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This was established by the New Deal to give
young men jobs in conservation areas and national
parks
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The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
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Raising agricultural prices by restricting
production was the goal of this
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AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
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The AAA helped agriculture but actually harmed
this group
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Sharecroppers and tenant farmers
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This set the benchmark for electricity rates
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The TVA
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This was an mutual defense pact established in
response to Soviet aggression in Europe
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NATO
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At the wars beginning, Britain and the US
decided to focus here first
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European Theater
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In 1942, America invaded here first
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North Africa
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On 6 June, 1944, the Allies invaded here
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Normandy, France
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This was the first island taken by the United
States after Pearl Harbor
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Guadalcanal
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In December, 1944, this was Hitlers last
counterattack on the Western Front
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The Battle of the Bulge
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This was the policy of the US in response to
Soviet expansionism
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Containment
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This doctrine was based on fighting communist
expansion by giving money and weapons beginning
with Greece and Turkey
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Truman Doctrine
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The first test of wills between the US and the
USSR occurred when the USSR closed off this
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Berlin
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This plan was enacted to rebuild Europe and keep
out communism
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The Marshall Plan
What are you frickin lookin at?
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They were executed for giving atomic secrets to
the Russians
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The Rosenbergs
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Passed by Congress, this allowed LBJ to
dramatically increase troop levels in Vietnam a
blank check as it were
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The communist North resupplied communists in
South Vietnam using this
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail
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This 1968 event turned many in America against
the war
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The Tet Offensive
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This event was a true black mark against the US
military
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My Lai Massacre
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This was Nixons plan to remove America from
Vietnam honorably
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Vietnamization
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This court case established segregation in the US
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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This court case removed segregation in schools
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Brown v. Board of Education
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He was the most influential of all the Civil
Rights leaders
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Martin Luther King
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Once a black Muslim separatist, his spiritual
change caused his assassination
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Malcolm X
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The Daily Double
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By ending racial discrimination in employment,
this was arguably the most important civil rights
legislation in the twentieth century
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Road to War
WWII
Cold War
Nixon
FDR
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As a clash between democracy and fascism, this
was seen by many as a dress rehearsal for WWII
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Spanish Civil War
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Passed by Congress, this allowed the US to arm
Britain and Russia prior to Pearl Harbor
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Lend-Lease
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FDR outlined what the US would be fighting for in
war in this speech
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The Four Freedoms Speech
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Prior to Pearl Harbor, Japan informed America
that this trade policy was no longer recognized
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The Open-Door Policy
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Until Pearl Harbor, the American outlook towards
the world was this
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Isolationist
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They were considered a danger and placed in
internment camps
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Japanese-Americans
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WWII officially began with this event
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German invasion of Poland
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Americas strategy in the Pacific was this
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Island-Hopping
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He commanded US land forces in the Pacific
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General MacArthur
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This secret project developed the A-Bomb
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The Manhattan Project
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Though fought by the US, this war was actually
between North Korea and them
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The UN
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Truman fired this general for insubordination
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MacArthur
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The Korean War brought him to the Presidency
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Eisenhower
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McCarthy got away with many of his accusations
due to this
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The Big Lie
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Kennedy faced his first defeat in his war on
communism here
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Bay of Pigs
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He won the 1968 presidential election by
promising to end the Vietnam War honorably
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Nixon
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He replaced Vice President Spiro Agnew who
resigned after his conviction for income tax
evasion
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Gerald Ford
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This term means to lessen tensions politically
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detente
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He was Nixons closest advisor
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Henry Kissinger
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War protests here resulted in four student deaths
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Kent State University
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FDRs first burst of New Deal programs became
known as this
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The Hundred Days
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The weakness of the AAA was this
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It hurt sharecroppers and tenant farmers
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Faced with some programs being ruled
unconstitutional FDR came up with this idea
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Court-packing (increasing the number of justices)
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This Second New Deal program gave workers the
right to bargain collectively and prohibited
employers from interfering with union activities
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National Labor Relations Act Aka Wagner Act
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FDR communicated directly with the American
people in this way
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Fireside Chats
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The 50s
The 60s
The 70s
The 30s
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This New Deal program was found to be
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Schecter
v. United States
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The NIRA
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Steinbecks book told the story of a family
migrating to California
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Grapes of Wrath
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This New Deal program hired artists, writers, and
actors
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WPA
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She was a big supporter of civil rights for
blacks during the Depression
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Of the three extremists, he was the biggest
political threat to FDR
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Huey Long
