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A political philosophy that calls for the glorification of the military, a centralized government headed by a dictator, extreme nationalism
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Fascism
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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them; individual freedom and caplitalism
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Democracy
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A political philosophy that calls for the glorification of the military, a centralized government headed by a dictator, extreme nationalism
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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them; individual freedom and caplitalism
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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
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Policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force; expanding an empire by invading other nations
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Series of racial conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths
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Top Secret research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II
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Order made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Japanese-American who sued the United States for the relocating the Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor
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nuclear weapon begun by the Manhattan Project
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U.S. President during the Great Depression and WWII
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U.S. President at the end of WWII, ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII; Iron Curtain Speech
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A bitter rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for almost 45 years.
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Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.
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Period of accusations of supporting communism in th 1950's
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American policy to try to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War
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Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked.
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An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations.
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Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
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War between North and South Korea that ended with a peace treaty and resulted in North and South Korea still being divided at the 38th parallel
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A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union
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Soviet-initiated blockade that resulted in the U.S. and allies' airlifting necessary supplies to Berlin for almost a year
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Growth of suburbs promoted by expanding road and highway construction and increased automobile construction
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grew steadily, aided by all the new consumer goods of the time
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rapid increase in the birthrate in the United States following WWII
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type of music popular in the 1950's, Elvis Presley
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A landmark Supreme Court case in 1896 that upheld racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as they were "separate but equal"
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First African American students to be integrated into an all white high school in Arkansas
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a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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Civil Rights leader who founded the Black Muslims and thought any means necessary to solve racism, including violent means
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First African American to be enrolled in an all-white school (part of Little Rock Nine)
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NAACP legal counsel and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice