
- the CIA believed that a general uprising would start against Castro
- after a small band of troops gathered at Bay of Pigs
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Cuban missile crisis (5)
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- crisis where soviet missile bases
- were found in Cuba
- which resulted in a stand off btwn us and Soviet Union
- soviets agreed to take missiles out of Cuba and detonate them
- US agreed to leave Cuba alone
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new frontier (3)
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- kennedys domestic plan
- not v successful
- bc many of his ideas didn’t pass through congress
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warren report (2)
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- report that laid out the details
* of the investigation of the assassination of Kennedy
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nasa (4)
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- space program
- devised to help us
- to catch up with Soviet Union
- in space research after launch of Sputnik
