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15 Cards in this Set
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United states cold war strategy to stop the spread of communism |
Containment policy |
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United states program, giving money to European countries to help these countries rebuild after World War 2. Also helped prevent the spread of communism |
Marshall plan |
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Soviet union launched this satellite which started the space race |
Sputnik |
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United states lost this war and was a very unpopular war when the draft was used |
Vietnam |
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Soviet union shot down an american spy plane in soviet air space, raised tensions |
U-2 incident |
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United states organization formed in the Cold war to provide security against the soviets, raised tensions |
NATO |
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Policy where the U.S. would give aid to countries that didn't sport commuism, increased tension between U.S. and soviets |
Truman Doctrine |
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U.S. tried to take out Fidel Castro but failed. Could have caused world war 3. |
Bay of Pigs invasion |
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Leader of Cuba during the cold war |
Fidel castro |
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When the U.S. spy plane found soviet missiles in Cuba. These thirteen days were the closest the U.S. was to world war 3 |
Cuban missile crisis |
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Berlin Airlift |
U.S. gave supplies to Berlin |
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38th parallel |
Divided North and South Korea |
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Space Race |
U.S./Soviet Union race to space, soviets won with sputnik |
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McCarthy and the Red Scare |
Thinking there were Russian spies everywhere in the U.S. |
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President of the U.S. who demanded the removal of the Berlin Wall |
Ronald Reagan |
