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Cold War- Tension between_____ (Soviet Union) and ______ (USA)   Communist, Tolitarian  
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Potsdam Conference- What to do with _______ Europe/divide _______   postwar, Germany  
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Truman Doctrine-- Policy of _______/ in ____ and _______   Containment, Asia, Europe  
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Marshall Plan-- Money to _____ Western Europe   Rebuild  
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Satellite Nations-   Nations controlled by Soviet Union that are around it (Communist Bloc)  
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Berlin Airlift- Saved West Berlin after the Soviet Union _____ roads leading into city   Blockades  
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2 Causes of American fear in 1949   Communism, Spies  
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Iron Curtain-   Communism in Europe, didn't allow people out  
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)- alliance of _______ Nations   Democratic  
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Warsaw Pact- alliance of ______ Nations   Communist  
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GI Bill of Rights- Gave veterans money for _____, ______, and ______   College, homes, and businesses  
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Truman and the Fair Deal- Truman desegregates/integrates the _______   Military  
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United Nations--   Worldwide peace keeping organization  
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Security Council-- Part of the U.N. that can send ___________ to warring nations   Military Force  
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Cause of the Korean War-- __________ crossed the ___ parallel, invading _______   North Korea, 38th, South Korea  
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Douglas McArther- Wanted to drop the _______ on China. Was fired for __________ President_______   Atomic Bomb, Publicly Criticizing, Truman  
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Result of the Korean War--   Containment worked, Stalemate at 38th parallel  
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Eisenhower Doctrine- Policy of Containment in the ________ for __   Middle East, Oil  
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Brinkmanship- Eisenhower's policy of Massive Retaliation or threatening to ___________________________________   Massive Nuke, Strike, Mutually Assured Destruction  
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Military- Industrial Complex- Eisenhower warns about ___________________________________   relationships between civilian industries and the mill  
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Sputnik--   Soviet Union, first man-made satellite in space, frightened America  
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2 Results of Sputnik- U.S. forms ______ and Concentrates on _____ and _____ in schools   N.A.S.A., Math, Science  
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U-2 Incident--   An American spy plane was shot down over Russia  
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HUAC- held hearing to investigate _______ in America   Communism  
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Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism- 2nd __________ /witch hunt   Red Scare  
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Hollywood Ten- Refused to name names and were ________ from getting jobs   Blacklisted  
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Alger Hiss- Sent to jail for committing ______   Perjury  
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg- Executed for ___________   Spying for the Soviet Union  
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Baby Booms--   WWII soldiers came home and made babies  
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Suburbs- Areas outside of a _____/ White-Flight-- Whites moved to suburbs to get away from ___________   city, inner city African Americans  
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Election of 1960- 1st debate on _____   Television  
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Fidel Castro--   Communist leader of Cuba  
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Bay of Pigs- Failed invasion of ____   Cuba  
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Cuban Missile Crisis- Closest the World has come to ______   WWIII  
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Quarantine Line--   Which Soviet Ships would be upon if they passed (500 miles around Cuba)  
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Result of the Cuban Missile Crisis-   American missiles pulled out of Turkey, Russia missiles removed from Cuba  
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Berlin Wall- Separates a _________ East from a _________ West   Communist, Democratic  
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New Frontier- Programs started by _____   JFK  
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Alliance for Progress- Money sent to ______________ to fight __________ stop the spread of COmmmunism   Third World Poor, Dictators  
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Peace Corps-- ________ to help out people in other Countries   Sent People (Volunteers)  
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Lee Harvey Oswald- Assassinated ____   JFK  
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Warren Commission- Stated that Oswald ______   Acted alone  
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Lyndon B. Johnson-- Programs called the ________   Great Society  
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Civil Rights Act- Desegregates _________   Schools, Public Facilities  
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Voting Rights Act- make voter _____ illegal   intemedation  
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Medicare is for _______ and Medicaid is for ________   old people, young and impovershed  
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What was the goal of Affirmative Action?   Help minorities get jobs  
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24th Amendment- Outlaws the _______ (pay to vote)   poll tax  
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