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"We were taught our armies were always invincible..." until:
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Vietnam
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Kennedy decided to quarantine Cuba during _____ which _______.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis; Forced the Soviets to remove their nuclear missiles.
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The purpose of the Marshall Plan was:
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To aid the economic recovery of post-war Europe.
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The Tet Offensive
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Showed that there was no clear end to the Vietnam conflict and US public opinion began to turn against the war more.
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Eisenhower warned about:
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The growth of the military industrial complex and the threat of defense contractors on Congress.
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The growing national debt in the 1900s was a result of:
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Reaganomics.
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Ronald Reagan's economic policy, trickle down/supply side/Reaganomics, was:
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Based on the idea of cutting taxes to stimulate investment which would in turn increase.
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____ sought to remove the roadblocks that had slowed the economy by cutting restrictions on banks etc.
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Reagan
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One of the fundamental pillars of Reaganomics that would lead to trickling down:
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Cutting down taxes on the wealthy
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___ had economic views that paralleled those of Reagan
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Calvin Coolidge.
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A scandal that involved Nixon's coverup of illegal activities
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Watergate
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_____ sought to preserve the foreign policy of collective security by involving the US in the 1st Gulf War.
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George H. W. Bush
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During _____'s presidency, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile crisis, and the demolition of the Berlin Wall occurred.
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JFK
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The loss of faith of African Americans in the non-violent civil rights movement led to a shift in tactics by ____
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Stone CarMichael.
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LBJ's Great Society targeted:
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Poverty Issues.
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