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U.S. policy created by Truman in the late 1940s, that tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to avoid Soviet advances.
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Secret teaming of the U.S. and U.K. agencies working on decoding messages sent the the Soviet Union
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Helped veterans with education and housing
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War of words and threats with the Soviets and The US
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A way Winston Churchill described the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War.
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US would support any country in danger of becoming communist.
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US helped rebuild Europe and help them avoid communism
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Truman ordered the Berlin Airlift to supply Germany with food
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Genre of popular music from the late 40's and early 50's
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A military alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. It protects those countries from an attack from the Soviets
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TV, Rock and Roll, KKK is back, Baby Boom, Car
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Baby Boom was a time period that population was very high. Americans were happy to be home from war and they started making families.
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The Korean War began in 1950 when the Soviet North Korea invaded South Korea before meeting with the United States. The war ended in with division of the two by a peninsula
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Involved Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were American communists. They were executed for giving nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviets
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President of US and he was a general of the Army. Made sure that nuclear weapons were basically the first priority of defenses.He launched the space race (competition with the Soviet Union to get to space) he also enlarged the Social Security program and the interstate highway programs
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Founded McDonalds, and the most sucessful fast food restaurant. First one opened in Illinois.
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A foreign policy from the 50ssaid if one one country became communist, then surrounding countreis would follow them
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Man who sought out to destroy others lives by saying they were communist with no true knowledge
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American biologist and physican best known for the research of the polio vaccine .
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The construction of 42,000 miles of interstate highways that linked all the major cities together .
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A race between America and the soviets to see who could have better space programs. The idea was discovered that bombs and nuclear weapons could be launched in space.
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Pilot shot down in the plane from the movie, but he was captured for spying
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President of the United States during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He went on National News and told the world about the crisis and gave the Soviet's a chance to remove their missiles (the movie)
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JFK's plan to drop missiles on Cuba but ended up failing and looking stupid and loosing respect from Latin Countries
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Time when Cuban had a site for missiles ready to aim at America and we put them in a naval blockade
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Sworn into office after JFK's assasination . He started the idea of "getting things done" Created the Great Society and it was a program that started Head Start and Job Corps to help people learn and get jobs, extended Medicare for the elderly, set up Community Action Programs to aid the poor.
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Wrote a book called Femine Mystique that talked about the common stereotype that women were supposed to just stay home and take care of children
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Gave President Lyndon B. Johnson permission without a real declaration of war, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.
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President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society
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Provides medical and health services to certain people and families with low income
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Medicare is an insurance program provided by the United States government, giving health insurance to people who are 65 and over
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Revealed that criminals must be told they have the right to talk with an attorney and their rights before being questioned by police.
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Youth International Party was an anarchist party created by Abbie Hoffman. They opposed the Vietnam War & conformity; poured bags of dollars onto the New York Stock Exchange and carried pictures of LBJ upside down
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North Vietnamese forces had a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year
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Had to get US out of Vietnam War from South Vietnam. He had the Nixon Doctorine and was the first president to resign from the White House due to Watergate scandal .
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Member of US Army Special Forces and Army Master Sergent . Received Medal of Honor for great actions near South Vietnam
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Popular areas in Middle West and New England that experienced population growth due to industrial factories
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Nixon's policy that let 540,000 US troops leave from South Vietnam. It also included a gradual take over of the South Vietnamese
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Student protest that was against the Vietnam War. This also sparked the 26th amendment(which was voting ages)
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Law that increased federal power during WW2. The President has 2 days to report to the Congress if troops will be in danger in another country
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Final battle of the Vietnam War that made South Vietnam surrender to the North and become communist.
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A comittee that investigated people who seemed like communists
