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US and Great Britain wanted

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united Germany and independent nations in Eastern Europe

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Stalin wanted

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weak, divided Germany and Eastern Europe under communist control

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satellite states

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Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and eastern part of Germany

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Truman

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after meeting in Potsdam became convinced the Soviet Union had aspirations toward world domination; began the Cold War; asked congress for money to help Turkey and Greece to fight communism; ordered the development of a hydrogen bomb

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Churchill

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agreed with Truman and said iron curtain descended upon Europe

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east of the curtain

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Stalin tightening his grip and trying to spread communism

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Truman Doctrine

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Truman’s promise of aid; set new course for American foreign policy

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containment

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goal of another American policy; use American power to help nations resist communism

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Marshall Plan

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containments 1st success; Marshall’s economic recovery plan for Europe; US gave $13 billion in grants and loans to Western European nations

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1948 Stalin decided to

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block all shipping from western Germany into west Berlin; hope to make the city fall to the communists

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Berlin airlift

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US and Britain stopped Stalin’s plan by airlifting supples, including food, fuel, and clothing into West Berlin; showed that communism can be contained

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North Atlantic treaty organization

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NATO; 12 Western European and North American nations agreed to act together to defend Western Europe; west Germany joined in 1955

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Warsaw pact

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Soviet Union response to NATO; all communist states of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia promised to defend one another if attacked

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Jiang Jieshi

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known as Chaing Kaishek in US; US supported; allies with Mao against Japan during the war; became enemies

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Mao Zedong

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Soviet Union aided

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Mao’s communists

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took over the Chinese mainland; called their government the peoples republic of china

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after WW2 US and Soviet Union split

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Korea into 2 nations divided by the 38th parallel of latitude

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June 25, 1950

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90,000 north Korean troops armed with Soviet Union weapons crossed the 38th parallel to attack South Korea; Truman sent American troops to join South Korean and United Nations forces

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Douglas MacArthur

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under him attacked the port city of Inchon; drove the North Koreans back north; told Truman china wouldn’t intervene and continued to push forward; distrusted Trumans policy of “limited war”; got fired when he sent a letter to congress condemning the policy

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November 26, 1950

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300,000 Chinese soldiers attacked

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Eisenhower hinted

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might use nuclear weapons to achieve a cease-fire

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2 things changed

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Trumans use of American forces enlarged the power of the presidency; new alliance called the Southeast Asia treaty organization SEATO

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SEATO

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formed to prevent the spread of communism; asian version of NATO

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September 2, 1949

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America learned the soviets had an atomic bomb; world suddenly became more threatening

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scientists

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warned developing the h bomb would lead to a perpetual arms race

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mutually assured destruction

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US and Soviet Union; stockpiling weapons; prevent the other form actually using the weapons

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massive retaliation

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Eisenhower foreign policy emphasized

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John Foster Dulles

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Eisenhower’s SOS; believed only by going to the brink of war (brinkmanship) could the US discourage communist aggression

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Nikita Khrushchev

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became leader of the Soviet Union in 1953; continued to try to spread communism; shut down students and workers in Hungary from rioting

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wokers in Poland

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rioted against Soviet rule and won greater control of their government

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Egypt’s president; wanted to build a dam in the Nile River; opened relations with communist china and the Soviet Union and US withdrew its offer to help; nationalized Suez Canal

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Britain, France, and Israel

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in response invaded Egypt; using Suez as excuse took control of canal but withdrew when US wouldn’t help

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Eisenhower Doctrine announced

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use force to help any nation threatened by communism; used in 1958 to put down a revolt against a pro-American government in Lebanon

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Eisenhower administration used

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CIA to help return American governments to Iran and Guatemala

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October 4, 1957

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Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik 1

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response to Sputnik 1

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congress passed legislation to educated more scientists and created NASA

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red scare

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public fear that communists were working to destroy America both from within and without; spurred Truman to investigate federal employees

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1940 smith act

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truman administration used to send 11 US communist party members to prison; law against advocating violent overthrow of the government

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house committee on un-American activities

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investigated supervise activities throughout American life including academic institutions, labor unions, and city halls; targeted the Hollywood 10

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hollywood 10

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groups of left wing writers, directors, and producers; refused to testify against themselves and sent to prison

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blacklist

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named entertainment figured suspected of communist ties

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Alger Hiss

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government employee who helped organized the United Nations; denied everything before HUAC but sentenced 5 years in prison

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Whittaker Chambers

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former member of the communist party and espionage agent; named Hiss as one of his government contacts

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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accused of passing secret information about nuclear science to soviet agents; being persecuted because they were jewish and held unpopular beliefs; convicted in highly controversial trial and executed in 1953

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Joseph R McCarthy

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senator from Wisconsin; claimed he had long lost of communists in the state department; each time asked to give spacific names figures changed; popularity soared; targets grew bigger; went after US army; popularity went down when witnesses saw him twist the truth during tv hearings

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McCarthyism

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became catchword for the senators vicious style of reckless charges

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end of Korea War an McCarthy’s downfall

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signaled the decline of the red scare

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