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12 Cards in this Set
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Bay Of Pigs |
CIA backed invasion of Cuba that was an attempt to overthrow Castro's communist goverment |
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Berlin Airlift |
The United States provides food and fuel to citizens for over a year via aircraft due to the blockade by the soviets |
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Berlin Blockade |
The Soviet union prevents the United States from entering Berlin via all land and water routes |
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Berlin Wall |
Soviets surround the city of West Berlin with enclosure to prevent people from escaping to the west |
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Brinksmanship |
The practice of pushing dangerous events to the edge of the war in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome |
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Civil Defense |
The United States emergency preparedness plan devised in 1951 to provide citizens with info on how to prepare for an atomic attack |
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Cold War |
State of political tension and military rivalry with the Soviet union from 1945-1991 |
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Containment |
U.S. policy of trying to stop the spread of communism in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americans |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
Soviet Union placed nuclear middles in Cuba directed at the United States. The closest the two superpowers came to a nuclear conflict. |
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Cuban Revolution |
Fidel Castro overthrow Cuba's U.S. backed authoritarian government and creates a communist regime |
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Détente |
Lessening or easing of tension between the two superpowers through negotiations, agreements, and exchanges |
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Domino Theory |
The belief in the United States that if we let one nation fall to communism then all of the nation's in the regime are treated and will eventually fall |
