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17 Cards in this Set
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Name 4 U.S. States that the U.S. took from Mexico in the Mexican - American War?
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Texas
Nevada Arizona California |
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Name a country that was a satellite of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
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North Korea
Cuba |
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What was the Platt Amendment?
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U.S. would give back Cuba on 3 conditions
1) U.S. Can intervene on Cuba's economic situation |
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Name Three Latin American Dictators and why we supported them?
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1) Manel Noriega - Panama Command Post
2) Robert Suazo Cordova - Owner of United Fruit Company 3) Somozas - Banking and Capitalism |
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Who was Che Guevara?
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Castros Second in Command
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What was Nato?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What Caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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The Soviet Union placed Nuclear Weapons in Cuba
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
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U.S. wont interfere with its neighbors unless they are threatened by Communism
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Name four countries that the U.S. took from Spain in the Spanish - American War?
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Guatemala
Puerto Rico Philippines Cuba |
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What was the Good Neighbor policy?
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U.S. would leave Latin America alone
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What was the Warsaw Pact?
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Between Soviet Union, and Satellites, a mutual defense that put Soviets in Command
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Define the Cold War...
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War between U.S. and Soviet Union, Russia, and both their Allies.
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Who was Fidel Castro?
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Cuba communist dictator
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Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
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Premier for the Soviet Union
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
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Stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of or intervention in the Western Hemisphere
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What was the United Fruit Company?
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A Company that owned a lot of land in Honduras
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What was suspicious about the Panamanian Revolution?
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Lies about the support of the Panama Troops, and Revolution
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