The Cold War

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Cold war sides

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U.S and U.S.S.R (Russia)

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Cold War

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A time when there was a rivalry between the U.S and the U.S.S.R that involved intense economic, political, military, and ideological differences.

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Capitalism

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An economic system in which ownership of the production, distribution, and exchange of wealth and goods is made and maintained by private corporations and buisnesses.

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market economy

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A capitalism-like economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the competition, goods, and demand.

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communism

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A system where all property and values are owned and thought of as one. All wealth is shared evenly.

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Iron Curtain

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The iron curtain was what the Brittish called the invisible line that seperated communist East Europe and republic West Europe.

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Arms Race

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A competition between the Russians and the U.S that involved a massive buildup of conventional and nuclear weapons.

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Nuclear War

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A war that is fought with nuclear missiles.

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Anti-communism

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An idea that involved disliking communism.

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Space Race

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A race to the moon between the U.S and the Solviet Union.

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Atomic Age

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A period in history started by the first use of the atomic bomb and the use of ICBMs.

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McCarthy Hearings

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Through wide public hearings, the use of unidentified informers, and reckless accusings, McCarthy doggedly pursued those whom he called Communists and subversives. Careers were ruined on the worst evidence, and his methods came under increasing attack by the press.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

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The worst invasion in history. The invasion was done to try to push Fidel Castro out of power in Cuba. It was a miserable fail.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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A confrontation between the U.S and the U.S.S.R in 1962 over the missile sites in Cuba; one of the most frighteniong times of the cold war. The Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, placed Soviet military missiles in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy of the United States set up a naval blockade of Cuba and insisted that Khrushchev remove the missiles. Khrushchev did.

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Trade embargo

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The United States Embargo Against Cuba was an economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed on the Castro government on February 7, 1962.

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Berlin Airlift

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1948-49, A supply of vital needs to West Berlin by air transport. It was initiated in response to a land and water blockade of the city that had been started by the Soviet Union in the hope that the Allies would be forced to abandon West Berlin.

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Berlin Wall

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1961-89, A barrier first made in Aug., 1961, by the Solviet government along the border between East and West Berlin, and later along the entire border between East Germany and West Germany. The wall was built to stop large numbers of defections and to prevent East Berliners from coming to the West.

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Communist Bloc

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Name that refered to the U.S.S.R controled countries and its allies in Eastern and Central Europe.

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Containment

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A U.S policy to keep communism from spreading to other countries.

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Warsaw Pact

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Organization made to rival NATO.

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Limited Test Ban Treaty

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a treaty banning nuclear tests underwater, in outer space, and in the atmosphere.

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Marshall Plan

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The plan to help other countries so that they wouldn't fall to cummunism.

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Open Skies

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Both countries will be opened to foreign planes.

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Sputnik

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First satellite in space. Made by Russians.

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Truman Doctrine

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The policy of President Truman to provide military and economic aid to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian government or ideology.

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U-2 spy plane

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A plane that was shot down over Russia.

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MAD

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Mutually Assured Destruction.

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U.N

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United Nations. They police the world.

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Korean Conflict

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The Korean war or simply as a police action the years 1945-1953 were filled with danger throughout Korea. In August of 1945 the Soviet Union invaded in the Northern parts of Korea causing the whole world to take notice. The United States fearing that the Soviets planned to take over the whole peninsula moved into Southern Korea and started the war.

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Vietman Conflict

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A police action done to push communism out of Vietnam.

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Police action

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To go to war without formally declaring so.

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Massive retaliation

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if there is even a small bomb dropped in the us, then they will retaliate with all they have so that they won't do it again.

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ICBM

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Inter continental ballistic missile

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Diplomatic pressure

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Basically it is do what we say or we will do this to you.

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Economic pressure

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A time when The economy of a country when the indicators of the economy are not good.

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Soviet aggression

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The wars that the Solviets took part in against the USA.

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Glasnost

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A solviet policy where it was permitted for open discussion about political and social problems.

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Perestroika

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Gorbachev's Program to reconstruct Their economy so that it could be better.

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Detente

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A permanent relaxation in the cold war for people to breathe a sigh of relief.

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Soliditary

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The formation of the independent trade union was in response to the actions of the Communist government in raising prices for basic goods.

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Stalemate

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No one wins

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The kremlin

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The high office of the solviet union