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Early Cold War - Answer--FDR dies- truman takes presidency - sources of conflict between US & USSR - Answer--stalin & truman don't like each other - spread of communism -us has nuclear weapons Reasons for mistrust between US and USSR - Answer-- communism vs. capitalism - US almost bombed Russia - WW1 Lessons of Munich and Pearl Harbor - Answer-PH-Bombing by Japanese "Be prepared" Munich- agreement with germany for them to annex land in Czech "Never give into bullies" Truman Doctrine - Answer-helping w/ communism--goes to congress for help--contain it to greece 1947 George Kennan - Answer--came up with containment -soviets will only be stopped by an unanswerable force containment - Answer-american policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world Marshall Plan - Answer-- European economic recovery plan - trading and support - linked economies Korean Conflict - Answer-- North wants communism- South wants democracy NSC-68 - Answer--national security council paper - communism was monolithic -US builds military -started the cold war Walter Lippman - AnswerTruman & Fair Deal - Answer--Activist federal gov. -commitment to Civil Rights -Min wage rises -social security -housing act 21 Point Domestic Program - Answer-improved FEPC housing for poor Growth Keynesianism - Answer-gov. spending money to pump up economy GI Bill - Answer-1944 to help returning vets to buy homes and pay for higher education Taft Hartley Act - Answer--Restricted labor unions -Cant use money to promote political party candidate -States can pass "right to work" laws -dont have to join the union of a unionized industry -made them less effective -had to sign anti-communist act Joe McCarthy - Answer--people from hollywood talking against american ideals -spread lies about russiaFair Deal Liberalism - Answer--ideology/ -Believed in activist government 1. stimulate economy 2. bring about social programs 3. extend the benefits of capitalism to everyone 4. Deep commitment to fight communism -minimum wage 40 cents to 75 cents -social security expanded to cover more groups National Civil Rights Commission - Answer-1947- desegregation -armed forces -housing -voting rights -public facilities 1950's American Family Ideal - Answer--"Duck and Cover." -Kitchen Display -Gender Roles -consumer oriented Kitchen Debate - Answer-US and Russia exhibits of kitchens Baby Boom - Answer--men returning from war make babies -porn--hugh heffner Early TV - Answer--10 stations 12,000 TV sets -regularly scheduled programs -family sit around tv.-Mom can watch cooking shows Domino Theory - Answer-IF one nation turns to communism then it will ripple and effect everyone Vietcong - Answer--fighters in the south Vietnamese fighting for the north Ho Chi Minh Trail - Answer-jungle paths North used to get into South from Laos and Cambodia Tet - Answer-Vietnamese New Year attack by north Lyndon B Johnson and the Great Society - Answer-LBJ-becomes president after JFK assination TGS- ends radical in justice, civil rights Medicaid/Medicare - Answer-applied in 65 to give medial care to US NEH - Answer-1965-National Endowment Humanities, money to the Arts HUD - Answer-Department of Housing and Urban Development Wilderness Act - Answer-1964-protected federal land 1965 Immigration Act - Answer-allowed people to come in for reasons such as family or education 2nd Reconstruction - Answer-reconstruction for civil rights and war on poverty Thurgood Marshall - Answer-1st AA chief justice supreme court activistBrown v. Board of Education - Answer-"Separate is never equal" -segregation in schools Brown II - Answer-desegregation by law Cesar Chavez - Answer-Civil Rights Activist Farmer Rosa Parks - Answer-Local NAACP member, start of bus boycott SCLC - Answer-southern Christian Leadership Conference MLKJr--nonviolen