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  1. 2. he played for the Dodgers. He was the first black player to join a professional, white team. He became Rookie of the Year in 1949.
  2. 3. this is the name used to describe the widespread fear of communism. This followed World War II.
  3. 4. he was a general and was put in charge of the UN military forces. He was part of the men contributed from the US.
  4. 7. was used to maintain peace. The United Nations includes three major agencies. The members meet up, annually, where nations can express views and concerns.
  5. 9. took office after Roosevelt died. He wasn’t prepared to become president and was only a high school graduate. He was also elected county judge and then in 1934, he won a US Senate seat.
  6. 10. these were home loans to ease families from military life to civil life. These loans came with no down payment requirements and lower interest rates.
  7. 13. paid for soldiers to go to school after the war
  8. 14. he overthrew the Cuban director Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar. He created a communist state only 90 miles from Florida. Nationalized foreign-owned property and signed a trade agreement with the Soviet Union.
  9. 15. where suburban housing started. This was post war and these houses were only available to white and blue collared families.
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  1. 1. this was a couple that were spies for the Soviet. They used Julius’ brother to get information about the atomic bomb, which helped the Russians develop atomic weapons. They were later on caught and went to trial. They were sentenced to death and were killed in the electric chair.
  2. 5. Kennedy was demanding removal of the existence of missile sites under construction. Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba.
  3. 6. this is where Korea had been divided. It was split between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea.
  4. 8. this is where the US and the Soviet Union were in a period of tension which was mostly military conflict.
  5. 11. took office after Truman. Truman didn’t want to run again because of the Korean War, so Eisenhower became president. He served two years and worked with John Kennedy.
  6. 12. the time period where there was a massive rise in birth rates. from 1945 to 1960, America's population increased 30%.