Contemporary american history

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  1. 3. Flexible policy, involving a willingness to negotiate and an easing of tensions, was adopted by President Richard Nixon and his adviser Henry Kissinger in their dealings with communist nations
  2. 5. Concrete wall that separated East Berlin and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, was built by the communist east Germany gov. To prevent its citizens from going to the west
  3. 9. Region of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the '30s
  4. 11. A conflict between North and South Korea from 1950-1953. America fought with South Korea and China with North Korea
  5. 12. Secret organization that's used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in southern states after the civil war
  6. 15. 327-day operation in which US and Britain's planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948
  7. 16. Name was given to June 6, 1944- the day on which allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during world war 2
  8. 17. The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 60s seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love, and individual freedom
  9. 18. Crow Laws Laws enacted by the southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities
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  1. 1. One of the civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 60s to challenge segregation
  2. 2. The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace
  3. 4. From the German word meaning "lightning war", a sudden, massive attack with combined air and ground forces, intended to achieve a quick victory
  4. 6. President FDR's program to alleviate problems of the Great Depression; relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform
  5. 7. Purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest
  6. 8. An economic and political system based on one party gov. And state ownership of property
  7. 10. Blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence - especially the efforts of the US to block the spread of Soviet influence during the late 1940s and early 50s
  8. 13. Time period of 1929-1940 when the US economy was in severe downfall and millions of Americans were unemployed
  9. 14. US program to develop the atomic bomb during WW2