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US hist Sem 2 Part 2
Final Exam Review
Term | Definition |
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1960's counterculture | Groups that often shared living space and rejected Establishment values. |
Vietminh | Group that fought the French to gain national liberation. |
Taking hostages at the US embassy in Tehran | Iranian students protested America in the late 1970's by... |
Documents to hurt the Democratic Party | What the Watergate burglars were looking for... |
Richard Nixon's tape recordings | Evidence important in the Watergate scandal |
The Camp David Accords | Attempted to establish peace in the Middle East |
Create fear in the Soviets through huge defense spending | How did Reagan deal with communism and the Soviet Union? |
Appeasement | Giving in to a nation to maintain peace |
VE day | The war in Europe ends |
VJ day | The war in Japan ends |
Holocaust | mass extermination of Jews and others by Germans |
Axis Powers | Alliance between Japan, Germany and Italy |
Containment | Policy of preventing the further spread of Communism |
Sputnik | Soviet satellite launched in 1957 |
Cold War | War of words between the US and the Soviet Union |
United Nations | An alliance of nations that promoted peace |
Iron Curtain | Imaginary wall separating Western and Eastern Europe. |
Corporate Ladder | Promotions within a company that means more pay and benefits |
Suburbs | New living areas on the outskirts of cities |
American Dream | Owning a home, raising kids enjoying life |