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| a country that is economically and politically dependent on another country |
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| to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further soviet aggressive moves |
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| the manufacture of machines and equipment for factories and mines |
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| a group of nations with a common purpose |
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| the actual purchasing power of income |
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| to restore the economic stability of the European nations after WWII |
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| The government provides citizens with services and minimal standard of living |
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| military alliance of Eastern European countries signed in 1955 |
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| Alliance formed in 1949 by U.S, Canada, and ten other nations |
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| Concept that guided U.S foreign policy in terms of preventing the spreading of Communism |
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| Controlled by the Soviet Union leadership in Moscow |
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| 10 months, 200,000 flights, 2.3 million tons of supplies |
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| Building up of armies and weapons, specifically nuclear weapons |
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| In 1957, launched by Russia, first human-made satellite |
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| Belief that if Communism succeeded in South Vietnam, other countries would fall in the same way |
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| U.S fears about the spread of communism were increased when _________ became a Communist nation in 1949. |
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| The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S would provide _________ to nations that were threatened by communism. |
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| The Berlin Wall was built in order to.... |
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| Prevent Easter Germans from escaping to West Berlin |
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Which communist nation remained independent of Soviet Control?
Greece
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Romania |
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Which nation declined economically after WWII?
France
U.S
Great Britain
West Germany |
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| President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ___________ ____________ Act of 1964, which made segregation and employment discrimination against blacks and women illegal. |
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| French President _____________ ___ ______________ attempted to return France to a world power by investing heavily into nuclear weapons. |
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| Khurshchev's process of elimination the ruthless policies of Stalin was called __________________. |
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| The fear of communist subversion in the United States was called the "____________ _______________" |
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| Name 5 nations that were original members of the National Atlantic Treaty Organization: |
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U.S
Canada
France
Britain
West Germany |
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| Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania are examples of: |
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| The three Allied powers who controlled West Germany in 1947 |
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| The growing fear between the U.S. and Soviet Union manifested through.... |
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| Soviet Leader in 1955 responsible for the building of the Berlin wall |
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| Approved the secret plan for Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and revolt against the government |
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| Radical, left-wing revolutionary who took over the Cuban dictatorship via coup |
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| The war from 1964-1973 the U.S. fought to prevent the domino theory |
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| The two Eastern European countries that maintained independent communist governments |
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| Imre Nagy declared which Soviet Satelite state an independent country in 1956? |
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| The short-lived reform movement in Czechoslovakia that was eventually crushed by the communists in 1968 was led by: |
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| Responsible for creating France's Fifth Republic: |
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| Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949-1963 |
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| The EEC was mostly formed out of desire for ____________ community |
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the post-WWII U.S economic boom is attributed to all EXCEPT:
A. Shortage of goods during the war
B. Growth of labor unions
C. growth of government
D. rise in real wages |
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| The "Red Scare" was mostly sparked by: |
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| What did President Johnson pass to promote his "Great Society"? |
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| Which American social leader was assassinated in 1968? |
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All of these were societal changes in the 1950's EXCEPT:
A. Rural to urban shift
B. Birth of a "consumer society"
C. Expanded middle class
D. Increase in industrial workers |
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True or False?
After WWII women forced themselves back into the workplace and began earning income comparable to that of men. |
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