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| This was johnson's highly successful legislative plan that created medicare, medicaid, the immigration act of 1965, the House of Urban Development, the Department for transportation, etc. |
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| Formed to implement collective security |
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| This was all about containment--stopping communism from spreading, particularly to Greece and Turkey |
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| $17 billion were given in to countries in order to stop communism from spreading. |
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| 76 million babies were born during this time. People were having larger families because they were settling down and making up for lost time in a post WWII era. |
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| This was a war to stop communism from spreading to South Korea. It worked! But Truman had to fire his general because he gave he terrible advice |
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| US Senator that was keen on keeping communism and those who were on board with it out of America. To do so, he trialed suspected communists through the use of Mccarthy Trials. |
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| US Senator that was keen on keeping communism and those who were on board with it out of America. To do so, he trialed suspected communists through the use of Mccarthy Trials. |
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Eisenhower's strategy for the cold war with the Soviets.
"I have these nukes and I'm not afraid to use them" even if he is afraid to use them, he says this to scare the soviets lol |
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| Theory that communism spreads like wildfire. |
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| Stopping communism from spreading in the Middle East |
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| Military-Industry Complex |
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| The influence of defense contractors on congress |
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Televised: Kennedy vs. Nixon
Kennedy won because he was hotter and not as sweaty |
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| the U.S. agreed to Soviet's offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. |
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| A civil rights activist that used more aggressive tactics in order to get the message of black rights across to America. |
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| Chief Justice Warren was trying to help |
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| She wrote The Feminine Mystique, a book that sparked the new Women's Movement of th 1960s. |
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| We declared war on North Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism to South Vietnam |
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| Nixon's was hilarious lmaooooooo |
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| "relaxation of tensions". This openedup relations with China and we got the Soviets to back off a little. |
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