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Unit 7 Test Flashcards

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GI Bill of Rights

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A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for WWII veterans.

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suburbs

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an outlying district of city, especially a residential one

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Harry Truman

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He was the 33rd president of the US, an American politician of the Democratic party.

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Dixiecrat

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Any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights.

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Fair Deal

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President Harry Truman’s economic plan-an extension of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal-whoch included measures to increase minimum wage, to extend social security coverage, and to provide housing for low income families.

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conglomerate

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It’s a major corporation that included a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries.

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franchise

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It’s a company that offers similar products or services in many locations

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baby boom

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A rapid increase in population caused by WWII soldiers coming home

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Dr. Jonas Salk

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Doctor who developed the polio vaccine

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consumerism

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buying material goods

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planned obsolescence

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the designing go products to wear out or to become outdated quickly, so that people will feel a need to replace their possessions frequently.

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The Road to Suburbia

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An advertisement that captured the lure of the suburbs for many families. It promised affordable housing, congenial neighbors, fresh air and open spaces, good schools, and easy access to urban jobs and culture.

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mass media

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means of communication that reach large audiences

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FCC

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the government agency that regulates and licenses tv, telephone, telegraph, radio, and other communications industries

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beat movement

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a social and artistic movement of the 1950s, stressing unrestrained literary self-expression and nonconformity with the main stream culture.

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rock n’ roll

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a form of American popular music that evolved in the 1950s out of rhythm and blues, country, pass, gospel, and pop

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jazz

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a style of music characterized by the use of improvisation

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UN

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United Nations; peacekeeping organization in which most nations belong to

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satellite nation

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countries dominated by another nation

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containment

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taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other nations

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iron curtain

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Said by Winston Churchill; came to stand for the division of Europe

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Truman Doctrine

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a policy by Harry Truman that gave political power and economic aid to other countries

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Marshall Plan

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provided aid to all European countries that needed it. Rebuild after WWII.

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Berlin Airlift

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Stalin blockaded West Berlin so America flew supplies and goods to them

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NATO

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defensive military alliance by US, Canada, and many Western European nations

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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leader of nationalist government in China

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Mao Zedong

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communist leader who relied on Soviet Union

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Taiwan

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nationalists and Chiang came here in 1949

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38th Parallel

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line that divides Korea into South and North

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Korean War

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June 25, 1950, North Korea invades South Korea

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HUAC

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House un-American Activities Committee; an agency that investigated possible communist influence

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Hollywood Ten

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ten witnesses were called to testify, they didn’t cooperate so they were sent to prison

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blacklist

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list of people who were condemned to having a communist background

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Alger Hiss

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accused for spying for Soviet Union

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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minion activists in the American Communist party

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Joseph McCarthy

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Anti-communist activist, senator, a Republican from Wisconsin

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McCarthyism

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unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty with out providing evidence

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H-bomb

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destructive thermonuclear weapon

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Dwight Eisenhower

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became president when both US and Soviet Union had the H-bomb

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John Foster Dulles

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Secretary of State to Dwight, anti-communist

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brinkmanship

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all out edge of war

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CIA

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secret operation to weaken or overthrow governments unfriendly to the US

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Warsaw Pact

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linked Soviet Union with Seven Eastern European countries

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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US will defend any Middle Eastern country against attack by any communist country

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Nikita Khrushchev

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thought communism would triumph peacefully

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Francis Gary Powers

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U-2 pilot captured by Soviets for spying

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U-2 incident

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Soviet Union shot American plane spying in Soviet air space and captured pilot, Francis Cary Powers

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The Emergence of the Teenager

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Teenage years were recognized as an important and unique developmental stage between childhood and adulthood. Teenagers stayed in school instead of working to support the families so they asked their parents for allowances.

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urban renewal

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the tearing down and replacing of buildings in rundown inner-city neighborhoods

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bracero

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Mexican hired hands

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termination policy

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eliminated federal economic support, discontinued the reservation system, and distributed tribal lands among individual Native Americans

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