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33 Cards in this Set
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iron curtain
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illusion separating germany
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NATO
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north Atlantic treaty organization
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Warsaw pact
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response for communist countries
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sputnick
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USSR space satellite
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Marshall plan
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US would give aid to countries who needed it
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trumin doctrine
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aid to countries who resist communism
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containment
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containing communism
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brinkmanship
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threatening to go to war in response to enemy aggression
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UN
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help stop communism
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peoples republic of china
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new china
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Mao zedong
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leader of china
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domino theory
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when one falls all fall
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vietcong
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communist in vietnam
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ho chi mihn
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Vietnam communist leader
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38th parallel
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divides north and south korea
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3rd work countries
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newly developed countries
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bay of pigs
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failed invasion on cuba
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Iran hostage crisis
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took 52 9 escaped
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detente
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reducing war tensions
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destalinization
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getting rid of anything stalin
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Stalin vs trumin
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Stalin told trumin that communism and democracy can't work
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nationalist and communist
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communist won and nationalism moved
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taiwan
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nationalist moved here
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cultural revolution
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cultural
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Korean war
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war between north south korea
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Douglas macarthur
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wanted to bomb china
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vietnam
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seperated
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trumin MacArthur disagreement
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trumin did not want to bomb china
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nixon
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president took troops out of vietnam
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vietnamization
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took troops out of vietnam
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Cuban missile crisis
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missile were in Cuba near US
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invasion of afghanistan
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USSR invaded them then got stuck
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Fidel castro
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president in Cuba known for ciggars
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