Early Cold War
WHAT DID THE GI BILL DO?
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GIVE FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION TO RETURNING SOLDIERS.
WHAT WAS THE MARSHALL PLAN?
What is PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO COUNTRIES THAT THE US SUPPORTED, AS A WAY TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM.
HOW DID THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN CHANGE FROM WWII TO THE EARLY COLD WAR?
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WWII: MASCULINE, STRONG, CAPABLE IN ORDER TO FULFILL MORE TRADITIONALLY "MALE" JOBS.
COLD WAR: FEMININE HOUSEWIVES BENEFITTING FROM CAPITALISM - RETURNING TO THE HOME NOW THAT MEN ARE BACK
WHAT EVENT LED TO THE ESCALATION OF US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM?
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GULF OF TONKIN
WHAT WAS THE MAIN GOAL OF THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM?
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TO REDUCE POVERTY IN THE US THROUGH EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE?
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PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM THROUGH MILITARY ACTION.
IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE POLICY THAT GEORGE KENNAN ORIGINATED.
What is POLICY OF CONTAINMENT: OFFICIAL FOREIGN POLICY TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM ABROAD THROUGH ANY MEANS.
WHAT WERE LEVITTOWNS?
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SPRAWLING SUBURBS WHERE HOUSES WERE ESSENTIALLY ONE BLUEPRINT OVER AND OVER, BUILT CHEAPLY. IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HELPED THE SUBURBANIZATION OF AMERICA, EXEMPLIFIED THE CONFORMITY OF THE DECADE, AND ALLOWED MANY AMERICANS TO BUY HOUSES.
THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS WERE BOTH FOUGHT AS A RESULT OF WHAT POLICY?
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POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
WHAT DID THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1965 DO?
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GOT RID OF THE IMMIGRATION QUOTAS PUT IN PLACE BY THE 1920S NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT.
THE CONFORMITY AND CONSUMERISM OF THE EARLY COLD WAR LED TO WHAT BACKLASH IN LATER YEARS?
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THE RISE OF YOUTH REBELLION AND THE NEW LEFT.
WHAT IS BRINKMANSHIP?
What is PUSHING CONFLICT TO THE BRINK OF CONFRONTATION IN ORDER TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND.
HOW WAS CULTURE USED TO FIGHT THE COLD WAR?
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CULTURE WAS USED TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT EITHER CAPITALISM OR COMMUNISM WAS BETTER THAN THE OTHER (EX: BUYING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES BECAUSE OF CAPITALISM MAKES AMERICANS HAPPIER THAN SOVIETS).
WHAT WAS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR?
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PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO THE VIETNAM WAR WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN TO THE KOREAN WAR.
WHAT WERE TWO ASPECTS OF JOHNSON'S GREAT SOCIETY?
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1. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2. JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
3. FEDERAL FUNDS FOR URBAN CENTERS
4. RENT SUPPLEMENTS
WHAT WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NSC-68 REPORT?
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THAT CONTAINING COMMUNISM WAS IMPERATIVE AND NEEDED TO BE DONE THROUGH MILITARY AND NUCLEAR WEAPON BUILDUP.
WHAT WERE THREE CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR?
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1.) NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUILDUP
2.) DIFFERING IDEOLOGIES (COMMUNISM VS. CAPITALISM)
3.) DISAGREEMENT OVER HOW TO DIVIDE UP EUROPE
4. FEAR OF COMMUNISM IN THE US (RED SCARES)
ROCK N ROLL BECAME VERY POPULAR DURING THE 1950S. THE MUSIC OF MUSICIANS LIKE ELVIS PRESLEY HAD ITS ROOTS IN WHAT?
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AFRICAN AMERICAN RHYTHM AND BLUES.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST RESPONSE OF THE US WHEN NORTH KOREAN INVADED SOUTH KOREA?
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THE US WENT TO THE UN TO SEND IN TROOPS.
WHAT WAS THE TET OFFENSIVE AND WHAT EFFECT DID IT HAVE ON THE US PUBLIC?
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IT WAS A SERIES OF ATTACKS DURING THE TET HOLIDAY IN VIETNAM THAT WAS WIDELY COVERED IN THE NEWS AND TURNED PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR.
IDENTIFY ONE SUCCESS AND ONE FAILURE OF TRUMAN'S PRESIDENCY.
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SUCCESSES: EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981, NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947, FAIR DEAL
FAILURES: ALLOWED MCCARTHYISM, KOREAN WAR
WHAT WERE TWO EFFECTS OF MCCARTHYISM?
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1.) THOUSANDS LOST THEIR JOBS
2.) FEAR AND PARANOIA PERMEATED SOCIETY
3.) NARROWING OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
4.) ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ATMOSPHERE
WHAT WAS THE PORT HURON STATEMENT AND WHAT WAS IT IN RESPONSE TO?
STATEMENT FROM THE SDS THAT WAS A BACKLASH AGAINST COLD WAR POLITICS AND DOMESTIC VALUES.
WHAT WAS VIETNAMIZATION AND WHOSE POLICY WAS IT?
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NIXON: SLOWLY PULLING TROOPS OUT OF VIETNAM AND GIVING MORE AND MORE CONTROL TO THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE.
WHAT OVERSHADOWED JOHNSON'S GREAT SOCIETY AND PREVENTED IT FROM BEING MORE SUCCESSFUL?
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VIETNAM WAR