History of America 1945-1975 - The Superpower

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Political Developments: The Position of the USA at the end of WWII
What international organisatisati...,
Which financial system was create...,
What did the bretton woods system...
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Political Developments: Truman as President and the Fair Deal
What caused truman to become pres...,
When did franklin roosevelt die t...,
Which election did harry truman r...
32  cards
Political Developments: Issues faced by Truman - McCarthyism
What year did mccarthy make his c...,
What did mccarthy say in his clai...,
What was the reality with communi...
24  cards
Political Developments: Domestic The 1952 and 1956 Elections and Domestic Policies under Eisenhower
Who won the 1952 presidential ele...,
What political party was eisenhow...,
What form of media did eisenhower...
18  cards
Political Developments: The 1960 Election
Who was the democrat candidate in...,
Who was the republican candidate ...,
What year had nixon handled talks...
21  cards
Political Developments: The New Frontier and limits to Kennedy's Power
What was the brains trust that ke...,
What was the purpose of the brain...,
Which person related to kennedy d...
33  cards
Political Developments: The 1964 Election and the Great Society
Who was kennedy s vice president 1,
Which commission was made to inve...,
When was kennedy assassinated to ...
62  cards
Political Developments: The 1968 Election
What event happened towards the s...,
What was shown on american tv wit...,
What percentage of us news covera...
34  cards
Political Developments: Domestic Policies passed by Nixon
Which group of people was nixon t...,
What idea did nixon create with h...,
What was the aim of new federalism 3
67  cards
Political Developments: The Timeline of The Watergate Scandal
What did nixon install into the w...,
What was the purpose of the 1971 ...,
When were the pentagon papers pub...
37  cards
Political Developments: How Ford became President and his Domestic actions until 1975
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Foreign Developments: The origins of the Containment Policy and the Marshall Plan
What did the yalta axioms believe...,
Which group of axioms had been ob...,
Why did the riga axioms feel that...
26  cards
Foreign Developments: The Berlin Airlift and NATO
How many months did the berlin ai...,
What year did the berlin airlift ...,
Why did the berlin airlift happen 3
18  cards
Foreign Developments: The role of the USA and USSR furthering Cold War Tensions in the 1950s up to 1968
Which nation close to the ussr di...,
What gap existed in terms of weap...,
Which western propaganda radio st...
36  cards
Foreign Developments: Post-WWII situation with Japan and involvement with China
After world war ii what year did ...,
What did the usa do in japan with...,
What was the situation with japan...
15  cards
Foreign Developments: Containment Policy in Korea
What happened to korea after wwii 1,
Which zone of korea was put under...,
Which zone of korea was put under...
18  cards
Foreign Developments: Military in the 1950s, The Berlin Wall and Cuba
What was the situation for americ...,
What year did the ussr successful...,
What year did the usa make their ...
42  cards
Foreign Developments: The Situation in Vietnam up to 1956
Which country had control over lo...,
What was the name of vietnam befo...,
What happened in vietnam in 1946 3
15  cards
Foreign Developments: Developments in Vietnam under Kennedy
Between what years did kennedy do...,
Which part of vietnam was suppose...,
Which part of vietnam was communi...
11  cards
Foreign Developments: Developments in the Vietnam War under Johnson
What year had kennedy started sen...,
How many military advisors were i...,
What had happened to the leader o...
65  cards
Foreign Developments: Developments in the Vietnam War under Nixon
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Foreign Developments: The Cost of the Vietnam War
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Foreign Developments: Nixon and China and the New World Order
0  cards
Foreign Developments: Developments under Ford
0  cards
Social Developments: Anti Vietnam War sentiment in the USA
What percentage of american citiz...,
When was the tet offensive to the...,
What did the tet offensive show a...
18  cards
Social Developments: Social Developments under Nixon
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Social Developments: Consumerism in the late 1940s and 1950s
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Social Developments: The imapct of the Media on the USA from 1945 to 1975
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Social Developments: The impact of McCarthyism on US Society
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Social Developments: Situation for Mexican-Americans and Native Americans
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Social Developments: Changes in the South
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Social Developments: The situation for Hispanics
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Social Developments: Developments for Homosexuals in the USA
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Social Developments: Developments for Women and Young people from 1945-75
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Social Developments: The New Left
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Social Developments: President Kennedy and Civil Rights
Who was a prominent civil rights ...,
What did kennedy do with the supr...,
Why was kennedy cautious of bring...
15  cards
Social Developments: Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights
What was the result for kennedy w...,
Why was johnson able to be more d...,
What were some southern democrats...
16  cards
Social Developments: Developments for African Americans from 1945-75 1
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Social Developments: Developments for African Americans from 1945-75 2
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Social Developments: Developments for African Americans from 1945-75 3
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Economic Developments: The Economy in the late 1940s and 1950s
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Economic Developments: The Economy in the 1960s
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Economic Developments: The Economy from 1968 to 1973
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