History Ch.15 Sec.2

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bomb created in place of A-bomb and used by both superpowers along with stockpile weapons

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hydrogen bomb

Front 2

idea of stockpile weapons, saying if we have a lot of weapons, it will deter the other side from fighting

Back 2

deterrence

Front 3

race of superpowers, competing to have the most powerful arms and weapons, such as the A-bomb and H-bomb

Back 3

arms race

Front 4

first man-made satellite to be sent into space by USSR

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Sputnik

Front 5

space program created by the US to get into the space race

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NASA

Front 6

scare by Joseph McCarthy to overthrow the US

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Red Scare

Front 7

a communist in the government and country, who is going to overthrow the U.S. during the red scare

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Senator Joseph McCarthy

Front 8

wall created during Berlin crisis to stop the brain drain in the east and west

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Berlin Wall

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communist rebel who overthrows Fulgencio Battista in 1959, US don't want him in power because of communism

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Fidel Castro

Front 10

field plan by the CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro

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Bay of Pigs invasion

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USSR sneaks missiles into Cuba that are pointed at the US, but our navy blockades Cuba, Soviets take out missiles, US agrees 6 months later to take missiles aimed at USSR out of Turkey

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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anti communist leader of Congo Africa during the Angola civil war of 1975

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Joseph Mobuto

Front 13

leader of Chile in 1973 with socialist ideas; US provides supplies for his assassination; 1983 we invade Grenada because we are afraid communist will take over there

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Salvador Allende

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neutral nations during the cold war lead by India, who agree not to help US or USSR

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nonalligned nations

Front 15

treaty by Eisenhower, denied by USSR, saying they can fly planes over the country to look for missiles if we are allowed to

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open skies treaty

Front 16

Pres. Kennedy's treaty to not test weapons because of the Cuban missile crisis

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Test Ban Treaty

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Pres. Nixon's attempt to reduce tensions between the US and USSR

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detente

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led to agreements limiting the number of nuclear weapons, helps each side

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SALT I (strategic arms limitation talks)

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treaty that prevented the development of weapons designed to shoot down nuclear missiles

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ABM Treaty (anti-ballistic missile)

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second round of talks by Pres. Nixon stopped because USSR invades Afganhistan

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SALT II

Front 21

treaty by Pres. Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, saying to do away with short range missiles

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INF (intermediate nuclear forces) Treaty