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42 Cards in this Set
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Potsdam Conference
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This was a meeting between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union regarding postwar Europe.
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Iron Curtain
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This was Eastern Europe under the control of the Soviet Union.
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NATO
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was designed to protect Europe
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1948 Election
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Truman surprisingly won this election
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Douglas MacArthur
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He was in command during the Korean War but was relieved afterwards.
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"Self Determination"
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A country and its people can choose what government they wanted.
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Lend Lease Aid
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The United States withheld aid for the Soviet Union after the war.
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Taft Hartley Act
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This tried to correct the imbalance in labor-management relations.
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McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy
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He was a senator that hunted communists in the government
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Adlai Stevenson
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He ran but lost in the election of 1952.
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CIA
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It is a agency that collects secretive information. It overthrew the governments in Iran, Guatemala, and Lebanon.
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Sputnik
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This was the first satellite in space and was Soviet made
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Francis Gary Powers
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He was the pilot of a U-2 spy plane that was shot down over Russia. This caused tension between the US and the Soviet Union
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ICMB's
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The Soviet Union had a monopoly on these missiles.
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Bernard Baruch
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He developed the plan that would preserve America's monopoly on nuclear weapons
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George Marshall
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He was the Secretary of State that developed the Marshall Plan
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Dean Acheson
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He wanted the United States to take over as the supreme arbiter of world affairs.
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George Kennan
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He was the ambassador to Russia
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Andrei Gromyko
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He was the Foreign Minister for the Soviet Union
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Chiang Kai-Sheik
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He was the American favored leader of China.
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Mao Tse-Tung
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He was the Soviet sponsored leader of China
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Ho Chi Minh
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He became the leader of North Vietnam from a revolution.
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Vietminh
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These were Minhs troops that led the revolution
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Nikita Khrushchev
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He became the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death.
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NSC-68
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This increased the United States' defense
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National Security Council
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This was created to maintain the American defense
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National Security Act 1947
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This created the Air Force and put in a intelligence community
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containment
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This idea was created to hold the Soviet Union in check.
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Marshall Plan
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This gave massive aid to postwar Europe
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Suez Canal
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The French and British battled the Egyptians over this canal
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Gamal Nasser
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He was the leader of Egypt at the time of the Suez Canal controversy
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Alger Hiss
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He was convicted of being a Soviet spy
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Truman Doctrine
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Truman gave aid to Greece and Turkey
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Berlin Airlift
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This was the aid to West Berlin
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Kim Il-Sung
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He was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War
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38th Parallel
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This is the boundary between South Korea and North Korea
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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They were executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
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Klaus Fuchs
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He was a German that worked on the Manhattan Project and passed secrets to the Soviet Union
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Election of 1952
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Eisenhower beat Stevenson in this election
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Military Industrial Complex
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It is the relationship between the government, the military, and its industries.
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Council of Economic Advisers
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This group of three people advise the president on economic policies
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John Foster Dulles
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He was the Secretary of State under Eisenhower.
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