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50 Cards in this Set
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Leader of the Soviet Union at the onset of the cold war-
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Joseph Stalin
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Island that became a holding place for Soviet Missiles, close to the USA-
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Cuba
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Theory that hypothesized that if one country in a region fell, another country would fall in the same region-
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Domino Theory(affect)
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Parallel that Divided North and South Vietnam-
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17th Parallel
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Name of supply line to the Vietcong in South Vietnam-
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Nation that MacArthur wanted to invade-
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China
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Nationalist gruip that fought against the US in South ietnams-
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Vietcong
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Nation that boycotted the Security Council, in an effort to protest the recognition of nationalist China-
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Soviet Union
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The members of the Security Council-
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France, GB, USSR, US, China
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Country that controlled Korea from 1910 to -
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Japan
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Military alliance between western nations to combat communism-
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National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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Democratic Demonstration in China in 1989-
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Tianahmen Square Massacre
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Act that was passed to limit presidential powers after the vietnam War-
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War Powers Act
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Stalin's blockade of West Berlin
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Berlin Wall
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Mao's groups that were personally loyal to Mao-
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Red Guards
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Name of two new weapons used to diminish the thickness of jungle in Vietnam
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Agent Orange and Napalm
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A Call to the end of fighting, occurred in Korea in 1953
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Armiscice
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General that led UN/USA troops in Korean War, later removed
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General MacArthur
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"Father of the Republic of China"
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Sun Yat-Sen
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Name of massacre where soldiers were told to "kill anything that breathes"
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My Lai Massacre
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Parallel that divided North and South Korea
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38th parallel
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President that did not resent troops in 1975 to South Vietnam
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Gerald Ford
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Invasion if this country allowed US to cut off supply lines into South Vietnam
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Cambodia
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Name if resolution that granted Johnson broad military oiwers
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Gulf of tonkin and Resolution
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Leader of the Republican Party in China
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Jiang Jieshi
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The Two superpowers after WWII
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US and Soviet Union
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Conference that divided Germany and Berlin into 4 zones
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yalta
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Western Power that wanted to regain influence in Vietnam
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France
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Unification of three zones of Berlin
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West Berlin
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Leader of North Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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International peace organization fromed in April 1945
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UN
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Policy developed to stop the spread of communism
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Containment and Truman doctrine
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Sybolic division name between Eastern and Western Europe
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Iron Curtain
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Communist controlled nation in Easter Europe
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Soviet Unions Satellites
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Economic plan that helped rebuild Europe
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Marshall Plan
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The Soviet organizied response to NATO
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The warsaw Pact
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DMZ in Korea
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demilitarized zone: an area with no military forces on the 38th.
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Weapins race between the Soivet Union and US
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Arms Race
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Dangerous places around the world that were fighting between communism and democracy
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Hot spots
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Island that became a holding place for Soviet Missiles, close to the USA
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Cuba
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Chinese dynasty overthrown in 1991
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king dynasty
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student demonstration that protested the Versailles Treaty
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May 4th Movements
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Chiang Kai-Shek's solidification of control, driving the communists north
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northern expedition
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1968 attacks that forced the US to retake
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Fet Offensive (vietamese war)
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Leader of the communist party in china
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Mao Zedong
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Nationalists left China and fled to this country
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Taiwan
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Mao's economic plan that failed
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao's purging of communist party officials
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accused them of being anti-nao couter-revolutionary
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competition between USSR and USA, trying to get to space
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space race
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The easing of Cold War Tension
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Occured after the death of stalin
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