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1 Four Main Themes Cold War A Confident Nation Consumerism Civil Rights Movement Was it a time of “happy days or anxiety, alienation, and social unrest”?

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5 Total cost of the World War II education program was $14.5 billion.

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9 The Donna Reed Show 1958-1966 Leave It to Beaver 1957-1963 The Ozzie & Harriet Show 1952-1966 Father Knows Best 1954-1958

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24 Harry Truman adopts the policy in 1946

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34 Alger Hiss Whittaker ChambersRichard Nixon

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41 The United States provided aid to noncommunist South Korea. North Korea South Korea

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44 During the winter of 1950 and 1951, communist forces pushed UN troops to the 37 th parallel.

45 Changing Policy The U.S. now faced the possibility of all- out war against the world’s most populous nation. MacArthur favored invading China to win a total victory. Truman refused. He favored a limited war to help stabilize South Korea. Truman fires General MacArthur when he advises Truman he would use nuclear weapons against the Chinese

46 By the spring of 1951, UN forces secured their position near the 38 th parallel, and a tense stalemate began.

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