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Chapters 36-40

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Competition between capitalism and communism   show
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What percentage of women fulfilled non-traditional roles in the 1950s?   show
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show Military Industrial Complex  
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show False. He warned against it in a speech.  
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show Levy housing  
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show Levitt brothers on Long Island  
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show They benefited a lot.  
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show Yalta Conference  
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What were the 5 main causes of tension between the US and USSR?   show
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Telegram that said the US and USSR couldn't coexist; we couldn't overthrow their government but we couldn't let it expand   show
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show George Kennon  
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The US's policy of not allowing communism to spread   show
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show Truman Doctrine  
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Defense alliance joined by the US that said if the USSR attacked any member, they attacked every member   show
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show Warsaw Pact  
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show Mao Ze Dong  
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show Taiwan  
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show It leveled the playing field - we were no longer the only ones who had one.  
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show We detonated a hydrogen bomb  
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Program that background checked federal employees to make sure they weren't communist   show
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show House of UnAmerican Activities Committee  
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show Alger Hiss  
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show Pumpkin Papers  
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Senator who accused anyone who went against him a communist and put them on trial   show
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show Army  
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Couple accused of giving nuclear secrets to the USSR that was found guilty and executed   show
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show Soviet; US  
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What event caused China to become involved in the Korean War?   show
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Book by Betty Friedan that challenged the cult of domesticity   show
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show He had a "slush fund" where people remembered him for political expenditures  
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show Checkers speech  
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How did Eisenhower end the Korean War?   show
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What group did Joseph McCarthy attack for being communist that became his downfall?   show
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show Military integrated; desegregation of schools; Warren Court  
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Supreme Court case that called for the desegregation of schools   show
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show Rosa Parks  
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show Sit ins at restaurants  
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show Interstate Highway Act  
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What was Eisenhower's policy toward communism?   show
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Policy that if someone attacks us, we will attack back with nuclear weapons   show
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Policy that we will push our enemy to the brink of war to get what we want   show
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Communist leader of Vietnam   show
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Battle that makes us start actually fighting in Vietnam instead of just aiding France   show
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Theory that if Vietnam falls to communism, the rest of Asia will follow   show
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Split Vietnam in half along the 17th parallel and made the North communist and the South not   show
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show Ngo Dinh Diem  
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Who became the leader of the USSR after Stalin died?   show
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Undercover agency used to combat communism in third world countries   show
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show Iran, Egypt  
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show Eisenhower Doctrine  
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Oil coalition formed by Middle Eastern countries   show
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show USSR; Sputnik  
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show NASA  
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Place where the US and USSR met to discuss problems in Lebanon   show
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Leader of Cuba we supported who was overthrown   show
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show Fidel Castro  
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show John F. Kennedy  
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show Kennedy  
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show Berlin Wall  
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show Churchill  
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show Charles Degall  
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show Using more diplomatic measures with some military  
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Attempt by Cuban refugees to overthrow Castro that failed horribly   show
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What do we do when we discover that Cuba has missiles from the USSR?   show
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How do we keep our blockade of Cuba from being considered an act of war?   show
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How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?   show
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show Any thing radical was related to communism  
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City where MLK led a peaceful protest that was met with police using hoses, dogs, etc.   show
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show March on Washington  
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show Dallas, TX  
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show Lee Harvey Oswald  
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show Assembled Warren Commission to investigate his assassination  
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show Found out about affairs and connections to organized crime  
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show Johnson Treatment  
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show Great Society  
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show Office of Economic Opportunity  
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show Voting Rights Act  
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Amendment that banned poll taxes   show
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What event caused Congress to allow us to get involved in the Vietnam War?   show
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show Tonkin Gulf Resolution  
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show War Powers Act  
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Massive bombing campaign on North Vietnam that used more bombs than all of WWII   show
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show Black Panthers  
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Radical civil rights group founded by Malcolm X   show
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Who killed MLK?   show
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Coordinated attack on all North Vietnamese major cities that proved there was no way we could win   show
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What event made the public start protesting the Vietnam War?   show
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Name for societal changes in the 60s   show
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What invention made sex a more casual thing?   show
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show Spending on Vietnam War; increased oil prices because of OPEC; Germany and Japan's economies finally improve after WWII and they take a share of the market  
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Nixon's policy of turning over the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese   show
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show Nixon Doctrine  
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show Young, poor, probably African American  
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City where a soldier killed 200 innocent people in Vietnam that made the public disgusted with the war and soldiers in general   show
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Secret trail through Cambodia that North Vietnam used to get supplies   show
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Two protests of the Vietnam War that led to the killing of students   show
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Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18   show
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Article published by the New York Times that showed how JFK and LBJ lied to the public and messed up that made people find the government less credible   show
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What was the one positive thing Nixon did as President?   show
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Conference with USSR that called for limitation of missiles   show
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We send our ping pong team to China as a display of better relations   show
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Extremely liberal court under Nixon   show
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Supreme Court case that removed prayer and Bible readings from schools   show
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Supreme Court case that legalized abortion   show
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Organization that sets environmental standards for waste, emissions, etc.   show
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show Peace with honor  
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War between Israel and Egypt where Israel gained land in the Middle East   show
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What was the consequence of us helping Israel when they were attacked by Egypt and Syria?   show
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show Watergate Hotel  
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Group that planted microphones in the Watergate Hotel   show
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Nixon's firing of the Attorney General and people investigating Watergate   show
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Who was the first unelected person to become President?   show
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What was the first thing Ford did as President?   show
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show Helsinki Accords  
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show Vietnam Syndrome  
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Law that said it was against the law to discriminate sexually in any educational program   show
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Amendment that said no one could be discriminated against due to gender that fell 3 states short of passing   show
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Giving preference to minorities and women for jobs, colleges, etc.   show
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Supreme Court case where a guy claimed he was turned down from a college because he was white and he won   show
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show Camp David Accords  
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show Bad economy, Iranian Hostage Crisis  
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How did Carter try to solve the Iranian Hostage Crisis? Was it successful?   show
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show The day Reagan was elected president  
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