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United States

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a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with Alaska and Hawaii, 3,615,122 sq. mi. (9,363,166 sq. km). Capital: Washington, D.C. Abbreviation: U.S., US

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Soviet Union

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the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union), whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities), whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities

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Cold War

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rivalry after World War II between the Soviet Union and its satellites and the democratic countries of the Western world, under the leadership of the United States.

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Capitalism

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an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

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Market economy

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a capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.

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Communism

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a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.

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Iron Curtain

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a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.

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Arms Race

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competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.

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Nuclear War

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A war with nuclear bombs

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Anti Capitalism

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being against capitalism

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Space Race

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a race for space between USSR and the great almighty USA

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Atomic age

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the period in history initiated by the first use of the atomic bomb and characterized by atomic energy as a military, political, and industrial factor.

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McCarthy Hearings

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The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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Bay of Pigs

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An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba supported by the US

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontion soviets and US during Cold War.

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Trade Embargo

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which limits American buisness from conducting buisness with Cuban intrests.

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Berlin Airlift

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when america supplied west Berlin with tons of food

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Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall seperarted communist east Berlin from democratic west Berlin

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Communist Bloc

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name applied to former Communists states of Eastern Europe,esp. during the existance of the Soviet Union

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EAstern Bloc

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name applied to former communist states of Eastern europe as well countries of warsaw pact

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Containment

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Strategic U.S. foreign policy of the late 1940s and early 1950s intended to check the expansionist designs of the Soviet Union through economic, military, diplomatic, and political means. It was conceived by George Kennan soon after World War II. An early application of containment was the Truman Doctrine (1947), which provided U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey.

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NATO

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in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization
International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. A 1948 collective-defense alliance between Britain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg was recognized as inadequate to deter Soviet aggression, and in 1949 the U.S. and Canada agreed to join their European allies in an enlarged alliance. A centralized administrative structure was set up, and three major commands were established, focused on Europe, the Atlantic, and the English Channel (disbanded in 1994). The admission of West Germany in 1955 led to the Soviet Union's creation of the opposing Warsaw Treaty Organization, or Warsaw Pact. France withdrew from military participation in 1966. Since NATO ground forces were smaller than those of the Warsaw Pact, the balance of power was maintained by superior weaponry, including intermediate-range nuclear weapons. After the Warsaw Pact's dissolution and the end of the Cold War in 1991, NATO withdrew its nuc

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Warsaw Pact

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The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. It was established on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw, Poland. The treaty was signed in Warsaw on May 14, 1955 and official copies were made in Russian, Polish, Czech and German. It was an initiative of the Soviet Union. This treaty was in response to Western Germany joining the NATO treaty, in that there was a political Consultative Committee, followed by a civilian secretary general, while down the chain of command there was a military commander in chief and a combined staff, although the similarities between the two international organizations ended there.

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Limited Test Ban Treaty

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Partial Test Ban Treaty
The Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water , often abbreviated as the Partial Test Ban Treaty ( PTBT ), Limited Test Ban Treaty ( LTBT ), or Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ( NTBT ) (although the latter also refers to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) is a treaty prohibiting all test detonations of nuclear weapons except underground. It was developed both to slow the arms race (nuclear testing was, back then, necessary for continued nuclear weapon advancements), and to stop the excessive release of nuclear fallout into the planet's atmosphere.

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Marshall Plan

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Open Skies

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The OC-135B Open Skies United States Air Force observation aircraft supports the Treaty on Open Skies. The aircraft, a modified WC-135B, flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty. Three OC-135B aircraft were modified by the Aeronautical Systems Center's 4950th Test Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The first initial operational capability OC-135B was assigned to the 24th Reconnaissance Squadron at Offutt AFB in October 1993. It is now fitted with a basic set of navigational and sensor equipment, and placed in inviolate storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona. Two fully operational OC-135B aircraft were delivered in 1996 with the full complement of treaty allowed sensors, which includes an infrared line scanner, synthetic aperture radar and video scanning sensors.

