Unit 8 Flashcards
1
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Cold war
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- idelogical power struggle between US and soviet Union
- would fight in proxy wars for more than 30 years
2
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democracy
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- type of gov that the West used
- people chose who represented them
3
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communism
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- type of gov that East used
- the people had no representation
- only the rich and powerful
4
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capitalism
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- how the US econ operated
5
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NATO
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- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- alliance against communist expanision
6
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Warsaw Pact
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- the alliance for the communist countries
7
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Marshall Plan
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- US pumps money into countries ravaged by WW2
- blank check for countries to recover and build back
8
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Truman doctrine
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- US gov gives $400 million to greece and Turkey to not turn Communist and so that they can invest into their country
9
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“containment policy”
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- cap on water bottle
- US limits spread of communism around the world through Truman doctrine
10
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“Dixiecrats”
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- southern democrats who didn’t like how army was being desegreated
- nominate storm Thurman
11
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why would a country turn communist?
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- deep poverty
- no hope or way out
12
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Korean War
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- North vs South
- US heavily intervened to keep democracy
- proxy war
- nothing really changed
13
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HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
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- group of politicians trying to find communists in the US
14
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The rosenbergs
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- gave nuclear secrets to Russia
- executed on treason
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McCarthy hearings
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- accused many people of being communists
- many were blacklisted
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McCarthy’s Decline
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- people watched on tv as mcCarthy would berate and bully people with no evidence and say that they were a communist
17
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GI bill
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- helped returning WW2 soldiers re-integrate into life
- helped them secure loans and get jobs
18
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baby boomer movement
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- 77 million babies born during this time
- lead to econ boom of housing
19
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cookie cutter homes
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- neighborhoods of houses that looked identical
20
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interstate highway system
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- built 40,000 mph of highway
21
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Mass culture
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- everyone doing and liking the same things
22
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consumerism
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- people going and spending more money than ever before
23
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election of 1952
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- D Eisenhower won because people won and believed that he was the strongest on communism
24
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teen culture
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- rebelious culture
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the beet culture
- counterculture movement
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Plessy vs Furguson
- supreme court case
- said that separate but equal was constitutionally legal
- paved the way for discrimination
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Brown vs Board of Education
- separate but unequal is unconstitutional
| - supreme court said that schools had to be integrated
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Exectutive order 9981
- Truman's order to integrate the US military
| - very controversial in the south
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thurgood Marshall
- attorney in brown vs board of education
| - later on became the first African American supreme court justice
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Montgomery bus boycotts
- protests over how blacks how to give up their seats to whites
- went on for over a year
- eventually the city changed its laws
- led to the rise of MLK
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Rosa Parks
- refused to give up her seat
- became a leader in the civil rights movement
- many people looked up to her
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Little Rock 9
- 9 black students tried to enter into Central High School
- governor tried to block the students from entering
- IKE sends in the troops to let them in
- governor eventually shuts down the school district
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civil rights act of 1957
- passed to investigate civil rights violations
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SNCC (student non-violent coordinating comittee)
- students who worked together
- organized sit ins
- whites and blacks
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SCLC (southern Christian leadership conference)
- MLK was part of this group
| - mostly older black parishioners who believed in non violent protest
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john foster duller
- IKE secreatry of state
- thinks containment is bad policy and US needs to push back agianst communism
- led to US intervening in countries
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domino theory
- if US allows one country to fall to communism than all the surrounding countries will fall as well
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crisis in middle east
- CIA helps Mahmmed Reza Pahelevi to get elected in Iran
| - he provided the US with cheap oil in exchange
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suez canal crisis
- ?
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eisenhower doctrine
- policy of containment
| - prevent Russian infiltration into Middle east
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jacobo arbenz
- guy who nationalized the gov in gautamala and got the US very scared
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Lyndon B johnson
- preseidnet after JFK
- got a lot of stuff done because of his past experience as a politician
- related to poor people a lot because of how he grew up in poverty
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The great society
- domestic programs that provide assistance to people in need
- extension of new deal
- makes education more accessible
- better health care for elders
- immigration reform
- gaurantee of voting rights
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racical discrimination
- heart of atlanta motel case
- challenges civil rights act
- since it was a private company they said they could legally discriminate people
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great society congress
- all parts of gov were controlled by democrats
- gov helped the average american
- poverty rate declined
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"headstart program"
- free preschool
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voting rights act of '65
- gauranteed the right to vote for all and fixed problems such as grandfather clause and poll tax
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medicare
- healthcare for seniors
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medicaid
- healthcare for poor
