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06/10/2011

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Robert Oppenheimer
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He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II project that developed the first nuclear weapons.
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2. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The two Japanese Provinces that were bombed in retaliation for Pearl Harbor.
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3. D-Day
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he Normandy landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II.
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4. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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32nd President
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5. Allies
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6. Axis
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7. Battle of Britain
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The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940.
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8. Battle of Midway
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The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.
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9. Iwo Jima
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An island off the coast of Japan that is famous as the setting of the February–March 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and the Empire of Japan during World War II. What made this battle important was whoever won would have this land to stage a further attack against the other.
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10. Bombing Pearl Harbor
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This was in response to America interfering with the Japanese trades during World War 2. The bombing of Pearl Harbor got America involved in the fight. December 7, 1941
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11. Manhattan Project
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12. Yalta Conference
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13. Discuss how WWII ended. Do you think that the bomb was necessary to end the war? Why or why not?
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1. Harry S. Truman
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2. Dwight Eisenhower
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3. Stalin
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4. Marshall Plan
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5. Berlin Airlift
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6. The Korean War
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7. Truman Doctrine
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8. Domino Effect
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9. Proxy war
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10. Containment
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11. What was the Cold War? Was it inevitable? What were some of the major early events of the Cold War?
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1. GI Bill of Rights
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2. Baby Boom
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3. 1948 Election
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4. Fair Deal
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6. Dr. Spock
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7. Suburbanization
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8. Discuss the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower.
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9. Were the late 1940s and 1950s a good time for America? Were there any groups that were left behind or forgotten? If so which?
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1. John F. Kennedy
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2. Lyndon Johnson
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3. Richard Nixon
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4. Martin L. King Jr.
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5. Malcolm X
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6. Rosa Parks
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7. Miss sissippi Freedom Summer
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8. John F. Kennedy assassination
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9. New Frontier
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10. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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11. Vietnamization
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12. Ho Chi Mihn
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13. Viet Cong
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1. Tet Offensive
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Full Metal Jacket
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15. Kent State Shootings
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16. What were some of the major event of the Civil Rights movement from 1947 to 1964?
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17. Discuss how Kennedy and Johnson handled the Vietnam War differently.
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18. Discuss at least two major events of the Space Race and the American Space program.
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1. Richard Nixon
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2. Gerald Ford
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3. Jimmy Carter
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5. OPEC
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is an intergovernmental organized cartel of twelve developing countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. OPEC has maintained its headquarters in Vienna since 1965,[2] and hosts regular meetings among the oil ministers of its Member Countries. Indonesia withdrew in 2008 after it became a net importer of oil, but stated it would likely return if it became a net exporter again.
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6. The women’s Movement
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7. NOW
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The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest feminist organization in the United States.Betty Friedan and Pauli Murray wrote the organization's Statement of Purpose[6] in 1966 (the original was scribbled on a napkin by Friedan). The statement described the purpose of NOW as "To take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men."
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8. Chicano Movement
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9. Roe vs. Wade
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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973),[1] was a landmark controversial decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests for regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting the mother's health.
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10. Iranian hostage crisis
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11. Nixon has been remembered as America’s worst modern President, but he wasn’t all bad. Discuss at least one good aspect of Nixon’s presidency.
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12. Discuss the political failing of Richard M. Nixon. Why did Nixon leave the presidency? What was Watergate? Do you think the Watergate scandal changed the presidency?
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4. Henry Kissinger
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