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33 Cards in this Set
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United nations
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1945 organization to promote peace & cooperation of great powers. created to settle problems between nations
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communism
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everything belong to the state & should be run by the gov't on behalf of the people. a classes society achieved by overthrowing capitalism by revolution
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containment
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policy of keeping communism contained within its borders. George kannan established the plan
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iron curtain
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Churchill phrase: division between communist & capitalist nations in europe
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NATO
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organization between us and European countries to defend each other against soviet union
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Warsaw pact
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was made up of eastern European countries dominated by soviet union control . su, plans east Germany
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Truman doctrine
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us must support free countries that are resisting communist rule. goal was keep soviet union rule from spreading
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Marshall plan
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about 13 billion to western Europe
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Berlin wall
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barrier build BTW east AMD west Berlin : west (us brityain and France, east (soviet zone)
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Berlin airlift
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Stalin cut off west Berlin blockaded the city, cutting off supplies
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domino theory
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cold war era belief that if one nation falls to communism sorrounding countries will follow
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red scare
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fears of communist conspiracy to overthrow gov
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McCarthyism
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senator that refers to the unfair tactic of accusing people of diloyality without evidence
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HUAC
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congressional committee that held hearings to investigate communist influence in american society
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Federal employees loyalty program
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1947 allowed the FBI to screen federal employees for sign of disloyalty
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Rosenberg case
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just
ius & Ethel Rosenberg accused of passing atomic bomb secrets to soviet agents. found guilty AMD executed |
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space race
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competition between the us and URRS to the space moon AMD co
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nuclear arms race
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contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons
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sputnik
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1957 soviets launched the satellite orbiting around earth
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Korean war
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1950 north attack south korea . civil war in Korea. north Korea = communist, south = not. us supported south
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Cuban missiles crisis
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Kennedy agreed to never invade Cuba , dismantled missiles in turkey .
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bay of pigs
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1951 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA led force of Cuban exiles e!mbarassmente to the us & kennedy
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Vietnam war
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fear of domino effect . ho chi min (communist) KGO dihn diem (democratic)
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hawks and doves
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hawks = those who support the war
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Tonkin gulf resolution
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congressional measure that gave president Johnson the authority too wage war in Vietnam
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test offensive
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attack by north Vietnamese & Vietcong troops against south Vietnam during the war.
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my lai massacre
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village in south Vietnam! wjerre in 1968 american forces killed 400-500 unarmed citizens
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Cambodia
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Nixon ordered an attack the on north Vietnamese army + Vietcong bases I'm can!mbodia .
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laos
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supported by Vietnamese communist us send aid to help French forces made neutral.
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Vietnamization
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Nixon's idea replacing american troops in Vietnam w/ south Vietnamese soldiers
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pentagon papers
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classified us gpv't studies
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establishment of israel
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British troops were removed established as an independent nation .
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anti war movement
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doves vs hawks.
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