Cold War

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Yalta Conference

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Allied Powers had decided to divide Germany into four occupation zones

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Postdam Conference

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The Big 5 confirmed that Berlin would be divided into 4 zones. The United Nations was created. Germany would pay some reparations.

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George Kennan

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created the American containment policy

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Containment Policy

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the postwar policy based on the premise that the Soviet Union was an aggressive and hostile power whose further aggression around the world must be stopped by the United States

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Marshall Plan

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assist ravaged nations with aid, and provide the US with needed markets

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Truman Doctrine

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first major application of the containment policy.

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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The existing vacuum in the Middle East must be filled by the United States before it is filled by Russia

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Rosenburg Trial

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an ordinary American couple found guilty of espionage.

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McCarthy

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senator of Wisconsin and known for his anti-communism aggressiveness

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Alger Hiss

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Chambers accuses this former New Deal official of being a Soviet spy helped convince many Americans that a communist threat did exist in the United States.

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Berlin Airlift

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Allies decided to supply West Berlin from the air

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NSC-68

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report argued that if the US hoped to meet the Russian challenge, it would need to increase defense spending from $13 billion to $50 billion per year.

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Mao Zedong

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founder of a branch of the Communist party, gathered thousands of followers by opposing the Japanese invaders and winning the loyalty of the peasantry.

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Jiang Jieshi

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led the Nationalists, opposing the Communists. The group was exhausted, inefficient, and corrupt. Mao finally prevailed.

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Ho Chi Minh

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organizer of the communist movement in Vietnam after WWII

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Mass Retaliation

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Republican policy under Eisenhower and Dulles emphasizing dependence on nuclear weapons rather than traditional arms and threatening their use

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Khrushchev

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Successor of Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union

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MacArthur

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relieved for insubordination, after he argued that the American approach in Korea was wrong and asserted publicly that “there is no substitute for victory.”

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General Nasser

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Egyptian leader seized control of the Suez Canal

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Fidel Castro

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overthrew the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, President Eisenhower served diplomatic ties with Cuba

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George Orwell

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"1984"

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Mr. X

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"Foreign Affairs"

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Walter Lippman

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coined the term "Cold War"

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Dean Acheson

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This secretary of state consider granting diplomatic recognition to the communist government in China

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Henry Stimson

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secretary of war who favored sharing nuclear information with the Soviets

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Nevil Shute

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"On the Beach"

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John Foster Dulles

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secretary of state hates communism

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John Howard McGrath

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attorney general who started the witchhunt

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Brinkmanship

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a policy related to massive retaliation in which diplomats went to the “brink” of war in the hope of deterring Soviet challenges

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Viet Minh

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nationalist forces in Vietnam seeking independence

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Viet Cong

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guerillas in South Vietnam who sought to overthrow the regime there and to install the Communist government of North Vietnam

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Henry Wallace

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Truman's vice president, called him "soft on communism"