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Germany was first divided into 4 parts. |
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Economy immediately after WWII |
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get countries back on their feet |
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Education immediately after WWII |
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_____ is formed with U.S. as superpower |
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This country was occupied by U.S. until 1952. |
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gave money for European countires recovery |
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Russia blocks entry to W. Berlin forcing U.S. to air drop supplies for 1 year. |
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Soviet's surprised America by doing this. |
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East european countries under Russian control. They surround Russia. |
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Russia orders no communication between west europe and satellite nations. (big divide) |
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Name three nations in NATO besides U.S. |
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Canada, France, United Kingdom |
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Name two countries who signed the Warsaw Pact |
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Country divided at the 38th parallel |
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Korea -Soviets control North -U.S. controls South |
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N. Korea invades S. Korea |
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U.N. sends ________ to protect S. Korea. |
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Truman replaces _________ for ________. |
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Macarthur; insubordination |
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-embellished the truth for personal gain -led a communist witch hunt -claimed to have a list of 205 members of the communist party in the state department |
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Name 2 of McCarthy's "embellishments" |
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1. Said he was wounded in battle, really fell off ladder. 2. Claimed to be a tail gunner, but only sat in that seat for a picture |
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Accused the military leaders of communism therefore losing American support |
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-youngest president -odered Castro be overthrown -ordered assination of Castro -shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald |
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U.S. trained cuban exiles to invade cuba, but the mission failed. |
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Russia moves missles to Cuba -U.S. orders missles be moved or U.S. would nuclear strike Russia |
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walk to the edge, but don't go over |
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-greatest economic expansion -technological advances |
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corporation of 3 or more unrelated businesses |
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Invented assembly-line food production -mcDonalds |
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business agrees to offer goods and services from larger parent company. -franchise agrees to let smaller business use name, supplies, products and reputation |
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-took off after war -all shows and commercials live -American Bandstand |
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War helped develop these Grace Hopper invented "debugging" |
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electrical power through atomic energy 1st Nuclear Power Plant |
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-polio vaccine -correct heart deffects |
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-conservative -big economoy -low-key -end of segregation in Military |
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-Fair Deal -pushed too mcuh -stopped polling early and had not polled certain areas |
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Eisenhower/Nixon win with an emphasis on: |
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Korea, communism, and corruption |
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-slow government growth -limit presidential power -reduce New Deal legislation -this creates modern republicanism -end Korean confilict |
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U.S. is forced to institute this because of Russian satellite |
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Eisenhower Interstate Act |
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formation of national roads for national defense |
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