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Also called "dynamic conservatism," President Eisenhower's domestic agenda advocated conservative spending approaches without drastically cutting back New Deal social programs.
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The last leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev adopted policies of glastnost (political liberalization) and7 zstroika (economic reform).
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A massive foreign aid program to Western Europe of $17 billion over four years, beginning in 1948. Named after Secretary of State George Marshall, the program restored economic prosperity to the region and stabilized its system of democracy and capitalism.
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Musical style based on improvisation within a band format, combining African traditions of repetition, call and response, and strong beat with European structure.
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Point Fourteen of Wilson's Fourteen Points, the proposal to establish an international organization to guarantee the territorial integrity of independent nations.
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A secret organization founded in the southern states during Reconstruction to terrorize and intimidate former slaves and prevent them from voting or holding public office. Officially disbanded in 1869, a second anti black, anti Catholic, and anti Semitic Klan emerged in 1915 that aimed to preserve "Americanism. "
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A current of Protestant Christianity emphasizing personal conversion, repentance of sin, and the authority of Scripture.
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The central banking system of the United States, established with passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, charged with the responsibility of managing the country's money supply through such means as lowering or raising interest rates. A presidentially appointed board of seven members (the Federal Reserve Board) oversees the twelve regional banks of the Federal Reserve System.
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Soviet premier in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his violent purges of intenal political enemies and his suspicion of Western leaders, an ideology guided by two major German invasions into Russia.
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