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commanded U.S. tanks during World War I and quickly demonstrated his skill at leading mobile fighting units. During World War II, he led U.S. troops in North Africa and Europe, sweeping rapidly across France and Germany in the closing months of the war
Fascist leader and dictator of Italy between 1922-1945. He was called Il Duce ("the leader") and established a totalitarian dictatorship that promoted extreme nationalism. During his dictatorshiip, Italy invaded Ethiopia and partnered with Germany during World War II.
leader of communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) from 1924-1953.
to place a resource under government control
he took command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Under his leadership, the U.S. forces won victories at Midway, Tarawa, Marianas, and Iwo Jima, among other places.
prime minister of Great Britain from 1937-1940. In an effort to avoid war, he signed the Munich Pact with Germany, giving Hitler control of the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia. The agreement became an infamous symbol for the failure of appeasement.
policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression
a plan that called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges, all of which were to be accessible to all of the state's citizens
President Truman's program to expand New Deal reforms
businesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods
a policy ending all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It also ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of Native Americans.
belief that only by going to the brink of war could the United States protect itself against Soviet aggression
the 1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway
military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states
government programs for redevelopment of urban areas
a series of Cold War-era secret Soviet documents intercepted and later released by U.S. intelligence officials
popular music that grew out of the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans
policy of President Eisenhower that stated that the United States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism
to allow a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators
policy in which the United States and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another