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- 1. The Truman Doctrine pledged to help any country who was fighting against this economic policy of the Soviet Union.
- 4. Name given to the treatment of Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazis.
- 8. During the 9/11 terrorist attacks, terrorists used four commercial _____________ to kill over 3,000 Americans.
- 10. Defense spending by this president in the 1980s led to a recession but also contributed to the end of the Cold War because the USSR could not keep up with the spending.
- 12. The policy of giving special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination.
- 14. The acronym of this is what the United States joined as a reaction to European nations joining the EU (European Union).
- 15. The decline in _______ values was one of the reasons the financial crisis of 2008 began- that, coupled with faulty bank loans.
- 16. Building where the Democratic National Headquarters were located that were broken into by Richard Nixon's re-election campaign workers.
- 17. The group of Americans who were forcefully put into internment camps during WWII.
- 18. One of the charges against Bill Clinton which meant he had lied under oath.
- 21. This was the state in the 2000 election which came under controversy over who its 25 electoral votes should be awarded to: Bush or Gore.
- 23. A protest method used during the Civil Rights Movement where black Americans would sit at a counter until served food.
- 24. The Brown v Board decision revered the policy of "separate but equal" which said that _________________ was ok.
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- 2. This president was responsible with policies such as DACA which protected children who were not citizens but had been brought to the US and the Affordable Healthcare Act, which expanded health insurance.
- 3. The New Right was the resurgence of the _____________ movement which got Republican Ronald Reagan elected in the 1980s.
- 5. Gerald Ford is most remembered for the ________ that he gave Richard Nixon-an official forgiveness.
- 6. Students from this country took 66 Americans hostage to protest the Shah coming to America.
- 7. Financial crisis beginning in 1929 that was one of the reasons world leaders chose to appease Hitler.
- 9. The economic phenomenon created by high inflation and high unemployment.
- 11. Mikhail ____________'s policy of perestroika and glasnosts led to the end of the Cold war.
- 13. This Asian country remained divided at the same spot it was divided before the war started in 1950.
- 19. Laws that made segregation legal.
- 20. This group of guerilla fighters in Vietnam was incredibly difficult to fight because of their ability to blend in, tunnel system, and did not control any land.
- 22. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt by the CIA to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel ____________.