Hint
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Answer
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The number of US military deaths in WW2
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400,000
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The top secret security policy document that suggested an increase in defence spending in order to carry out the policy of containment
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NSC-68
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Who was elected as leader of South Korea?
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Syngman Rhee
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The Marshall Plan gave $__ billion to european countries to rebuild
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17
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African Americans made up around __ % of the population of the USA
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10
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British economist whose economic policy inspired much of the democrat economic policies
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John Maynard Keynes
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This act of 1952 made it easier to migrate from Asia to the USA
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Immigration and Nationality Act
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The Morgan v Virginia ruled that segregation on what?
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Interstate buses
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Inflation rate in 1945\46 was __%
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25
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What was the headline of the Chicago Tribune that was a famous wrong prediction?
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Dewey Defeats Truman
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The Korean war cost __% of the US GDP
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14
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The house Un-American Activities Committee was formed to monitor what?
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Extremist groups
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By 1945, the USA had __ % of the worlds income
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42
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Date that the Berlin blockade was installed
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25th March 1948
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18 of the 32 presidents prior to Truman had come from the _____ _______ states
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North Eastern
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Scheme set up by Roosevelt that aimed to help returning soldiers but didn't apply to African Americans
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GI bill
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Of the 12 million soldiers returning, how many were initially demobalised?
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9 million
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When was the first successful nuclear test in the soviet union?
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August 1949
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Truman asked for $___ million assistance for Greece and Turkey
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400
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__ million tones of supplies flown in during the 324 day Berlin airlift
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1.5
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What were the 2 main civil rights groups in Truman's presidancy?
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NAACP/CORE
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Instead of supporting Vietnamese independance, Truman supported the ______ empire
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French
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The Smith v Allwright case ruled African Americans in Texas to vote in what?
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Primaries
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Sales of ____ increased from 2.1 million to 7.9 million in 9 years as a result of the baby boom
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Cars
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By 1950, how much had unemployment risen by?
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5%
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George Kennan's letter to US secretary of state James Byrnes that inspired the Truman Doctrine was the ____ ________
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Long Telegram
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Country whose fall to Communism inspired congress to pass the Marshall Plan
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Czechoslovakia
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What campaign did explicitly linked victory over the Nazis to Racism at home?
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Double V
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The US banned communists from government posts in _____
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Japan
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What was the name of the report released by the presidents commitee on civil rights which was a scathing attack on all forms discriminaton?
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To secure these rights
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