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14 Cards in this Set
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iron curtain
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symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991
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Cold War
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a sustained state of political and military tension between the major powers: NATO and the Soviet Union
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Marshall Tito
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came to power in Yugoslavia; Josip Broz
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Truman Doctrine
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a program by George Marshall of economic assistance to help the struggling economies of postwar Europe
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containment
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put a halt on Russian expansion
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Marshall Plan
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European Recovery Act; provided $5.3 billion dollars towards the recovery of war-ravaged Europe
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; a regional military alliance ensuring a defense against Soviet expansion between the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, and some of the less powerful nations in the North Atlantic regions
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Warsaw Pact
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the Soviet Union's reaction to NATO, creating its own military alliance and including its European satellite states
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arms race
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marked by the Soviet production of the atomic bomb, the US and the Soviets increased their peacetime production of nuclear and conventional weapons
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limited wars
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wars limited to specific geographic area in postwar Europe
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Korean War (1959-53)
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at the close of WWII, Korea had divided, like Germany, into Communist and non-Communist occupation zones, sparking a war
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Douglas MacArthur
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under his leadership as general, UN forces mounted a daring counteroffensive on North Korea, in the end, securing South Korea's freedom from Communism
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38th parallel
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the border between North and South Korea
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Vietnam War (1963-75)
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during WWII, Japan had captured French Indochina, which included Vietnam, but, when France tried to recover it after the war, Vietnamese communist, Ho Chi Minh, declared their independence, leading to war
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