History 112 Final Exam – Flashcards
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George Kennan
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man who develops the idea of containment
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containment
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implememted in 1947 the idea the Soviet expansion could be checked "in the face of superior force"
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domino theory
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if Greece fell into the hands of leftist rebels, confusion and disorder would plague the middle east and threaten europan stability
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trueman doctorine
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the US would support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugatino by armed minorities or outside pressure
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marshall plan
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US gives 13 billion to restore the economies of 16 european nations
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national security council
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formed becuase of second component of US defense strategy to beef up its conventional military power, it advised the president, made womens military branches permanent, and increased defense expenditures
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GI bill
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provided job training, education, unemployment compensation, and low interest loans to veterans
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Taft-Hartley Act
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reduced the power of unions and making it more difficult to organize workers
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McCarthyism
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term synnamous with the anti-communist crusafe
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executive order 9835
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established loyalty review boards to investigate federal employees; hundreds of employees were fired or resigned over accusations of disloyalty
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house un-american activities
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investigated government employees and the movie industry
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38th parallel
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division between north and south korea
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Eisenhower Doctorine
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US would actively combat communism in Middle East
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national defense education act
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provided assistance for students in math, science, and foreign languages
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federal housing administration
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government subsidzed home ownership with low interest mortgage guarantees
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Economic Oportunity act of 1964
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authorized 10 programs, including head start and the Job Corps
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Community Action Program
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required "maximum feasible participation" of the poor themselves in antipoverty programs and spurred organizing by the poor in order to take control of their neighborhoods
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higher education act of 1965
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equippd the poor with the skills neessary to find jobs
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title 7 of civil riths act
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outlawed job discrimination against women,
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voting rights act
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empowered the federal government to intevene directly to enable African Americans to register to vote
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civil rights act of 1968
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banned racial discrimination in housing, jury selection and authorized federal intervention when states failed to protect civil rights workers from violence
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trail of broken traties
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caravan to the nation's capital in 1972, when some activists took over the bureau of indian affairs to express their outrage on the bureau's policies
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students for a democratic society
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mobilized around the goals of civil rights, peace, and universal economic security
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NOW
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focused on equal treatment for women in the public sphere wanting to integrate them into the public sphere
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alliance for progress
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Kennedy promised 20 billion in aid for latin america over 10 years
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tet offensive
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north vietnam and the vietkong attacked key cities and American base in South Vietnam
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nixon
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nations first president to set foot on chineese soil
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national energy act of 1978
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penalized gas guzzling cars and provided incentivees for conservation and alternative fuels
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carter doctorine
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threatening the use of any means necessary to prevent an outside force from ganing control of the persian gulf
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supply side economics
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held that cutting taxes would actually increase revune
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economic recovery tax act
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largest tax reduction in US history
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civil rights restoration act
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banned organizations that practiced discriminatino on the basis of race, color, national orgin, sex, disability, or age from recieving government funds
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strategic defense initiative
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proposed to deploy lasers in space to destroy enemy missiles before they could reach their tagets on earth
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INF agreement
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eliminating all short and medium range missiles from rueopw and provided for onsite inspections for the first time
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operation desert storm
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forty air war against Iraq, bombing military targets, power plants, oil refineries, and transportation networks
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Perot
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produces the strongest third party finish since 1912 in the election of 91 with clinton and hw bush
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General Agreemenr ong Tarriffs and Trade GATT
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establishes the WTO
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WTO
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enforces tariff reductions and the eliminatino of import quotas among 135 member nations
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USA Patriot Act
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gave governemtn new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates, including the ability to pry personal info
