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What is the difference between the U.S and U.S.S.R |
The U.S is democratic, and is a free country while the Soviet Union is communist and I "owned" by the government |
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Why was NATO formed |
To provide security for the Soviet Union |
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What role did the U.S play in the Korean War |
The U.S helps South Korea and helps end the war and goes onto guarding the border for the next century |
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What was the Marshal Plan |
It started in 1948-1952 , the U.S provides food , shelter and other materials for Europeans to stand up to communism and rebuild. It strengthens the relationship with Europe , Asia , and America . |
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What organization replaced the league of nations after ww2 |
United nations |
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What was the iron curtain |
An invisible line that separated communist -east- and Democratic -west- |
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What was the purpose of the berlin wall |
To prevent people from leaving east Berlin to west Berlin |
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Who was Ronald Regan |
He was elected in 1951 , he worked in weapons , technology, and a relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev and led to the end of the cold war |
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Who was Joseph McCarthy |
The American senate who claims hundreds of government officials are communist , this causes panic in the US |
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Why did the U S get involved in the Vietnam war |
To help south Vietnam and train south Vietnam to fight north Vietnam |
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How did the outcome of the Korean war and the Vietnam war differ |
In the Korean war , Korea stayed democratic and the Vietnam war they converted to communism because the US left |
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Who won the space race |
The US |
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What did the human right commission do/accomplish |
It was the 1st universal declaration of human rights |
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What was the arms race |
When the US and USSR competed to build nuclear weapons . America had regular duck and cover drills and America built bomb shelters . The US continued building nuclear weapons in hope to scare off USSR instead of using then |
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What was the Cuban missile crisis |
In 1962 nuclear weapons were sent to Cuba by the USSR . Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida . The navy would block ships from bringing missiles to Cuba . Kennedy told the USSR to remove.the missiles. They removed the missiles after 4 days |