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WWII changed standards of living in this way
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Very little
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40 of the war effort was financed through an
increase of this
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Taxes
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Family demographics changed in this way
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Increased marriage, birth, and divorce rates
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Tensions between young Hispanics and servicemen
erupted into this days after Pearl harbor
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Zoot Suit Riots
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This program helped servicemen with education and
other types of loans after the war
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The GI Bill
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His revolution established a communist state 90
miles from Florida
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Fidel Castro
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This was the worlds first man-made satellite
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Sputnik
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Eisenhower was forced to send US troops here to
protect black students
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Little Rock
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He changed American music
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Elvis
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His birth in this year was unequaled in
magnificence and caused the angels to sing
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Mr. Marshall - 1955
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Kennedy reacted to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
by doing this
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Naval blockade of Cuba
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This was the biggest issue of the 1960 election
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Kennedys Catholicism
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LBJ attempted to end poverty in America with this
huge program
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The Great Society
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He sought the Democratic nomination as a peace
advocate
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Eugene McCarthy
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His assassination in Los Angeles gave Humphrey
the 1968 Democratic nomination
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Nixons visit here in 1972 dramatically reversed
American political policy
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China
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Most of the evidence against Nixon came on these
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Tape-recordings
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The resignation of Nixons Attorney General and
the Deputy Attorney General after refusing to
fire the special prosecutor was called this by
the press
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The Saturday Night Massacre
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Nixon did this rather than submit to impeachment
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Nixon resigned
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He was Nixons successor
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Gerald Ford
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An American diplomat, his writings shaped the
Containment Policy
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George Frost Kennan
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He was the leader of Chinas Nationalist Party
and first president of Taiwan and was Americas
ally during and after WWII
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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He was the Chicano leader of the migrant workers
movement
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Cesar Chavez
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She wrote the Feminine Mystique
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Betty Friedan
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During the Korean War, President Truman removed
him from command
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General Douglas MacArthur
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President carters greatest achievement was this
peace between Egypt and Israel
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The Camp David Accords
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After the Iranians won their revolution, they did
this to the American Embassy
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Seized it and held all Americans hostage for over
a year
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This was the primary organization in pursuit of
Native-American rights
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AIM (American Indian Movement)
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This president made a speech saying that
Americans were suffering from malaise by focusing
on materialism
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President Carter
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In 1948, the US attempted to mend fences with
Latin America through this organization
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OAS (Organization of American States)
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Until his assassination in 1963, his leadership
of South Vietnam was supported by the US
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Ngo Din Diem
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The real center of authority in the United
Nations is this
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Security Council
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This law passed in 1947 authorized the president
to obtain injunctions to prevent strikes that
might harm the national interest
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Taft-Hartley Act
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This was established to create jobs for the
unemployed during the New Deal
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CWA (Civil Works Administration)
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Reagan sought to overthrow left-wing governments
in these two places
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Nicaragua and Grenada
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During FDRs first two terms, this group went
from the Republican to the Democratic party
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African-Americans
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Eisenhowers contribution to public
transportation was this
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Interstate Highway System
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FDR first helped Britain in WWII by trading these
for bases in the Caribbean
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50 destroyers
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Truman gave this as his reason for dropping the
atomic bombs
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He wanted to save American and Japanese lives and
end the war quickly
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At the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the Allies
decided this
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To divide Germany into four occupation zones
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George Wallace ran for president in 1968 on this
platform
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He wanted to end the forced desegregation of
schools
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This labor organization was founded by John L.
Lewis
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CIO (Committee for Industrial Organization)
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The Watergate Scandal began with this
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The capture of burglars breaking into Democratic
Party HQ at the Watergate Hotel
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These two battles changed the course of the war
for America in the Pacific Theater during WWII
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Coral Sea and Midway
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During WWII, black males
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Allowed to join the services but were segregated
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FDRs critic who presented a popular scheme for
old-age pensions was
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At the this Conference, the US and Britain agreed
to the Soviet annexation of large parts of Poland
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Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X of the Black
Muslims urged solving racial turmoil this way
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Rejecting white American society
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By November 1941, the US was in an undeclared
naval conflict with them
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Germany
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Clintons impeachment for perjury was due to his
involvement with her
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Monica Lewinsky
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What were male reactions to female workers in
WWII?
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They resisted at first but soon accepted them due
to the wartime crisis
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Bus boycotts, sit-ins and Freedom Rides were
attempts to promote this
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Racial Integration
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He was the upset winner of the 1948 presidential
election
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Truman
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FDR hoped to stimulate business recovery by
partially suspending anti-trust laws with this act
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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
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