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US hist. after 1877
partial final
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History
Undergraduate 1
08/09/2011

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Korean War
Definition
first attempt to stop communist expansion
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Truman Doctrine
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to contain communism
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Marshall Plan
Definition
plan to rebuild Europe after ww2
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Baby Boomers
Definition
of Americans born immediately after ww2
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Sputnik
Definition
the first Russian satellite to orbit the earth
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NATO /Warsaw Pact
Definition
both mutual defense organization, Nato not communist
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Great Society
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LBJ’s plan to fight his war on poverty
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New Frontier
Definition
Kennedy’s domestic program was called
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Rosa Parks
Definition
lady that wouldn’t give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery
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Domino Theory
Definition
one country become communist, all of its neighbor will become communist
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Ho Chi Minh
Definition
the nationalist leader of north vietnam
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Vietnam War
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – how we got involved in Vietnam, domino theory
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MLK, Jr
Definition
gave I have a dream speech, civil rights leader
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End of the Cold War
Definition
when Berlin wall torn down
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Arms Race
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when US and Soviet Union trying to get more nuclear weapons
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Television
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on society, politics, sports, started in 1950s
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John F. Kennedy
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assassinated
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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from texas
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Richard Nixon
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end US involvement in vietnam
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Brown v. Board of Education
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separate school system was unconstitutional
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Who won cold war?
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US
Term
What you call bunch of billionaires sitting around watching football?
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Dallas cowboy
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