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10th Grade
05/17/2010

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woodrow wilson
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"there is such a athing as a man being too proud to fight."
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woodrow wilson
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"i will teach the latin american countries to elect good leaders."
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woodrow wilson
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"the world must be made safe for democracy."
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dupuy de lome
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"mckinley is a would-be politician...a bidder for admiration."
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queen liliuokalani
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"hawaii for the hawaiians."
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georges clemenceau
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"god gave us the 10 commandments, and we broke them. wilson gave us the 14 points...we shall see."
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theodore roosevelt
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"speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far."
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theodore roosevelt
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"while congress debated, i took panama."
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theodore roosevelt
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"wilson is a --- presbyterian hypocrite."
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warren harding
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"its not my enemies who are causing me to walk the floors at night, its my friends, my --- ---- friends."
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calvin coolidge
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"the chief business of the american people is business."
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calvin coolidge
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theres no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anything."
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calvin coolidge
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"i choose not to run as president in 1928."
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herbert hoover
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"a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."
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herbert hoover
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we are at the end of our rope."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"i promise a new deal for the american people."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"i see 1/3 of a nation, ill fed, ill nourished and ill housed."
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will rogers
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"the whole country is with him (fdr), just as long as he does something."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"we must quarantine the aggressor."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"the hand that held the dagger has stabbed it into the vack of its neighbor."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"we look forward to a world founded on the four freedoms."
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franklin d. roosevelt
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"yesterday, december 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy, the united states was suddenly and brutally attacked by japan."
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calvin coolidge
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"they hired the money, didnt they?"
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von trapp family
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"blossom of spring may you bloom and grow...forever. edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland forever."
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winston churchill
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"we shall defend our island...on the beaches...in the cities...we shall never surrender."
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winston churchill
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"never in the course of human hisstory was so much owed to so many by so few."
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adolf hitler
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"this is the last territorial demand that i have to make in europe."
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neville chaimberlain
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"i believe it is peace in our time."
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winston churchill
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"this is not the end. it is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
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joseph goebbels
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"do you want total war?"
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a.c. mcauliffe
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"nuts!"
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douglas macarthur
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"i shall return."
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robert oppenheimer
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"i am become death, destroyer of worlds."
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adolf hitler
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"all you have to do is kick in the door, and the whole rotten structure will collapse."
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harry truman
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"the buck stops here."
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harry truman
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"i felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had just fallen on me."
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harry truman
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"if you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
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dwight eisenhower
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"i will go to korea."
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dwight eisenhower
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"you have a row of dominoes, you knock one of them down, they all fall down."
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winston churchill
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"from stettin in the baltic to trieste in the adriatic, an iron curtain has decended arross the continent."
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nikita khrushchev
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"we will bury you."
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joseph maccarthy
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"are you, or have you ever been, a part of the communist party?"
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douglas macarthor
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"in war, there is no substitute for victory."
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richard nixon
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"no matter what happens, the children are not giving checkers back."
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john f. kennedy
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"ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
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john f. kennedy
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"let every nation know that we can pay any price, bear any burden, support any fright, fight any foe."
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john f. kennedy
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"ich bin ein berliner."
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lyndon b. johnson
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"i am not going to be the president who saw vietnam go the way china went."
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lyndon b. johnson
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"we are not about to send american boys 10,000 miles to do what asian boys out to be doing for themselves."
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lyndon b. johnson
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"i shall not seek, and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term of presidency."
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neal armstrong
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"thats one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
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martin luthor kind, jr.
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"i have a dream that my 4 little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, buy by the content of their character."
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robert f. kennedy
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"some men see things as they are and ask why, i dream of things that never were and ask why not."
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ronald reagan
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"mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall."
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fair deal
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what was trumans presidency called?
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new frontier
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what was kennedy's presedency called?
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great society
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what was johnson's presidency called?
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medicare
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medical care for people over 65
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baby boomers
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people born right after WWII to the '60's
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jfk's death was a conspiracy
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what did the warren commission investigate
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johnson
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what president began war on poverty
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democrats
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were presidents truman, johnson, and carter democrats or republicans
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greensboro, nc
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where did sit-ins occur in 1960 at woolworths
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nixon
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which president resigned because of watergate conspiracy
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allan bakke
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white guy who denied admission to black med school in california
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chicanos
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hispanics part of black power
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sandra day o'connor
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first woman on u.s. surpreme court
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thurgood marshall
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first black justice on u.s. surpreme court
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fidel castro
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leader of cuba
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aim
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organization for native americans
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now
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organization for women
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martin luthor king jr.
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led the selma to montgomery on march in 1965
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stalin
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leader of the soviet union until 1953
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after WWII
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when did the cold war begin
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britain, china, russia, us, france
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the permanent members of the u.n. security council
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energy, eduacation
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2 cabinet posts added under president carter
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gerald ford
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interim president
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ronald raegan
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called the ussr the evil empire
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g.i. bill 1946
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help veterans after WWII
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nato
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anti- communist alliance with u.s. and western europe
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warsaw pact
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communist alliance
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greece and turkey
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what 2 countries were helped by the truman doctrine
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berlin
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what city the soviets blockaded 1948
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churchill
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who gave the iron curtain speech
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satellite country
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countries controlled by soviet union after WWII
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poland, romania, bolgaria, albania, hungary, czechloslovakia, east germany
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soviette sattelites after WWII
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marshall plan
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economic aid to rebuild europe after war
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germany
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what european country was split after WWII (west and east)
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mao tse dong
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communist leader of china 1949- 1976
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taiwan
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where the anti-communists set up a pro u.s. government under chiang kai shek
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cuba, china, north korea, vietnam
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4 communist countries in the world
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soviets shot down u.s. plan
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why was the 1960 summit conference cancelled?
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berlin wall
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what divided berlin
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vietnam
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americas longest war
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john foster dulles
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secretary of state during 50's under eisenhower
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38 parallel
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what parallel divides korea
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kim il sung
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communist leader of north korea during korean war
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pyong yang
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capital of north korea
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seoul
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capital of south korea
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1950-1953
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when did the korean war occur
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forgotten war
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nickname of korean war
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macarthur
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u.n. commander early in the korean war
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vietnam, cambodia, laos
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what 3 countries comprise indochina
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taft- hearley act 1947
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limited power of labor unions
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17 parallel
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where vietnam was divided
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gulf of tonkin
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america destroyers were fired upon by north vietnam
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ho chi minh trail
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how was supplies sent from north vietnam to south viental during war
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hawks
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liked vietnam war
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doves
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against vietnam war
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tet
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lunar new year
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quang duc
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buddist monk set fire to himself
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china
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who did nixon pursue detente with
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vietnam took over whole country
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what happened in vietnam in 1975
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