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United nations

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International peace keeping organization made during world war II

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Cold war

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Political and economic confrontation between Soviet Union and the US

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Truman doctrine

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Containment. Assist other nations that were facing external pressure or revolution to combat communism. Contain communism

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Marshall plan

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George Marshall’s European recovery plan. Rebuilding of post WORLD WAR II europe

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Berlin blockade

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300 day Soviet blockade. US send air lifts to bring food and supplies

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NATO

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North Atlantic treaty organization. Mutual defensive pact and Warsaw Pact

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Dixiecrats

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Southern Democrats. States rights democratic party

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Second red scare

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Communist conspiracy behind civil wars and belief that communist spies infiltrated

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Joseph McCarthy

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Wisconsin senator, sensational campaign. “Us department infiltrated by communist!” Looked silly goofy

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Korean war

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Pacific war. North Korea attacks South Korea. Ends in stalemate and remain divided

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Beat movement

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Poets, writers, and artists critique American life

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Federal highway act

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Eisenhower approved 25 billion for construction of interstate highways

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Suez crisis

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Egyptian president Nasser nationalized Suez Canal. Crisis failed and showed importance of oil in affairs worldwide

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Sputnik

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Soviet Union launch orbiting satellite named Sputnik. Us develops NASA

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Mutually assured destruction

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Eisenhower’s defense policy.

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Domino theory

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If one nation falls to communism it’ll spread to surrounding nations

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Military Industrial complex

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Eisenhower warns the US. Combined lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries lead to excessive spending on military goods

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Bay of pigs

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Kennedy’s attempt to overthrow Fidel Castros communist government

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Cuban missile crisis

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Close to nuclear war. Us discovers Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba and demands their removal and had a naval blockade

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Mendez v Westminster

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Separate Mexican school unconstitutional

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Brown v the board of education

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Overruled plessy v Ferguson. Racially segregated facilities unequal

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Rosa parks Montgomery bus boycott

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Parks refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man led to the civil rights movement

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Little Rock nine

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Nine black students were prevented from entering Little Rock nine central high school. Eisenhower sends troops to gaurantee students entry

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Reverend MLK JR

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Leader of civil rights movement. I have a dream speech and letter from Birmingham jail

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Malcolm x

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Urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary. Later advocate racial harmony

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Stokely Carmichael

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Leader of student nonviolent coordination committee. Later pursue black power

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Black panthers

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Believed racism was an inherent part of the US. Promote civil rights, self defense, and community outreach

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Civil rights act of 1964

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Public accommodations could not be segregated. Nobody denied access to public accommodation based off race

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Voting rights act of 1965

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Passed by Congress after Bloody Sunday March. Prohibit states from imposing any voting qualification on account of race or color

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Immigration and nationality act of 1965

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Abolished national origins system. No more than 20k from one country COUKD migrate per yesr

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Students for a democratic society

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Protest group against capitalism and involvement in Vietnam war

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Great society

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War on poverty. Medicare, head start, reorganized immigration

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Feminine mystique

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By Betty Friedan. Challenge women to move beyond drudgery of suburban housewifery

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National organization of women

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Inspired by Friedan. Battle for equal fights, equal employment opportunities, equal pay, equal rights amendments, legal abortion

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Detente

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Lessening of tensions between US and Soviet Union. Nixon visit China (strategic limitation of arms treaty)

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Pentagon papers

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Top secret government study on the Vietnam war

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Watergate

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Five men arrested for breaking into democratic national committee executive headquarters. CREEP involved. Nixon complicit in burglary

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Pardon of Nixon

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Gerald Ford pardons Nixon. Our nightmare behind them

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Cesar chavez

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Non violent leader of United farm workers. Strike against fruity and vegetable growers

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OPEC oil embargo

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OPEX nations refuse to export oil to US for supporting Israel

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Stagflation

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Inflation rate is high. Unemployment high

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Malaise speech

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Jimmy carter speech. Country had not come together to solve problems. Crisis of confidence

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Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

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Rachel carson in 1962 writes about suspicion of pesticide DDT. 11 years later DDT banned

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Love canal/three mile island

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Love canal discovers toxic waste being disposed of poorly. Nuclear meltdown at three mile island

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Equal rights amendment

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Proposed amendment to constitution to guarantee equal rights for women. Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman OG

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Roe v wade

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Protect rights of abortion

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Camp David accords

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Peace accords to end Israeli-Egyptian disputes

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Iran hostage crisis

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444 days where American embassy workers held captive by Iranian revolutionaries. Cut off Iranian oil. Bad relations with each other

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American Indian movement

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Native American organization. Protest government policies and injustices suffered by native Americans

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Gay liberation movement

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Police raid on the stonewall inn a gay bar

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Immigration since 1970

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Largest immigration. Asia and Latin America

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Sunbelt

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Región of southeast to southwest. Population growth in 1960

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