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Cold War
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The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that devceloped between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
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Marshall Plan
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Approved in 1948, the United States gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe after World War II.
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Bay of Pigs
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1961, when the revolution of 1959 put Cub in power.
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William Levitt
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Built Levittown.
Used the assembly line technique to build houses quickly, cheaply and efficiently. |
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Vietcong
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Peasants who fought against communism and Ho Chi Minh.
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Pentagon
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Papers that showed that four previous presidential administrations had not been honest with the public about U.S. involvement and goals in Vietnam.
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Napalm
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A jellied gasoline that burns violently.
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