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22 Cards in this Set
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Superpowers |
The U.S. & Soviet Union were the worlds superpowers |
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Cold War |
A war of Ideals |
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Containment |
Stated that the U.S. had to "contain" or hold back communism |
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Truman Doctrine |
Stated that the U.S. would help any nation threatned by communist takeover. |
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Marshall Plan |
Stated that the U.S. would give economic aid to war-damaged western Europe countries. |
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Winston Churchill |
Was elected to Britsh Parliament when he was 26. |
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NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Orginization |
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Warsaw Pact |
An alliance made up of countries with communist governments in Eastern Europe |
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SEATO |
Southeast Treaty Orginization |
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CENTO |
Central Treaty Orginization |
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EEC |
European Economic Community |
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Berlin Wall |
A wall that seperated East Berlin from West Berlin |
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Iron Curtain |
Term for invisible political line, Divided Europe |
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Space Race |
The U.S. & USSR competed with each other to conquer outer space. |
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Nuclear Annihilation |
Annihilation means to completely destroy something. |
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Chiang Kai-Shek |
Chinese Nationalist Leader. |
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Satellite State |
A country that is controlled by a more powerful state. |
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Mao Zedong |
Communist leader of China |
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Korean War |
War between North and South Korea |
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Japanese Miracle |
The U.S. poured billions into Japan's economy and sparked an economic boom. |
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Domino Theory |
If Vietnam fell to communist, then other countries would fall-like a row of dominos |
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Vietnam War |
Vietnam entered a cold war as a divided nation, which started the war |
