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315591275Khrushchev and Eisenhower's more relaxed policy toward each otherPeaceful coexistence0
315591276Democratic Presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956Stevenson1
315591277The Soviet's were the first to put this satellite into outer spaceSputnik2
315591278Iran's prime minister who was ousted by covert operationsMossedegh3
315591279CIA agent who led Operation AjaxRoosevelt (Kermit)4
315591280Threatening to use all force necessary to deter your enemyMassive retaliation5
315591281In 1954 the US overthrew the leader of this countryGuatemala6
315591282Eisenhower's Vice PresidentNixon7
315591283Leader who the United States had a close relationship with in IranShah8
315591284Agency created to keep up with he USSR in the Space RaceNASA9
315591285Eisenhower's containment program that cut defense spending on conventional weaponsnew look10
315591286the US military budget increased by this much due to the Korean War40 billion11
315591287these type of drills took place in the united statesduck and cover12
315591288The Vanguared was the United State's first..satellite (failed)13
315591289Yuri Gargarin was....the first person in space14
315591290Eisenhower was...the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe15
315591291Eisenhower was the ...republican candidate16
315591292New look program was supposed to...maintain the vitality of the United States, deter enemy's with the threat of nuclear war, using the CIA to carry out covert actions, and to strengthen ties with the allies17
315591293Massive retaliation was also known asBrinkmanship18
315591294ArbenzLeader of Guatemala19
315591295Eisenhower's secretary of stateJosh Foster Dulles20
315591296New head of the Soviet UnionNikita Khrushchev21
315591297placing under government controlnationalized22
315591298Eisenhower DoctrinePolicy of president Eisenhower that stated that the united states would use force to help any nation threatened by communism23
315591299demobilizationsending home members of the army24
315591300GI bill of rightseased the return of world war II veterans by providing education and employment aid25
315591301Taft-Hartley Acta law that restricted the power of labor unions26
315591302Interstate Highway actauthorized funds to build 41,000 miles of highway consisting of multi-lane expressways that would connect the nation's major cities.27
315591303franchise businessesallows a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators28
315591304multinational corporationcompanies that produce and sell their goods and services all over the world29
315591305California master plancalled for three tiers of higher education, all of which were to be accessible to all of the state's citizens30
315591306median family incomeaverage family income31
315591307consumerismlarge scale buying, much of it on credit32
315591308nuclear familyideal or typical household with a father, mother, and children33
315591309beatnikssmall group of american writers and artists that critiqued american society34
315591310urban renewalgovernment programs for redevelopment of urban areas35
315591311termination policyended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; also ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of Native Americans36

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