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46 Cards in this Set
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Potsdam Conference
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A conference held in to decide how to handle postwar Germany.
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Zaibuatsu
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Huge corporations run by single families that had monopalized the Japanese economy.
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Nuremberg Trials
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Trials over german war crimes that took place in Nuremberg Trials.
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Hideki Tojo
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Hideki Tojo
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United Nations
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An organization of countries that was used for world peace.
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Trygve Lie
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The first attorney general of the united nations.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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One of the first delegates to the U.N.
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Zionism
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The movement seeking a jewish homeland in palestine.
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David Ben-Gurion
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Zionist leader in the 1900's.
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Ralph Bunche
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A US diplomat and mediator to the UN.
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Cold War
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A non-conflict involved war between us and Communist Russia that lasted roughly 50 year.
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Satellite Nation
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Countries under a different countries control.
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George Kennan
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A state department official and expert on communism for the US.
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Containment
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The idea of restricting the movement of communism.
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Baruch Plan
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A plan to police the use of atomic weaponry in countries of the UN.
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Atomic Energy Act
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It created a commission to oversee nuclear weapon research overseas.
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Truman Doctrine
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A statement made by Truman to congress of the importance of having the land of the Mediterranean.
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George C. Marshall
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Creator of the Marshall plan that was key in the recovery of Europe.
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Marshall Plan
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A plan that was key in the recovery of Europe.
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The Berlin Airlift
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The lifeline to the malnourished side of Germany controlled by Russia.
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Leader of the Nationalist party against communism in China.
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of the communist party in China.
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Kim II Sung
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Leader of communist North Korea.
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Syngman Rhee
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Leader of the republic of Korea or South Korea
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Douglas MacArthur
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The Armies far east commander.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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President elected in 1952 who was a general in WW2
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Brinkmanship
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The idea of retaliation of a country including the use of nuclear weapons.
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Central Intelligence Agency
Agency involved in gathering strategic information against Russia. |
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National Security Council
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A council to advise the president in strategic matters.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
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Made to discover fascist groups in America.
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Hollyood Ten
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Group of hollywood directors and writers that went to jail by not answering questions about them and communism.
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Alger hiss
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Communist Spy.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenburg.
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Accused of selling atomic secrets to the Russians.
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Internal Security act
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Required communists to register in the US.
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Joseph McCarthy
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A US senator from Wisconsin.
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Joseph McCarthy
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A US senator from Wisconsin.
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Margaret Chase Smith
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Challenged Joseph McCarthy.
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Billy Graham
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Evangelist that asked americans to turn to god because of possible nuclear war.
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Sputnick
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The first artificial satellite.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Administration in charge of space sciences in America.
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National Defense Education Act.
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Improved the education of science mathematics and foreign languages.
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Adolf Eichman
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An architect of the jewish extermination program that escaped war crime trials.
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Warsaw Pact
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An alliance between Russia and other nations.
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Niikita Khrushchev
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Soviet leader in 1965.
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U-2 incident
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Spy planes in Russia caused friction between the countries.
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