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Chapter 17: Cold/Korean War Flashcards

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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Leader of nationalist government in china and a us ally

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Mao Zedong

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Leader of communist china

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Kim II sung

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South Korean leader

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Syngman Rhee

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North Korean leader

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Bao dai

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Lead in Vietnam and friendly towards the us

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Antonio guterres

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Current leader of the UN

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Premier of the Soviet Union

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JFK

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President during the Cuban missile crisis

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V.M Molotov

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Soviet ambassador

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Stalin

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Ussr leader

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Truman

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Won 1948 election

Set up CIA

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Eisenhower

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Supreme commander

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Dean Acheson

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Secretary of State under Truman

Central role in defining American foreign policy

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Thomas Dewey

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1948 election republican candidate

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John foster dulles

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Eisenhower’s primary advisor

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George Kennan

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Diplomat at us embassy in Moscow

X article

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Harry Hopkins

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Roosevelts closest advisor

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MacArthur

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Led UN forces in Korean War

Landed troops at Inchon

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George Marshall

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Secretary of State and defense under Truman

Chief of staff under FDR

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Walter Lippmann

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American journalist who coined the term Cold War

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Churchill

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Coined term iron curtain

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Cold War

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1945-1991

State of geopolitical tension between sockets and the US and its NATO allies

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Developing nations

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Cuba Iran Egypt etc ( places where hot wars had happened )

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Truman and Eisenhower containment policies

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Policy at keeping communism from spreading

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Mass retaliation

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Instant nuclear attack

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Korean War

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N Korea invaded S Korea
Us and un aided south
China and ussr aided north
North Korea pushes South Korea towards Pusan

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Marshall plan

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Us program Of economic aid reconstruction of Europe

16 nation participated except the Soviet union

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Truman doctrine

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Held the us must help all free people who were oppressed by armed minorities or outside pressures

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Eisenhower doctrine

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Eisenhower promised aid economically and military to pro Western governments

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NATO

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North Atlantic treaty organization
Alliance made to defend another country if attacked

First peacetime alliance in history

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United Nations

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Set up as an organization of countries that would work to keep peace

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US/USSR after World War II

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They distrusted each other

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US/USSR plans for Germany

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Split Germany into west Germany and east Germany

And split Berlin into 4

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Fear of US/USSR

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Isolation of USSR from other countries

Atomic bomb

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Berlin blockade

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Ussr upset about Berlin dividing 
Surrounds Berlin 
Lasted 11 months 
Ussr ban traffic 
  No one in or out,no supplies,starved 
Historic beginning of Cold War 
Operation vittles (GB US Fr drops supplies on city
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NASA

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Eisenhower launched in 1959 to close Missle gap/ increase funding for missle development

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H bomb

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Hydrogen bomb

First one was named mike

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JOE ONE WAS

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Name we gave soviets first bomb

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Warsaw Pact

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Stalins idea
Eastern Eu + USSR
keep eastern eu countries under their control

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Soviet propoganda

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Discredit us on civil rights

Spread of communism

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Antinuclear movement

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The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining.

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CIA

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Created by Truman after Sputnik
Reported to the president
Secret operations
Worked in Austria New Zealand and Cuba to aid in overthrows or other operations

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Self determination

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Every country fought to run own government

Us hoped un would achieve it

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Potsdam conference

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Italy 1995, the loose ends regarding Germany’s future
Germany cut in half
Berlin split in 4 b/t us France England and ussr

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Iron curtain

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Metaphor for isolation of ussr from other countries

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Margarine communists

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Stalin made this up About Chinese communists implying they aren’t really communists

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NSC-68

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National security report

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Massive buildup of weapons to stay ahead of the Soviet Union

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Arms race

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Policy that keeps conflict confined to one area and avoids the use of nuclear weapons

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Limited war

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A redistribution of property to needy peasants

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Land reforms

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The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which the two powers would avoid fighting eachother directly but would block each others goals around the world

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Cold War

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A United States policy to secure peace by restricting communism to borders

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Containment

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Policy proposed to respond to a Soviet attack with a instant nuclear counterattack against the soviets

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Massive retaliation

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The close involvement of the military establishment with the arms industry

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Military industrial complex

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The refusal to back down from a crisis no matter what the implications

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Brinksmanship

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Undercover mission

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Covert operations

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To take a resource or commodity and convert it from private to governmental control

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Nationalization

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A developing country

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Emerging nation

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Republican Party during 1948 elections

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President: Thomas Dewey 
Vice President: earl warren 
Platform: oppose all new deal reforms 
And bipartisan foreign policy 
Slogan: time for a change 
Issues: containment and the new deal
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Democracy party during 1948 elections

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President: Truman 
VP: Albany Barkley 
Platform:reveal Taft Hartley act 
Recognize Israel 
Slogan: fair deal 
Issues: do nothing congress 
Aid to farmers 
Communism 
Civil rights
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Dixiecrat party

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Pres: strom Thurmond
Vp: fielding wright 
Platform: states rights and no civil rights 
Slogan: states rights 
Issues: condemnation of civil rights
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Progressive party

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Pres: Henry Wallace 
Vp: Glenn Taylor
Platform: communist and liberals can work together 
Slogan: 1234 we don't want another war 
Issues: repeal draft draft 
Civil rights cooperations with ussr
Ban a bombs
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1946

Demonstrations

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Arms race

Rise of stalin

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1947-49

Containment

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Cold War spies
Age of paranoia
Soviets test atomic bomb

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1950-1968

Coercion

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Korean War-Vietnam war-Cuba
Eishenhower/Khrushchev
JFK/LBJ
Race to the moon

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1968-1980

Detente

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Nixon-ford-carter
Reagan continues with Gorbachev
Brezhnev/Khrushchev

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1980-85

Confrontation

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Reagan
USSR moves into Afghanistan
Arms race renewed

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1985-89

Glasnost

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Reagan/Gorbachev

Arms treaties

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1989-91

Revolution

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Eastern Europe countries begin pushing for independence

USSR falls
Bush
Yeltsin

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1945

Negotiations

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Yalta

End of WWII

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