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US hist Sem 2 Part 2
Final Exam Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |