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13 Cards in this Set
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iron curtain
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the Soviet control of much of Europe
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Cold War
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World War II
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Marshal Tito
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came to power in Yugoslavia, establishing a Communist government
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Truman Doctrine
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the statement made by American President Truman in 1947, that America would defend any country threatened by communist aggression
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containment
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long-term, patient but firm containment of Russian expansion
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Marshall Plan
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$5.3 billion plan to put Europe back onto stable economic and financial grounds
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NATO
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a regional military alliance original between the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France, and Italy, along with a few less powerful nations in the North Atlantic region
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Warsaw Pact
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the Soviet Union's retaliation against NATO, creating a regional military alliance between Russia and her Eastern European satellite states
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arms race
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the power struggle between the U.S. and the Soviets for a military edge through nuclear weapons
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limited wars
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flares between the free word and Communists, causing wars limited to specific geographic areas
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Korean War (1950-53)
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the war between Communist North Korea and non-Communist South Korea
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Douglas McArthur
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under his command, UN forces, which was made of mostly Americans and South Koreans, pushed North Korea out of South Korea
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38th parallel
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the border between North and South Korea
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