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37 Cards in this Set
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What was the cold war
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a period of intense competition between the US and the SOviet Union
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5 most important things from the cold war
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Other contires fighintg
space race arms race sports alliances |
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Marshall plan
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free economic help for anyone suffering AFTER WWII
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Truman Doctrine
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Any country fighting Communism will recieve unlimited weapons, supplies, soldiers etc... from the USA
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What was the "capital" of the cold war?
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Berlin
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who was Khrushshev?
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the hangman of the Ukraine
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what was the Berlin Blockade
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(Stalin was the leader) he blockaded railroads and highways going into West Berlin
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who was the president during the burlin blockade and how did they respond to it?
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Truman. Mobilzed troops. THEN, Churchill (brits leader) says we'll fly in the stuff they need! it works.
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Who started building the Berlin wall?
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Khrushev
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who was willie Brandt?
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prime minister of w. germany. gets contreis to recognize existance
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Who was Michael Gorbachev?
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leader of the Soviets who ended communism
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Who was Kohl?
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Soviet leader, encouraged destruction of the wall
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Who was Chiang Kai-Shek?
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Chinease president (wanted Democracy) therefor we liked him
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Who was Mao Tse Tung?
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Guy who overthrows Chiang Kai-Shek
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where was Korea divided?
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38 degree
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what was the security council?
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15 countries (5 perminant) who decide waht contries can and can NOT do
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what was the defense perimeter?
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Truman was president
and it was the perimeter he drew that told where we could take how troops |
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Who is elected after Truman?
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Eisenhower (during Korean war stalemate)
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Why didn't China and Soviet Untion join?
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China wanted war
Soviet Union wanted to prove communism was better (with out war) |
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who succeded Mao Tse TUng?
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Chou-en la
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Nixon made freinds with _____
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China
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What was the Tanaman Square Massacare?
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chinease massacared their protestors, strained our relationship
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What was containment?
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keep Communism where it's at
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What is Deterence?
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peace through nuclear weapons!
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what was the Suez crisis of 1956?
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Brits and French make Suez canal. Naser (president of Egpyt) attacks it because us nor soviets would help him grow the soil near the nile. Brits retake it(without us help). SO, soviets help egypt
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what was NATO?
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france brits etcc united
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warsaw pact
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soviet unions "naot"
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what is first strike capability?
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being able to shoot and destroy ur enemy b4 they can fire theirs
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Who is Batista?
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leader of Cuba we liked (because he was a capitalist
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Who overthrew batista?
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castro
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Who started the bay of pigs invasion?
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eisinhower
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what was the bay of pigs invasion?
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we would train 10,000 cubans
we would bomb bay of pigs |
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who is elected after eisinhower?
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JFK
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What did JFK do with the bay of pigs?
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pressured into keeping it going. castro destroys his army
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how do we discover nukes in cuba?
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our U-2 takes pictures
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who shows the pictures?
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our UN rep Stevenson
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what was the iran/contra scandel?
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reagon was our president.
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