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12/08/2010

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11 September 2001
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were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights
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Arsenal of Democracy
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was a slogan coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Dec. 1940 promising to help the British and Russians fight the Germans by giving them military supplies while staying out of the actual fighting
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Bonus Army
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The self-named Bonus Expeditionary Force was an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers — 17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups, who protested in Washington, D.C., in spring and summer of 1932. ...
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Cold War
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was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition existing after World War II (1939-1945), primarily between the USSR and its satellite states, and the powers of the Western world
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Domino Theory
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the political theory that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will also come under communist control
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States
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FERA
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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Fireside Chats
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The fireside chats were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.
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G.I. Bill
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Originally GI Bill of Rights. Financial assistance provided to people who have or are serving in the military for educational and home purchasing purposes. Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Great Society
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A wide range of social programs that President Johnson envisioned as improving the quality of life in the United States. The primary issues were health care, poverty relief, education, the arts and culture, the cities, natural beauty and preservation, crime prevention and civil rights.
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Korean War
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a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953
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Marshall Plan
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a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall
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Mary Pickford
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Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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McCarthyism
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  • McCarthyism is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. ...
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Persian Gulf War (1)
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a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
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Radio
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Method of Communication
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Red Scare
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a period of general fear of communists
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Roosevelt Recession
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The Recession of 1937–1938, sometimes called the Roosevelt Recession, was a temporary reversal of the pre-war 1933 to 1941 economic recovery from the Great Depression in the United States.
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SHAEF
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
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Truman Doctrine
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President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
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TVA
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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The United Nations General Assembly's first bill of rights dating from 1948
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Warren Commission
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The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy
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