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West Germany
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ruled by allies, Democratic, used as a military base and interntl trading.
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East Germany
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Ruled by Russia, Communist, Takes over countries in east euro.
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Stalin creates satilaite nations. WHat are they?
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Countries dominated by russia
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Dates of cold war
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1945-1991
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What is a cold war?
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A conflict that never goes onto the battle field.
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Truman Doctorine
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US policy to support countries who will not be communist
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Marshall Plan
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For european countries, $16billion. 16 countries.
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Capital of East Germany
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Berlin. Wasnt rebuilt after wwi
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Berlin aircraft did what
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dropped food, drinks, gasoline, coal, other supplies
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What is the iron curtain
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ideological fighting and physical boundry dividing europe. There from 1945 til 1991.
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Cold war fights over
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Political, social, and economy.
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Russia controls ___ half of korea. We take the ___ half
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North korea = Russia.
South Korea= US |
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South korea become ____ North Korea becomes____
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South korea become Democratic. North Korea becomes Communist.
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June 1950 NK attacks and sends 500k troops.
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asdf
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We do the same
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stalemate happens
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Stalemate of korea happens because
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1951
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Negotiations of Korea
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1.separate at 38 parallel.
2.Demilitarization zone. 3.Exchange of prisoners. |
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Effects of war by 1952
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54k americans dead. Truman doesn't get re-elected. eisenhower gets elected.
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Eisenhower
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makes open threats to russia
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Korea war
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Stop spreading communism
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NATO
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North atlanitic treaty organization- Aliance US was in that said they'd help if being attacked
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Warsaw pact
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Stalins natio
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Fed employee and loyalty board
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investigates UD gov officials
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House un-american activities commitie
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investigation of civilians
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Julius and ethel rosemberg
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maried couple that leaked info to russia. Faced chair
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The red scare
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100k people accused spies
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Hydrogen bomb
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biggest bomb 67x atomic
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Manhattan project
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scienist who built voms
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Brinkmanship under eisenhower
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saying we would attack if they f*cked with us.
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1953 stalin dies and council takes place. after council its
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khrushchev
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Open skies
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we bofe allowed to fly over each other
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Space race
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oct 1957
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Russia launches
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sputnik
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US launches
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explorer
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Francis Gary Powers
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guy who got captured cuz he was spying illegally.
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Truman
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Containment(stop communism from spreading)
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Eistenhower
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brinkmanship
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1960 elections couldnt run twice.
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stoped eisenhower
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Kennidy vs nixon
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Kenneidy wins because of telivision.
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JFK for
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womens rights and civil rights
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had cabinet of
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not politians.
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RFK
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his bro. appointed to attorney general.
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New frontier.
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His plan for governing the US by having a broad vision of progress.
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Focus of JFK
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womens rights, civil rights, education, impriving US lives aroudn the world and US.
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Castro in power of cuba
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he was orriginaly exziled from cuba.
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Russua founds his revolution and he becomes dictatior and allie of
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cuba
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JFK says no nuclear more
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traditional military.
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Increase special services
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green berets and navy seals.
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Cuba is only ___ miles from florida
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90
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Many cubans hate castro so they flee and become refuges in miama to later
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be sent back to unrevolutionize.
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april 1961 15k refuges go to fight in the battle of___
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Pigs
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Battle of pigs
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failed because airforce forgot to cover army.
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US/JFK humiliated
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asdf
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JFK trades 33 million dollars
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for cubans and francis gary powers
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Russia promises to back cuba. Cuba points
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nukes in our direction
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We tell cuba to back up!
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if Cuba attacks US we will attack russia.
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US and Russia begin getting troups ready for war
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begins the cuban missle crisis in october 1962
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JFK
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Flexible Response
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When does the cuban missile crisis begin
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october 1962
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Russia and US put ships with missles in the atlantic. But we also
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put other nukes near russia.
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Cuban Missile crisis was the
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closest to a hot war.
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How long did CMC last?
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13 days of continuous threatening.
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Russia backs down
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due to riots and protests
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5 major outcomes of CMC
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They remove missles from cuba. We promise not to invade cuba, We habe to remove our missles from turkey. Khrushev loses favor with russian people. (looks like a wimp) JFK shows determination to stop russia.
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by 1962 3 mill e germans had moved into w. germany. Why suck?
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Hurt govt and econ. Too many people/no goods.
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Response to this...
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guards and guns on boarders. Becomes a sybol of communist opression. Keeps E/W germans on their own side.
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What year did 2 germanies reunite. As a what?
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1989. Democtacy.
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JFK was president from
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1960-1963
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JFK presidency was known as the
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Cammelot years because of compairison to king arthur and his beautiful kingdom.
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JFK's Beautification ideas
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Peace Corps- colunteer for 3rd world countries. = rights ammendment- stop descrimination.
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1963 JFK goes to dallas and ...
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he gets shot by Lee harvey osweald.
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Who killed JFK
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Lee Harvey Osswald.
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JFK's death was orriginally not a conspiricy... Who investigated
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Warren Commision.- a group of Supreme court judges.
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1978 investagion proves that it was a conspiricy
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castro, cia, commy, us gov, ect.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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President after JFK dies. Only prez for a year.
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