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2353005313Modern RepublicanismDwight D. Eisenhower's domestic policy. It called for reduced taxes, balanced budgets, a decrease in government control over the economy, and the return of some federal responsibilities to the states.0
2353005314John Foster DullesServed as US secretary of state for Eisenhower. He advocated for an aggressive stand against communism during the Cold War. He was a pioneer of brinkmanship and massive retaliation.1
2353006201Massive Retaliation2
2353006830Ho Chi Minh3
2353007709SEATO (South East Asia Treaty)4
2353007710Eisenhower Doctrine5
2353008353"Open-skies Crisis"6
2353008354Hungarian Revolt7
2353009165Civil Rights Act 19578
2353009166Civil Rights Act 19609
2353009167Sit- in movement10
2353010316David Riesman, The Lonely Crowd11
2353010317Beatniks12
2353010318Highway Act 195613
2353011397"Brinkmanship"14
2353011398Geneva Conference15
2353011899Domino Theory16
2353011900Suez Canal Crisis 195617
2353015437OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)18
2353015438Nikita Khrushchev19
2353016106Warsaw Pact20
2353016592SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference21
2353017389SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee22
2353017835John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society23

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