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Chapter 37 - The Cold War Begins 1945-1952
1945-1952
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History
11th Grade
03/25/2012

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made generous provisions for sending the former solders to school. talking about ww2 veterans
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GI bill
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describe the path of labor organization post ww2; give example
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unsuccessful; inhibited and reversed by second wave of red fear; Taft-Hartley Act; failure of operation dixie
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Taft-Harley Act restricted and required
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it restricted union/strikes
also required anti-communist oath from labors
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post ww2 america saw the rise of the ... class
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middle
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military based economy
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military industrial complex
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Beginning in 1965, how does the U.S. alter immigration to America
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weakens immigration restrictions; more people from Asia, n 1st time restricts western european immigration
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T/F: post ww2 saw the growth and prosperity of cities mainly
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f; it was the "white-flight" into the suburbs and thus growth and prosperity of the sub-urbs
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identical, mass produced houses
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levittowns
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theory that if one country falls to communism, the rest falls
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domino theory
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JFK believed in a ...
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New Frontier
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term used to describe the heat of the cuban missle crisis
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brinkmanship
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This administration made it possible for many whites to own a home in the suburbs. It made home-loan guarantees.
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FHA. federal housing administration
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international organization that promoted free trade
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imf, international monetary fund
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the national security act in 1947 created the ...
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department of defense
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Nixon's famous televised speech
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checkers speech
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