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49 Cards in this Set
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In the 1940's and 1950's, what did the region described as being "behind the iron curtain" include? |
Soviet Union and satellite nations |
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What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine? |
To support countries that rejected communism |
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What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO? |
Warsaw Pact |
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Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after WWII? |
nationalists and and Communists |
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During the Cultural Revolution, who were the "new heroes" of China? |
Peasants |
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When did Chines troops enter the war in Korea? |
when fighting neared China's border |
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What idea was the major justification for the US foreign policy during the Cold War era? |
Domino Theory |
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What were Third World Countries? |
Developing countries not aligned with the US or the Soviet Union |
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Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran? |
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini |
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What was the Strategic Defense Initiative? |
A system to protect the US against enemy missiles. |
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Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan? |
Any European country that needed it. |
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What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin? |
A reunification of the three western zones of Germany |
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What event increased US spending on education and technology? |
Soviets launching of a space satellite. |
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Which leader won China's civil war, and what name did he give to the country? |
Mao Zedong - People's Republic of China |
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What economic system was used to reshape Chin's economy after the civil war? |
Communism |
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During the Korean War, what did President Truman and Douglas MacArthur disagree strongly about? |
the use of nuclear weapons |
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Who were most of the Vietcong? |
pro-communist Sourth Vietnamese |
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Why did the United States shift from a policy of brinkmanship to detente? |
The country needed to heal its internal conflicts over vietnam. |
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How did the Cold War cause a change in US policy toward Nicaragua? |
The US gave aid to Sandinistas but withdrew support when the Sandinistas aided Marxist rebels in El Salvador. |
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Which of the following circumstances contributed to the breakdown of the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union? |
Stalin's unfulfilled promise of free elections. |
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What statement did Joseph Stalin make shortly after President Truman's succession? |
He said that communism and capitalism could not exist in the same world. |
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What were the long-term effects of the Cultural Revolution? |
Widespread chaos that closed down factories and threatened farm production. |
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Which of the following worked together to produce similar goals? |
detente and brinkmanship |
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What action did General MacArthur take during the Korean War that immediately led to his discharge? |
attempted to use the press and Congress to go over the president's head. |
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How died the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis? |
Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War and asked Khrushchev to intervene. |
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What was the primary goal for the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan? |
to reestablish the Communist regime in Afghanistan. |
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The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow.... |
Fidel Castro |
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The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in... |
Cuba
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Daniel Ortega was |
a Sandinista leader in Nicaragua |
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Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans for over a year in... |
Iran |
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In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded.... |
Afghanistan |
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The goal of the Soviet policy known as destalinization was to.... |
purge the country of Stalin's memory |
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The Cuban missile crisis pitted Soviet leader Nkita Khrushchev against President.... |
John F. Kennedy |
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J. Kennedy's immediate successor as President was... |
Lyndon Johnson |
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In the summer of 1968, forces from Warsaw Pact nations invaded.... |
Czechoslovakia |
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The policy of detente was mainly intended to.... |
reduce Cold War tensions |
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The Strategic Defense Initiative program was backed by.... |
Ronald Reagan |
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The first American president to visit Communist China was... |
Richard Nixon |
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Alliance between the US, Canada and ten Western European nations. |
NATO |
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The name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence. |
Containment |
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Term used by Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe. |
iron curtain |
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Name of the first Satellite to be launched into space by any country. |
Sputnik I |
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Alliance between the Soviet Union and it's Eastern European allies. |
Warsaw Pact |
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Organization of nations setup after WWII, including both super powers. |
United Nations |
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Alliance to which E. Germany belonged but W. Germany did not |
Warsaw Pact |
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Policy of demonstrating willingness to engage in a war to protect national interests. |
brinkmanship |
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economic aid package designed to give European nations the aid needed to rebuild after WWII. |
Marshall Plan |
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This names a dispute between the Soviet Union and the US that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane. |
U2 incident |
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Involved dividing Germany into sections controlled by the Soviet Union and the Western powers. |
Yalta agreement |
