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| MacArthur-dictated consitution 1946 |
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| renounced mlitarism and introduced western-style democratic government |
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| Chaing Kai-Shek's nationalist gov't |
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| forced to flee in 1949 and taken over by Mao Zedong |
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| communist spy who was a US spy for china under fdr lied to truman about how bad the nationalists were doing. most of the spies said that they did not need help |
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| What did the Soviet Union do in September 1949 |
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| exploded first atomic bomb 3 years before expected |
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| US one up, first one exploaded in 1952 |
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| Stalkin shuts down access to West Berlin. US flies supplies to west berliners |
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| 1947 Truman creats to investigate possible communist spies in government |
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| Under FDR firs peacetime anti-sedition law since 1798. |
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| 11 communists sent to prison for violating the Smith Act of 1940 |
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| House on Un-American Activities Committee HUAC |
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| investigate "subversion". First used to crack down on germans japanese and italian nationals during wwii |
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| Congressman Richard Nixon 1948 |
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| led hunt for alger hiss, started american hunt for spies |
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| McCarren Internal Security Bill |
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| authorized president to arrest and detain suspicious people during an internal security emergency, vetoed by truman but congress overrode |
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| lend us money and technical aid to underdevelopedlands. Wanted to prevent communism in other countries but unconsitutional but "for national security" |
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first ever government housing projects
higher minimum wage
better farm price supports
new TVAs
extension of social security |
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| Socil Security Act of 1950 |
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| extending old age insurance to many more beneficiaries |
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| Korea was divided. soviets had the north and us at the south |
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| started june 25 1950 when north korea attack south korea |
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| massive military spending key document of cold war. marked a major step in the militarization of foreign policy |
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| United Nations Securiy Council |
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| unanimously condemned north korea as an agressor. truman ordered american air and naval units to support south korea - very unconstiutional |
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| Why was MacArthur removed from command? |
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| insubordination and disagreemet with joint chief of staffs |
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adlai stevenson run for democrats
eisenhower and nixon for republicans |
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| Nixon was accused of stealing from election profits - gave checkers speech to defend himself but says he kept a dog donation named checkers |
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| signed by ike to end korean war. remained divided at 38th parallel |
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| exposed the contradiction between americas "all for equality" and the treatment of blacks in his book an american dilemma |
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| seperate professional schools for blacks failed to meet the test of equality |
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| 1955 refused to give up her seat in montgomery her arrest sparked a year long black boycott of city buses. business can be stopped from discriminating |
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| Brown V Board of Education of Topeka 1954 |
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| Supreme court ruled that segregation in public school was unequal = unconsiutional |
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| govenor or arkansas who mobilized the national gaurd to keep nine black students from enrolling in little rocks central high school. |
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| first civil rights act since reconstruction days democrats wanted to block it so strom thurmond led a 24 hour filibuster |
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| Southern Christian LEadership Conference |
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| Created by martin luther king aimed to mobilize vast power of black churches on behalf of black rights |
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| Student non violent coordinating committee |
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| created to show the efforts of black students demanding civil rights |
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| rounded up illegal mexicans and sent them back to mexico |
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| secretary of state in 1954 proposed that the army and navy build up an air fleet of superbombers equipped with nuclear bombs |
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| ike tries to make peace with new soviet leader khrushchev but was rejected |
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| dictator of iran installed by the CIA |
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