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Term
Cold War
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General U.S. strategy in the Cold War that called for containing Soviet expansion; originally devised by U.S diplomat George F. Kennan
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A telegram by George Kennan in 1946 outlining his views of the Soviet Union that eventually inspired the policy of containment
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Truman Doctrine
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Free West non free East, metaphor for a tern coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union's easter European satellites.
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It offered a positive vision to go along with containment. U.S. program for the reconstruction of post-- WW2 Europe through massive aid to former enemy nations as well as allies; proposed by General George Marshall in 1947.
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NATO
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NSC-68
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Became more focused on other things in the 1940s and 1950s. Committee formed in 1938 to investigate subversives in the government and holders of radical ideas more generally.
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Hollywood Ten
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Rosenbergs
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1950s; Wisconsin senator claimed to have list of communists in American government, but no credible evidence; took advantage of fears of communism post WW2 to become incredibly influential; "McCarthyism"
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Post- World War 2 Red Scare focused on the fear of Communists in the U.S. government positions; peaked during the Korean War; most closely associated with Joseph McCarthy, a major instigator of the hysteria.
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Army-McCarthy Hearings
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McCarran Walter Act (1950)
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The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
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A collection of laws passed in response to the Brown decision that aggressively tried to forestall and prevent school integration.
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Nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name "Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School
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Rosa Parks
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A 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Southern Christian
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Leadership Conference
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Cold War
Ended the blanket exclusion of immigrants based on race and created the foundation for current immigration law, but imposed a racialized immigration quota system and new ideological grounds for exclusion
Term for tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States, the two major world powers after WW2, lasting from 1945-1989
Post- World War 2 Red Scare focused on the fear of Communists in the U.S. government positions; peaked during the Korean War; most closely associated with Joseph McCarthy, a major instigator of the hysteria.
A 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
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Definition
General U.S. strategy in the Cold War that called for containing Soviet expansion; originally devised by U.S diplomat George F. Kennan
Mccarthyism
Marshall Plan
Nato
Containment
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A telegram by George Kennan in 1946 outlining his views of the Soviet Union that eventually inspired the policy of containment
Long Telegram
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Cold War
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Term
Truman Doctrine
Became more focused on other things in the 1940s and 1950s. Committee formed in 1938 to investigate subversives in the government and holders of radical ideas more generally.
The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
President Harry S. Truman's program announced in 1947 of aid to European countries-- particularly Greece and Turkey-- threatened by communism. It meant that the US would help the Nations on their side if they were threatened by communism.
General U.S. strategy in the Cold War that called for containing Soviet expansion; originally devised by U.S diplomat George F. Kennan
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Definition
Free West non free East, metaphor for a tern coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union's easter European satellites.
Marshall Plan
Cold War
Massive Resistance
Iron Curtain
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Definition
It offered a positive vision to go along with containment. U.S. program for the reconstruction of post-- WW2 Europe through massive aid to former enemy nations as well as allies; proposed by General George Marshall in 1947.
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Nato
Massive Resistance
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NATO
Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's
They were a defense alliance that ensured countries would no be harmed by the Soviet Union.
A telegram by George Kennan in 1946 outlining his views of the Soviet Union that eventually inspired the policy of containment
Free West non free East, metaphor for a tern coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union's easter European satellites.
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Term
NSC-68
Post- World War 2 Red Scare focused on the fear of Communists in the U.S. government positions; peaked during the Korean War; most closely associated with Joseph McCarthy, a major instigator of the hysteria.
The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Top secret policy paper approved by President Truman in 1950 that outlined a militaristic approach to combating the spread of global communism.
Term for tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States, the two major world powers after WW2, lasting from 1945-1989
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Became more focused on other things in the 1940s and 1950s. Committee formed in 1938 to investigate subversives in the government and holders of radical ideas more generally.
HOLLYWOOD TEN
NATO
HUAC
ROSENBERGS
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Hollywood Ten
The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
General U.S. strategy in the Cold War that called for containing Soviet expansion; originally devised by U.S diplomat George F. Kennan
Term for tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States, the two major world powers after WW2, lasting from 1945-1989
A group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era.
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Term
Rosenbergs
A telegram by George Kennan in 1946 outlining his views of the Soviet Union that eventually inspired the policy of containment
Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's
ignore for now
A collection of laws passed in response to the Brown decision that aggressively tried to forestall and prevent school integration.
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Definition
1950s; Wisconsin senator claimed to have list of communists in American government, but no credible evidence; took advantage of fears of communism post WW2 to become incredibly influential; "McCarthyism"
Douglas Macarthur
Joseph McCarthy
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
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Definition
Post- World War 2 Red Scare focused on the fear of Communists in the U.S. government positions; peaked during the Korean War; most closely associated with Joseph McCarthy, a major instigator of the hysteria.
McCarthyism
Joseph Mccarthy
Huac
Truman Doctrine
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Army-McCarthy Hearings
Televised U.S. Senate hearings in 1954 on Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges of disloyalty in the army; his tactics contributed to his censure by the Senate.
Free West non free East, metaphor for a tern coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union's easter European satellites.
A collection of laws passed in response to the Brown decision that aggressively tried to forestall and prevent school integration.
A telegram by George Kennan in 1946 outlining his views of the Soviet Union that eventually inspired the policy of containment
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McCarran Walter Act (1950)
Ended the blanket exclusion of immigrants based on race and created the foundation for current immigration law, but imposed a racialized immigration quota system and new ideological grounds for exclusion
Post- World War 2 Red Scare focused on the fear of Communists in the U.S. government positions; peaked during the Korean War; most closely associated with Joseph McCarthy, a major instigator of the hysteria.
A 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
Term for tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States, the two major world powers after WW2, lasting from 1945-1989
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Definition
The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred scott v. samford
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Definition
A collection of laws passed in response to the Brown decision that aggressively tried to forestall and prevent school integration.
Mcgarveyism
Marshall Plan
Massive Resistance
Containment
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Nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name "Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School
Hollywood Ten
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Truman Doctrine
Little Rock Nine
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Rosa Parks
A telegram by George Kennan in 1946 outlining his views of the Soviet Union that eventually inspired the policy of containment
Free West non free East, metaphor for a tern coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union's easter European satellites.
ignore for now
Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's
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Definition
A 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
Little Rock Nine
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Truman Doctrine
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Martin Luther King Jr.
It offered a positive vision to go along with containment. U.S. program for the reconstruction of post-- WW2 Europe through massive aid to former enemy nations as well as allies; proposed by General George Marshall in 1947.
A collection of laws passed in response to the Brown decision that aggressively tried to forestall and prevent school integration.
1950s; Wisconsin senator claimed to have list of communists in American government, but no credible evidence; took advantage of fears of communism post WW2 to become incredibly influential; "McCarthyism"
ignore for now
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Southern Christian
Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's
A collection of laws passed in response to the Brown decision that aggressively tried to forestall and prevent school integration.
ignore for now
Nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name "Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School
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Leadership Conference
It offered a positive vision to go along with containment. U.S. program for the reconstruction of post-- WW2 Europe through massive aid to former enemy nations as well as allies; proposed by General George Marshall in 1947.
Nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name "Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School
ignore for now
1950s; Wisconsin senator claimed to have list of communists in American government, but no credible evidence; took advantage of fears of communism post WW2 to become incredibly influential; "McCarthyism"
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