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28 Cards in this Set
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Go to the brink of war while risking war to protect interests
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Brinkmanship
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List of people not to hire due to communism
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Black List
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Competition between US and Soviet Union for power and influence
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Cold War
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US policy of resistance of Soviet attempts at expanding communism
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Containment
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"Wall" of Soviet domination/oppression
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Iron Curtain
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US president during WWII
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Harry Truman
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GB leader during WWII
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Winston Churchill
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Yugoslavian revolutionary
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Josip Tito
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Soviet leader in WWII
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Joe Stalin
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Made Marshall plan to give financial aid to countries against communism
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George Marshall
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American general who led against North Korea
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Douglas Mac Arthur
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Leader of People's Republic of China
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Mao Zedong
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Democratic leader of China
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Jianq Jieshi
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American Communist, charged for passing information on atomic bomb
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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Prime Minister of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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Created brinkmanship
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John Foster Dulles
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Countries subject to Soviet domination
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Satellite nations
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US policy of containment
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Truman Doctrine
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Gave financial aid to countries
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Marshall Plan
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Military alliance with satellite nations
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Warsaw Pact
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US flew planes in west Berlin to support economy
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Berlin Airlift
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NATO
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House Un-American Activities Committee, treated people who refused to answer questions as guilty
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HUAC
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North Korea (Communist) V. South Korea (Democratic)
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Korean War
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Senator accusing people of being communists on little to no evidence
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Joseph McCarthy
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Conference about Poland and future countries
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Yalta
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FDR advisor accused and committed of communism
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Hiss-Chambers
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Ask congress to authorize to use military force in any middle eastern country asking for help
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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