History study

COUNTRIES

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UN and U.S. troops went to the Persian Gulf in 1991 to stop the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, but they did not remove this dictator from power.

Saddam Hussein

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In the 1990's, the U.S. and NATO sent troops to these countries to stop Serbian aggression like the ethnic cleansing of Muslims.

Bosnia and Kosovo

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This president felt that the Korean War should remain a 'limited war', with the goal of containing communism.

Harry Truman

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This country participated in the Korean War by sending its military over the Yalu River in support of North Korea and inflicting great damage on UN forces.

China

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Perhaps the greatest foreign policy achievement of the Carter Administration was the signing of the Camp David Accords, a peace agreement between these two countries.

Egypt and Isreal

VIETNAM

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The group of rebel fighters within South Vietnam that tried to overthrow the South Vietnamese government of Diem.

Vietcong

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The decision to temporarily divide Vietnam and to schedule national elections was made here in 1956

Geneva Conference

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Violent protests against the Vietnam War occurred here

1968 democratic national convention

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This coordinated attack by the North Vietnamese in 100 cities throughout Vietnam in 1968 convinced the American public that the war was far from over, and it turned many Americans against the war

Tet Offensive

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This was fairly strong in the mid 1960's, because most Americans believed in the policy of containing communism, and because the public was told we were winning the war.

Support of the Vietnam War

PLANS

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Truman's strategy for dealing with communism that became U.S. policy for the rest of the Cold War, calling for containment, but not military defeat of Soviet communism

Truman Doctrine

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This government policy was intended to open opportunities for American groups who have been historically discriminated against

Affirmative Action

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John Kennedy's program that sent American volunteers all over the world to help those in need and prevent the spread of communism

Peace Corps

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Richard Nixon worked to establish this policy, which was a relaxation of tensions between the U.S and communist countries

Detente

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With this plan, the U.S. hoped to contain the spread of communism, rebuild infrastructure, and provide aid to the countries of Europe devastated by World War II

The Marshall Plan

PEOPLE

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NAACP lawyer in the Brown ruling who became the first African American Supreme Court justice

Thurgood Marshall

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This president signed the NAFTA agreement, which created a free-trade zone between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Bill Clinton

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President who said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for country"

John F. Kennedy

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The assassination of this anti-war candidate influenced the Presidential election of 1968

Robert F. Kennedy

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This president felt that the Korean War should remain a 'limited war', with the goal of containing communism.

Harry Truman

OTHER

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Ronald Reagan benefited in the 1980 election when the voters from this part of the country who traditionally voted Democrat began voting Republican.

Sun belt

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This act of Congress led to an increase in the number of lower and middle class students attending college, offered home loans to veterans, and caused the growth of colleges in the U.S.

GI Bill

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Written statement by southern states that expressed their anger and disagreement with the Brown ruling.

Southern Manifesto

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This study group determined that the race riots in the late 1960's in cities like Detroit were caused primarily by racism by police forces and a lack of economic opportunity for African Americans.

Kerner Commission

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Rachel Carson wrote this book in 1962 to inform Americans about the dangers of pesticides and other toxic chemicals in our environment.

Silent Spring