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30 Cards in this Set
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Cold War
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A confrontation between enemies that does not involve a direct confrontation among these enemies (an actual war between them)
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Truman Doctrine
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Issued by US President Harry Truman; Was concerned about Great Britain pull out in Greece
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Marshall Plan
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Gave 13 billion dollars in aid to Europe to help it recover from World War II; US believed that Communist aggression would be successful in countries with economic problems
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satellite states
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Soviets responded with own economic plan for Eastern European nations
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Berlin Air Lift
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US airlifted supplies into West Berlin & Soviets finally lifted blockade
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Iron Curtain
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had now descended on Europe and the world
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Soviets started to send aid and weapons to Cuba after Bay of Pigs; In 1962, Soviets were sending ships with nuclear weapons to Cuba
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Warsaw Pact
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Created in response to NATO ; Similar alliance between Soviets & Eastern European nations
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NATO
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Western European nations signed treaty with US and Canada which said that each nation would back up each other in case of an attack
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Berlin Wall
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Was built by Soviets to keep residents from fleeing because of the intense poverty in Eastern Europe
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policy of containment
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Keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent further Soviet aggression
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arms race
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Both sides believed that huge arsenal of nuclear weapons would prevent war because of fear of total destruction
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Berlin Wall
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Was built by Soviets to keep residents from fleeing because of the intense poverty in Eastern Europe
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Bay of Pigs
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President Kennedy approved a secret plan for Cuban exiles in US to invade Cuba
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Why didn’t the Soviet Union allow for free elections in the Eastern European nations that they occupied after the war?
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Soviets thought they would become anti-Communists
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How did the Berlin Air Lift end?
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Month later, German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was created by the Soviets; Berlin was divided into East & West Berlin
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What ended up happening to the country of Germany after World War II?
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Germany was reunified
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What ended up happening to the city of Berlin after World War II?
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was divided up into four zones
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Who became the Communist dictator of Cuba?
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Fidel Castro
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In 1949, who took control of the government in China?
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Chinese communist
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How did the Korean War end?
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an armistice that divided Korea into North and South Korea
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What was the agreement that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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the US pledged never to invade Cuba and Soviets pledged never to put nuclear weapons in Cuba
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What does NATO stand for?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Who became the two major super powers after World War II?
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United States & Soviet Union
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What created fear in each of the two super powers?
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Differences in governments (democracy vs. communism)
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United States believed that Communist aggression would be successful in countries with what kind of problems?
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economic problems
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What happened to the country of Germany after World War II?
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Germany was divided up
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What became a symbol of the Cold War?
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Berlin Wall
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Was the Bay of Pigs invasion successful?
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no
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Who issued the Truman Doctrine?
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US President Harry Truman
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