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theUSSenator that led the House Un-American Activities Committee and sought out Communist spies within theUS? |
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| week of heightened tensions over nuclear missile bases in America’s “back yard”? |
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| the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
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the Soviet leader who worked with theUSto end the Cold War because he saw the economic struggles of his country?
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| -Leninist leader of Cuba who sought help from the Soviets against the US? |
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the strategy devised by the Secretary of State in 1949 for helping to rebuildEuropeand therefore contain the spread of Communism?
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the failed attempt by the CIA and Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro and place a leader inCubawho would be friendly to theUS?
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the ideologies of theUSthat brought about the 40 years known as the Cold War?
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theUSforeign policy that prompted US actions for much of the Cold War and led to US involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars? |
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| colonial conflict led by Ho Chi Minh that served as a catalyst for the Vietnam War? |
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| the independence movement of the Vietnamese against the French |
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the concept of always being on the edge of nuclear holocaust, but never actually crossing that line?
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the presidential belief that if theUSdidn’t help rebuild Europe, the suffering people would seek help from the Soviets and therefore, theUShad to promise to help the Europeans? |
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| concept that if one nation fell to Communism, they would all start to fall, one after the other? |
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the culture of fear that spread through theUSand led to innocent people getting accused of being Communist spies? |
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the name of the 9 year period of economic strife where as many as 25% of the country was unemployed? |
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| the cause of the government’s refusal to feed the hungry for free during the Great Depression |
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economic concept of supply and demand – that necessitated the rise in crop prices by producing less. |
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the program that brought about a shift in governmental style – making it larger and more involved in business? |
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the President that instituted the New Deal and helped start to get the country out of the Great Depression?
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). |
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the international event credited for finally putting the country back to work and fixing the economy?
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| hiring of women outside the home into traditionally male jobs like those in factories |
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| the government sanctioned program that separated Japanese-Americans from US society during WWII to protect against espionage |
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| Japanese-American Internment. |
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| stock market crash of 1929, buying on margin, and the Dust Bowl in the South and Midwest |
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| the causes of the Great Depression |
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| the long-term results of the New Deal that include government aid in retirement, unemployment, insurance of all bank deposits, and oversight of business and banks |
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| civil service programs like: Social Security, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| the foreign policy of international intervention to work together to protect the stability of the world community |
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Collective Security, also known as Internationalism, practiced by theUSafter WWII. |
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| Truman’s attempt to end WWII as fast as possible without sacrificing any more US lives |
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| Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan |
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| one of the major goals of women in the Feminist Movement regarding employment |
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| the idea of equal pay for equal work |
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| two major arguments for legalizing gay marriage |
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| separation of church and state and equality for all under the law |
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| the movement against Vietnam and other foreign engagements because they were “not the concern of the US”? |
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| anti-war protest/ peace movement |
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| the peaceful method used by MLK to achieve desegregation and assert Civil Rights |
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| student led protests that involved refusing to leave white-only restaurants until being served |
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| the strategy of gathering together a large group and demonstrating for change |
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| marching and picketing for change like the Civil Rights Movement |
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| the Supreme Court ruling that led to national controversies like the Little Rock 9 and Ruby Bridges in an effort to carry out the ruling |
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| Brown v. The Board of Education |
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| the militant group that justified African-Americans dodging the draft until they were given equal rights as citizens |
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The economic criticism both FDR
And Pres. Obama have faced for
Their recovery plans |
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| a rising national debt/ deficit |
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The way Luce portrayed the US
In his article “The American
Century” – contributing to our
Decision to get involved
in WWII |
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| as a world leader/world police |
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Main foreign policy that drove
All US actions with other nations
During the Cold War |
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All of the following are examples of?:
-sit-ins
-Rosa Parks in the front of the bus
-marches
-freedom rides
-speeches and rallies
-the Montgomery bus boycott |
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| methods used to try and achieve equality during the Civil Rights Movement |
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The fear businesses had of
government programs |
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| the government interfering in the private secto |
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The group whose personal liberties
were limited during
WWII in the name of national liberty |
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| Japanese-Americans (ie-Internment) |
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Free enterprise v. state controlled
business AND people voting v. one political party |
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| democracy and capitalism v. communism |
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All of the following are examples of?:
-Brown v. Board of Education
-Little Rock 9
-Ruby Bridges
-1st black man at Texas A&M
and Ole Miss University
-busing city students to suburbs |
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| legal desegregation of schools |
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The shift in political power
In the federal government
caused by the Great Depression |
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| more power to the President and less to Congress |
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The reason Truman decided to
Drop the A-bomb on Japan |
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| to win the war and also limit US deaths |
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Vietnam War and Fidel overtaking Cuba |
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| US failures to achieve our goals in foreign policy during the Cold War |
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All the following are examples of?:
-Title IX passed
-Equal Rights Amendment proposed
-Roe v. Wade
-Equal Pay for Equal Work campaign
-legalization of birth control pill |
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| tactics used to try and gain equal rights in the Women’s Liberation Movement |
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Concerns of those who felt like
Herbert Hoover: that
government should stay small |
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| the worry that people will get lazy and depend on government too much |
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The reason new opportunities
arose for women and Af-Am
during WWII |
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| gaps in the labor force due to white men fighting in the war |
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Economic strains causing depression and
Starvation in USSR |
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| reasons Gorbachev was willing to work with US to end Cold War |
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All of the following are examples of?:
-Flower Power
-Kent State Shootings
-Peace and Love
-Protest songs |
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| symbols of the Anti-War protest movement |
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Social Security, Federal insurance of bank deposits,
unemployment protection |
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| civil service programs that resulted from people relying on the government for help during the Great Depression |
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The role the US played in rebuilding
Germany after WWII ended |
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| working with Russia and Britain and dividing Germany into zones |
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The USSR is split into 15 different Republics,
The US and Russia both agree to destroy
mid-range nuclear missiles, The US is
Considered the only Superpower left in the world |
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| the result of the Cold War |
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All of the following are the examples of?:
-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
-Harvey Milk elected as San Fran City Supervisor in 78
-Pride Parades of 70s and 80s
-Some states legalize marriage between same sex couples |
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| milestones in the Gay/Lesbian Rights Movement |
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| The result of the addition of Article 231 to the Treaty |
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| the admitted guilt and the bankrupting of Germany |
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