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31 Cards in this Set
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summit meeting
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confrence meeting between the highest- ranking officials of different nations
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free market
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individuals decide what to produce and sell
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marshall law
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emergency military rule
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domino theory
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if one country were to fall, the others would follow
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George Marshall
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was President Truman's secretary of state
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Ronald Ragan
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was a president that gave ade to communists in Latin America
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Cuban misslt crisis
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when Krushchev agreed to take the missles out of cuba and in turn, Kennedy promised not to invade the island.
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Lyndon Johnson
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increased aid to south vietnam and sent troops to Vietnam.
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Who did soviet invade in 1980?
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Afganistan
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Senator Joseph McCarthy
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created the fear of supersticion in the government
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How did we overcome the Blockade of Berlin
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by the Berlin airlift
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On July 4th 1946, The US granted independence to who?
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the Phillipines
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What did President Ragan and Gorbachev decide to do?
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they decited to destroy some nuclear weapons
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Why did the American trppos have troble winning the war?
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because of gurliias
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Where did the cold war begin to have tensions
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Korea
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why did president truman use the soviet expansion?
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to contain communists
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Satellite nations
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(russia had them) was a nation that is dominater politically and ecominically by a more poverful ntion
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Boris Yeltsin
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used weapons to stop hard- core communists
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Richord Nioxn
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went to china to ease tensions and opend relations
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glasnost
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a policy of speaking out honestly and openly
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what was the first indication of a cold war?
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Berlin
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Truman Doctrine
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helped contain commnism
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How did the Cold War start?
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when North Korea invaded Souh Korea
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Hawks
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supported American involvement
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Doves
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against american involvement
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Where did communist governmemts start to fall?
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Eastern Europe
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What was the alliance for the non-communist?
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NATO
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where did fighting in Vietnam spill over to?
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Cambodia
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Where did Mount St. Zetong take over?
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China
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the contras were fighting to overthrow the governmnt of?
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Nickeragua
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In 1959, what did Fidel Catastro do?
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he took over cuba and made it communist
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