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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Was the 34th president of the United States. He was a general during World war 2 -
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Mao Zedong
was a Chinese communist and founder of the peoples republic of china. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
was the 36th president of the united states. He took office after the assassination of JFK. -
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Richard Nixon
was the 37th president of the united states. The only president to resign the office, and was considered Americas worst president. -
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Jonas Salk
He was an American medical researcher and virologist. He made the first polio vaccine. -
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John F. Kennedy
Was the 35th president of the United States. -
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Gary Powers
Was an American pilot and his plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Russia. -
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Roy Benavidez
was a former member of the united states army special forces and retired united states army master sergeant who recieved the medal of honor for his deeds. -
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
investigated alleged disloyal activities on the part of private citizens etc. -
War Powers Ac
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Cold War
A state of political hostility between two countries. -
Truman Doctrine
established so that the united states would provide political, and military assistance to all democratic nations. -
Containment Policy
was a united states policy to prevent the spread of communism. -
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Berlin Airlift
was one of the first major international crises of the cold war. -
Marshall Plan
proposed that the united states provide economic assistance to restore the economy of europe. -
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Domino Theory
the belief that if one country falls to communism then they all do. -
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“McCarthyism”
a campaign against the alleged communists in the US government. -
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Korean War
fought between the united nations and korea. -
Rosenberg Tra
is the sum of many stories. -
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Vietnam War
A war between the US and Vietnam. -
Iron Curtain
were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the soviet union -
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Anti-War Movement
to end war people sang songs and other things. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia was suplying Cuba with missles and America was scared. -
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Abby Hoffman
was an american political and social activist who co founded the youth international party. -
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Great Society
was a set of domeestic programs in the united states launched by LBJ, The goal was to eliminate poverty. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
to take any measures that were necessary to retaliate to southeast asia. -
Tet Offensive 1968
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the vietnam war. -
Vietnamization
was a policy of the richard nixon administration during the war to end US involvment.