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| Germany was first divided into 4 parts. |
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| Economy immediately after WWII |
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| get countries back on their feet |
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| Education immediately after WWII |
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| _____ is formed with U.S. as superpower |
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| This country was occupied by U.S. until 1952. |
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| gave money for European countires recovery |
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| Russia blocks entry to W. Berlin forcing U.S. to air drop supplies for 1 year. |
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| Soviet's surprised America by doing this. |
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| East european countries under Russian control. They surround Russia. |
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| Russia orders no communication between west europe and satellite nations. (big divide) |
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| Name three nations in NATO besides U.S. |
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| Canada, France, United Kingdom |
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| Name two countries who signed the Warsaw Pact |
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| Country divided at the 38th parallel |
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Korea
-Soviets control North
-U.S. controls South |
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| N. Korea invades S. Korea |
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| U.N. sends ________ to protect S. Korea. |
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| Truman replaces _________ for ________. |
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| Macarthur; insubordination |
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-embellished the truth for personal gain
-led a communist witch hunt
-claimed to have a list of 205 members of the communist party in the state department |
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| Name 2 of McCarthy's "embellishments" |
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1. Said he was wounded in battle, really fell off ladder.
2. Claimed to be a tail gunner, but only sat in that seat for a picture |
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| Accused the military leaders of communism therefore losing American support |
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-youngest president
-odered Castro be overthrown
-ordered assination of Castro
-shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald |
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| U.S. trained cuban exiles to invade cuba, but the mission failed. |
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Russia moves missles to Cuba
-U.S. orders missles be moved or U.S. would nuclear strike Russia |
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| walk to the edge, but don't go over |
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-greatest economic expansion
-technological advances |
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| corporation of 3 or more unrelated businesses |
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Invented assembly-line food production
-mcDonalds |
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business agrees to offer goods and services from larger parent company.
-franchise agrees to let smaller business use name, supplies, products and reputation |
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-took off after war
-all shows and commercials live
-American Bandstand |
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War helped develop these
Grace Hopper invented "debugging" |
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electrical power through atomic energy
1st Nuclear Power Plant |
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-polio vaccine
-correct heart deffects |
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-conservative
-big economoy
-low-key
-end of segregation in Military |
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-Fair Deal
-pushed too mcuh
-stopped polling early and had not polled certain areas |
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| Eisenhower/Nixon win with an emphasis on: |
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| Korea, communism, and corruption |
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-slow government growth
-limit presidential power
-reduce New Deal legislation
-this creates modern republicanism
-end Korean confilict |
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| U.S. is forced to institute this because of Russian satellite |
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| Eisenhower Interstate Act |
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| formation of national roads for national defense |
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