Social Studies Cold War Test

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Cold War

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A war that broke out between the ussr and the usa without any hot war, or battle

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Marshall Plan

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The plan that was set into motion after ww2 in which to help other countries clean up after the war along with making allies along the way.

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Vietcong

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They were the vietnamese communists from the north

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napalm

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a jellied gasoline that burns violently

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Iron Curtain

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The imaginary border between the western european countries and the easter european communist countries.

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NATO

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(The North Atlantic Treaty Orginization) A military alliance formed in 1949 by 10 european countries, the us, and canada to stand against communism.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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When the ussr persuaded cuba to come onto their side and planted missiles onto their beaches to hit america with.

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Nationalist

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A person who is loyal to their country.

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Guerilla

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Vietnamese men who worked for America and used stink bombs to kill communist parties in the North.

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tet offensive

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in 1968, a surprise attack by the Vietcong on U.S. military bases and more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam during Tet, the Vietnamese celebration of the lunar New Year

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Containment

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What the us did to keep communism from spreading influence worldwide

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Communism

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a belief

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Ho Chi Minh Trail

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A network of paths the vietcong used to move soldiers and supplies during the Vietnam War

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Truman Doctrine

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A policy that promised aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom

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Korean War

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A civil war in south korea that lasted 3 years. China was on the north side, the us, and the un on the south side

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Suburbia

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THe start of modern life in the suburbs, a residential areea that sorrounds the city

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Domino Theory

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The belief that once one country falls to communism, other neighboring ones will too

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Agent Orange

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A weapon that was sprayed over forests and killed any living person within its range but is usually used for killing plants

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Vietnamization

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a strategy of gradually withdrawing U.S. forces and turning the ground fighting over to the south vietnames during the vietnam war.

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Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?

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Because northern vietnam was falling to communism, and the US was focused on keeping southern vietnam pure.

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In what ways did the US attempt to contain communism?

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By getting involved in foreign affairs, passing laws against communism, and other forms of containment

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How did the Cold War end?

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They say that Ronald Reagan ended it by spending more than Russia owned before they soon stopped competing

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Senator McCarthy

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He accused many men and women in the USA of being communists and put them on something called the blacklist. He went on a kind of Witch hunt and accussed innocent people.

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William Levitt

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Created houses through an assembly line technique and mass produced hep housesand built a place called levittown

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Berlin Blockade

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The Bay of Pigs

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Pentagon

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Papers let out with intentions of showing the public the truth behind the government presented in the new york times

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conscientious objector

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Vietminh

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Soldiers who fought for Vietnamese Independence

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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SDS

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President Truman

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The first president to battle the cold war.

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President Johnson

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Robert McNamara

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President Kennedy

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THe president who was assasinated and was in office during the time that cuba and russia werre communist and against the us

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Joseph Stalin

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when gained power in russia, he was a large communist and oppressed any kind of public opposition

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Fidel Castro

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A communist cuban leader who was involved int he bay of pigs and in the cuban missile crisis

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William Westmoreland

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A general who greedily collected more and more troops into south vietnam to fight