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The Eisenhower Years

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CENSURE

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CONGRESS'S MOST SEVERE (HARSH) WAY OF CONDEMNING THE BEHAVIOR OF A
SENATOR, MCCARTHY HAD THIS HAPPEN

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HYDROGEN BOMB

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NEW TYPE OF BOMB THAT WAS 150 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN THE A-BOMBS
DROPPED DURING WW II, NOVEMBER 1952; USSR HAD ONE A YEAR LATER

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JOHN FOSTER DULLES

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EISENHOWER SECRETARY OF STATE, HE HATED COMMUNISM AND WANTED
TO ROLL IT BACK BUT THAT WOULD HAVE STARTED A WAR SO CONTAINMENT CONTINUED TO BE US POLICY

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SEATO

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1954, US DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE WITH NATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

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CENTO

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US MILITARY ALLIANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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MASSIVE RETALIATION

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EISENHOWER/DULLES POLICY THAT TOLD THE USSR WE WOULD ATTACK THEM WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF THEY TRIED ANOTHER KOREAN WAR

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BRINKMANSHIP

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NAME GIVEN TO DULLES MASSIVE RETALIATION, HE WAS WILLING TO GO TO THE
EDGE OF NUCLEAR WAR TO STOP THE SOVIETS, SCARED MANY PEOPLE

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ISRAEL

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JEWISH NATION SET UP BY THE UNITED NATIONS IN 1948 TO MAKE UP FOR THE 6 MILLION
JEWS MURDERED BY GERMANY DURING WW II

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ARAB ISRAELI WAR

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AFTER THE UN DECLARED ISRAEL A NATION ARMIES FROM 9 ARAB STATES
INVADED AND BUT FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE NEW ISRAEL IN 1948

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CIA

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US GOVT AGENCY THAT IS IN CHARGE OF SPYING AND CONDUCTING UNDERCOVER ACTIVITIES
IN FOREIGN NATIONS

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SUEZ CANAL

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MAN MADE CANAL IN EGYPT THAT CONNECTED THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH THE
INDIAN OCEAN, CONTROLLED BY BRITAIN UNTIL 1954

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GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

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NATIONALIST LEADER OF EGYPT WHO TRIED TO GET MONEY AND
SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE WEST AND EAST, PLAYING THEM OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER ANGERED THE US WHEN DULLES FOUND OUT ABOUT IT

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SUEZ WAR

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NASSER SEIZED NATIONALIZED THE SUEZ CANAL AND REFUSED TO ALLOW ISRAELI
SHIPS TO USE IT, IN 1956 ISRAEL INVADED AND DEFEATED EGYPT WHILE BRITAIN AND FRANCE CAPTURED THE CANAL, BUT THE US FORCED ISRAEL, FRANCE AND BRITAIN TO LEAVE EGYPT

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HUNGARIAN UPRISING

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OCT. 1956 THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY REVOLTED AGAINST CONTROL OF THEIR NATION BY THE SOVIET UNION; USSR QUICKLY CRUSHED THE REBELLION AND THE US DID NOTHING TO HELP THE HUNGARIANS SHOWING THAT CONTAINMENT NOT ROLLBACK WAS THE US POLICY

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KHRUSHCHEV

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HE BECAME THE LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION AFTER STALIN DIED IN 1953, IN A
SPEECH HE TOLD ABOUT THE CRIMES STALIN HAD COMMITTED AND THERE WAS NOW HOPE THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST MIGHT IMPROVE

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MODERN REPUBLICANISM

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EISENHOWER'S POLICY TOWARD THE LIBERAL NEW DEAL SOCIAL
PROGRAMS, HE DID NOT CHANGE SOCIAL PROGRAMS ALREADY IN PLACE BUT PROPOSED NO NEW ONES, ACCEPTED SOME FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR AMERICANS WELL BEING

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PROSPERITY

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THE 1950'S WAS A TIME OF WEALTH WHEN THERE WERE MANY JOBS AND LITTLE
UNEMPLOYMENT AND LOW INFLATION

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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT

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TOTAL OUTPUT OF GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY A NATION IN
ONE YEAR, IN THE US IT ROSE 250% FROM 1945 TO 1960

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AFL-CIO

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LARGEST UNION THAT HAD BEEN RIVALS BUT JOINED TOGETHER INTO ONE GIANT UNION
IN 1955

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SUBURBS

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MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BEGAN MOVING TO THESE NEW AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITIES

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BABY BOOM

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PEOPLE BEGAN HAVING BABIES AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE BECAUSE TIMES WERE
PROSPEROUS AND PEOPLE HAD MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE

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HIGHWAY ACT OF 1956

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENT $32 BILLION DOLLARS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 41,000 MILES OF NEW HIGHWAYS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COMMUTE FROM SUBURBS TO THEIR JOBS IN CITIES

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LEVITTOWNS

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MASS PRODUCED SUBURBS CONTAINING 1000'S OF SMALL CHEAP HOUSES

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SILENT GENERATION

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 50'S SEEMED COMPLACENT AND DID NOT WANT TO
BETTER THE WORLD OR TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEMS OF THE NATION

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ROCK 'N' ROLL

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NEW POPULAR TEENAGE MUSIC THAT WAS A HYBRID OF BLACK BLUES, WHITE COUNTRY MUSIC AND BLACK GOSPEL, MANY ADULTS CONDEMNED IT AS IMMORAL BUT IT GAVE THE TEENAGERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION A SENSE OF COMMON IDENTITY

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ELVIS PRESLEY

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THE MOST FAMOUS ROCK STAR OF THE 50'S WHO SOLD MORE THAN A BILLION
RECORDS

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FEAR OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

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MANY ADULTS BELIEVED THAT TEEN AGE CRIME WAS ON THE
INCREASE ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE

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BEATNIKS

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POETS AND WRITERS WHO WERE CRITICS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE 1950'S

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SPUTNIK

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1957 USSR LAUNCHED THE WORLDS FIRST SPACE SATELLITE, SHOCKED THE US WHO
BELIEVED THEY WERE AHEAD OF THE SOVIET UNION IN ALL SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

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NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT

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1958 CONGRESS PASSED THIS TO GIVE A BILLION
DOLLARS TO AID EDUCATION IN SCIENCE, MATH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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TEAMSTERS

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POWERFUL UNION THAT WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF ORGANIZED CRIME (MAFIA)

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JIMMY HOFFA

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ELECTED LEADER OF THE TEAMSTERS EVEN THOUGH HE WAS KNOWN TO BE A
MAFIA ASSOCIATE

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MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

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IN EISENHOWER FAREWELL ADDRESS OF 1961 HE WARNED OF
THE DANGER OF THE FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND THE GIANT
CORP THAT BUILT WEAPONS