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IRON CURTAIN
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Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989. On either side of the Iron Curtain, states developed their own international economic and military alliances. eastern and western europe
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GEORGE F KEENAN
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was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War.
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HARRY S TRUMAN
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President after Roosevelt, bc VP and Roosevelt died
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BUFFER ZONE
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Soviets wanted buffer zone, Eastern Europe under their control, so they do not get attacked again
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STALIN
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Communist, first with Hitler, than switched sides, to make sure they wouldnt be taken over by Germany. soviet union politician and leader during WWII. Joined the allies during war
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CAPITALIST ENCIRCLEMENT
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means that here is one country, the Soviet Union, which has established the socialist order on its own territory and besides this there are many countries, bourgeois countries, which continue to carry on a capitalist mode of life and which surround the Soviet Union, waiting for an opportunity to attack it, break it, or at any rate to undermine its power and weaken it.
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BERLIN AIRLIFT
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airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.
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COLD WAR MINDSET
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anti communism, must be contained, internally snooping out bad guys, must be leader of free world
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The two powers in Cold War
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US and Su
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The truman Doctrine
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He gave a speech, Stalin could no be trusted Us had a responsibility to provide leadership to the world, putting in place cthe policy of containment. Asked the US to understand we had to aide Greece and turkey in their fight against communism
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Marshall plan
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• Wanted to give Europe lots of money to help them et back on their feet.
• Western European economy began to get back on their feet. o Not just altruistic o They needed to buy things from the US if we give you money. • Tool of the cold war, indirectly made it worse. o SU sees US helping Europe as more capitalism hostile towards them o SU clamped down on western Europe o Iron curtain |
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NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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a pledge of mjutual defense against any future Soviet attacks, west Germany joined later.
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Imperialism
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the creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination
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TOTALITARIANISM
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aggressive, ideologicaly driven states that sougth to subdue all of civil society, including churches, unions and other associations to their control. no room for individual rights
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The FAIR DEAL
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trumans program focused on improving the social safety net and rasing the standard of living of ameircans. reviving the New deal. Increased min wage etc,
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The spy trails
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legal casses where people were accused of communism, Alger hiss case, holly wood 10. Rosenberg and wife for tresaon execution.
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McCarthy
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announced he had a list of communistts working for the State department. self promotion.
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