JFK, LBJ and Nixon Pre-Test

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Early example was President Harry Truman's economic aid to Turkey and Greece -

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Containment

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International organization formed to protect its members against aggression -

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United Nations

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Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists; established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976 (1893-1976) -

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Mao Zedong

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Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea -

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Korean War

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Line of latitude that separated North and South Korea -

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38th Parallel

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Soviet leader from 1955-1964; had the policy of "de-stalinization"; wanted a "peaceful coexistence" with the west; Warsaw Pact; Sputnik; Berlin Wall built; U-2 spy plane, Cuban Missile crisis -

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Nikita Khrushchev

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The chief justice that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in Brown v. Board of Education (1954); he was the first justice to help the civil rights movement, judicial activism -

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Earl Warren

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A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.

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Vietnam War

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1950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used guerrilla warfare to fight anti-communist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; brilliant strategy drew out war and made it unwinnable -

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Ho Chi Minh

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U.S. president (1961-1963) during part of the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis; president who went on TV and told the public about the crisis and allowed the leader of the Soviet Union to withdraw their missiles. Also, during his term, he began the Space Race and disagreed with the building of the Berlin Wall -

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John F. Kennedy