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Sputnik

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first artificial sattelite

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Truman Droctine

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The Truman Doctrine was a proclamation by U.S. President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947. It stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey economically and militarily to prevent their falling under Soviet control. Truman called upon the U.S. to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures, which generalized his hopes for Greece and Turkey into a doctrine applicable throughout the world. The Soviet Union was clearly at the heart of Truman's thoughts, but the nation was never directly mentioned in his speech. As Edler states, Truman was attempting to solve Eastern Europe's instability while making sure the spread of communism would not affect nations like Greece and Turkey.
The Truman Doctrine represented the hard side of containment policy, while the Marshall Plan constituted the soft side. The declaration of the Truman Doctrine was followed by the end of tripartism (coalition governments that included communists).

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U-2 spy plane

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A plane used for taking pictures and spying

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MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

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Assured destruction is a concept sometimes used in game theory and similar discussions to describe a condition where certain behaviors or choices are deterred because they will lead to the imposition by others of overwhelming punitive consequences.
The concept of assured destruction occasionally arises in the death penalty debate and biotechnology debate, though it is most well known in the context of nuclear strategy where it is most often discussed as mutually assured destruction — a deterrent strategy where both participants have the ability to respond overwhelmingly against whoever strikes first.

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United Nation

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United Nations (UN), international organization established immediately after World War II. It replaced the League of Nations. In 1945, when the UN was founded, there were 51 members; 192 nations are now members of the organization (see table entitled United Nations Members).
Organization and Principles
The Charter of the United Nations comprises a preamble and 19 chapters divided into 111 articles. The charter sets forth the purposes of the UN as: the maintenance of international peace and security; the development of friendly relations among states; and the achievement of cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems. It expresses a strong hope for the equality of all people and the expansion of basic freedoms.

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Korean Confict

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Some of Korea was communist and the other part wasn't and the democratic didn't want to fall to communism because they thought it would be a domino effect.

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Vietnam Conflict

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Some of Vietnam was communist and the other part wasn't and the democratic didn't want to fall to communism because they thought it would be a domino effect.

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Police Action

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Police action in military security studies and international relations, is a euphemism for a military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war.

Masssive Retalliation
If you attack me I will attack you.

I.C.B.M.
A guided missile that is programmed and it doesn't have to be dropped.

Diplomatic pressure
When a country takes away a natural resource from an enemy to try and win a war.

Economic Pressure
A condition in a country's economy in which economic indicators are unfavorable.

Military Pressure
When one military threatens to attack another.

Soviet Aggression
When the Soviets want to fight another country usually for a war type reason.

Glasnost
Glasnost , Soviet cultural and social policy of the late 1980s. Following his ascension to the leadership of the USSR in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev began to promote a policy of openness in public discussions about current and historical problems.

Perestoika
Perestroika , Soviet economic a

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Perestroika , Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s.

Detente
Détente is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since the early 1970s.

Stalemate
When no one wins and it is a tie.

Boycotts and Economic Sanctions
Attempting to destabilize a communist country by limiting or withdrawing the exchange of goods, knowledge, technology, or cultural contact.

Building Defenses
Allocating a large percentage of the U.S. budget to the construction of nuclear arms and a powerful military to counter the Soviet defense buildup and discourage Soviet agression.

Clandestine Operations
Working in secret often through the Central Intelliagence Agency, to fix elections or conduct assassinations, coups, or smear campaigns to keep Communist leaders in a country from rising to power.

Economic Aid
Providing a country with funds, expert advice, or humanitarian aid to promote its economic health and political stabil

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Perestroika , Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s.

Detente
Détente is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since the early 1970s.

Stalemate
When no one wins and it is a tie.

Boycotts and Economic Sanctions
Attempting to destabilize a communist country by limiting or withdrawing the exchange of goods, knowledge, technology, or cultural contact.

Building Defenses
Allocating a large percentage of the U.S. budget to the construction of nuclear arms and a powerful military to counter the Soviet defense buildup and discourage Soviet agression.

Clandestine Operations
Working in secret often through the Central Intelliagence Agency, to fix elections or conduct assassinations, coups, or smear campaigns to keep Communist leaders in a country from rising to power.

Economic Aid
Providing a country with funds, expert advice, or humanitarian aid to promote its economic health and political stabil