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- asian nato member. the united states withdrew its nuclear weapons from this country to end the cuban missle crisis
- globally centered groups that try to solve world problems
- the general increase in the prices of goods and services over time, reducing the purchasing power of currency
- the death and destruction of six-million jews and five million other people by the nazis during world war two
- theory that if one country uses nuclear weapons then other countries will use them, effectively ending the world as we know it
- marked the end of direct american involvement in the vietnam war, following the signing of teh paris peace accords. south vietnam would later lose the war and vietnam is communist to this day
- individuals or policies advocating for social and economic equality, government intervention in the economy, and progressive societal values
- actions by a central bank to control the money supply and interest rates, influencing economic activity by managing inflation, employment, and overall economic stability
- military alliance between countries in eastern eurppe and the soviet union
- a series of nonviolent protests initiated by african american college students at a woolworth's lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, challenging racial segregation and inspiring similar actions across the southern united states during the civil rights movement
- assassinated on april 4, 1968, in memphis, tennessee, when he was fatally shot on the balcony of the lorraine motel, an event that had a profound impact on the civil rights movement in the united states
- naval base in hawaii attacked by japanese aircraft on december 7, 1941. the sinking of much of the united states pacific fleet brought the united states into world war two
- given to the united states by spain as a payment for the cost of the spanish american war
- belief that if one country becomes communist its neighbors would also become communist
- significantly more powerful than past weapons. first used in hiroshima
- vastly more powerful than atomic bombs. capable of destroying entire cities and permanently irradiating countries
- purchased by the united states from russia in 1867 for $7.2 million. significant because it removed foreign powers from the continent
- the scene of the last great united states amphibious campaign in world war two. it showed that the japanese would "fight to the death"
- the first city to face nuclear attacks during world war two
- site of allied invasion of occupied france, the turning point in world war two