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18 Cards in this Set
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Nuremberg
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Where Hitler staged mass rallies in the 1930s.
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Cold War
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A state of terrorism and hostility between nations aligned with the United States on one side and the Soviet Union on the other.
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Truman Doctrine
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An idea of containment, limiting communism to the area under the soviet union.
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Marshall Plan
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A United States aid package offered to European countries to help rebuild war cities.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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A military alliance between countries created in 1949.
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Warsaw Pact
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Soviet Union alliance with Eastern Europe.
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Superpowers
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Nations stronger than others.
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Anti-Ballistic Missiles (ABMs)
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Missiles that could down another hostile country's missile.
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Fidel Castro
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Leader of the organization that rebelled against Cuba's corrupt dictatorship.
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Ideology
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Spreading of valued system or beliefs
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Nikita Khrushchev
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New Soviet leader after Stalin's death.
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Containment
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A strategy of containing communism.
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Recession
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A period when the economy shrinks.
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Suburbanization
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Movement outside of urban core.
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Segregation
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Forced separation.
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Discrimination
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Unequal treatment.
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Konrad Adenauer
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West Germany's chancellor from 1949-1963.
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European Community
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Organization dedicated to free trade among members nations.
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