Vocab. Set 7 – Flashcards
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Red Scare
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nationwide panic regarding the fear of communism in America
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Affirmative Action
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intentional action of increasing minority representation within an organization
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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prohibited the discrimination based on color, race, religion, or ethnic origin in hotels, restaurants, and places of employment
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Baby Boom
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dramatic increase in U.S. population during the economic growth of the 1950s
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Supreme Court ruling that ordered the desegregation of public education
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Mao Zedong
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communist Chinese leader who came to power in 1949 after the defeat of the Nationalist government
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Nato
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alliance of anti-communist countries based on the concept of collective security
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Marshall Plan
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provided economic aid to Western European countries after World War II
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Truman Doctrine
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established the foreign policy of the containment of communism
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Berlin Airlift
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elaborate operation that provided supplies to the former capital of Germany
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Iron Curtain
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name given to the Eastern European countries under the Warsaw Pact
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Civil Disobedience
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Martin L. King, Jr.'s tactic of drawing attention to civil rights issues
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Thurgood Marshall
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NAACP attorney who argued for Brown and later became the first African American on the Supreme Court
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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recognized leader of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Eisenhower's attempt to increase African American voting in the South
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Containment
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foreign policy aimed at keeping communism from spreading worldwide
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Cold War
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45 year-long conflict with no direct fighting between the Soviet Union and the United States
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Korean War
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regarded as a "proxy war" in Asia between the Soviet-backed North and American-backed South
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Joseph McCarthy
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U.S. Senator who conducted hearings in congressional committees against suspected communists
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Rosenberg Trials
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revealed the most elaborate and damaging event of espionage in the U.S.
Secrets were sold to the russians
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests for voters; a law that gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights
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Douglas MacArthur
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U.S. general who lead the U.S. forces in Korea
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United Nations
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intergovernmental organization established after World War II with the purpose of maintaining worldwide peace, security, and human rights
