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Minority
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smaller part of a group
latins and african americans are mionorities in the mostly white U.S.A |
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Militarism
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glorification of armed strength
germany's tendency of militarism caused them to build millions of tanks and recruit many soldiers |
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Draft
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A government selection for required military service
most men felt they were forced into their military service by being drafted |
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Diplomat
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a person who represents his/her government in relations with other governments
a diplomat for spain would need to speak spanish to translate |
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alliance
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an agreement between countries groups or people to work together
roman leaders formed an alliance with cleopatra over the birth of children |
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mobilize
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to organize recourses for combat
usa mobilizes oil and metal for our vast army |
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arms race
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a rivalry among nations to gain the greatest military power
during the cold war usa and russia has a non violent arms race |
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statesmen
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person skilled in carrying out public or national affairs
statesman are usually great public speakers |
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Mao Zedong
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leader of communist China in Northern China
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Jiang Jieshi
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Nationalist China is in Southern China
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Commune
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In communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together
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Red Guards
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Militia units by Young Chinese people in 1966 in response to Mao Zedong's call for social and cultural revolution
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38th parallel
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line that crosses korea at 38 degrees north latitude
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douglas macarthur
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general
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ho chi minh
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young vietnamese nationalist
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domino theory
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the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
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ngo dinh diem
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anti-communist government under the leader
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vietcong
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group of communist guerrillas who with the help of north vietnam, fought against the south vietnamese government in the vietnam war
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Vietnamization
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president richard nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the vietnam war involving a gradual with drawl of american troops and replacement of them with south vietnamese forces
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Became the dominant soviet leader after Stalin died
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Leonid Brezhnev
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Replacement leader instead of Khrushchev
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John F. Kennedy
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United States president during cuban missile crisis
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Lyndon Johnson
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President after Kennedy was assassinated. Wanted to stop the spread of communism
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Detente
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Policy of lessening cold war tensions
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Richard M. Nixon
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Replaced brinkmanship under Nixon
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SALT
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Five year treaty agreement to have limited missiles of what each country should have (Strategic Arms Limitation agreement)
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Ronald Reagan
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Anti- communist U.S. president
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