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Chapter 26: Cold War Flashcards

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Wilsonian principles

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Collective security, self determination, and free trade

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Rube Goldberg

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Political artist

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B. M. Molotov

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Soviet foreign minister

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Stimson

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Secretary of war

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Averell Harriman

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Close students of diplomacy, stalins actions in Europe was not aberration but really a show of his despotic regime

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George F. Kennan

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Close students of diplomacy, stalins actions in Europe was not aberration but really a show of his despotic regime; believed in containment of Russia

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Maxim Litvinoff

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Negotiated with us about ussr

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Long telegram

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Kennan talked about communism; relating article foreign affairs

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Marshall plan

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Economic support to European countries- 13 billion

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Truman doctrine

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Aid to Greece and turkey

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization- United States, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland formed a tight alliance

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COMECON

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Council for Mutual Economic Assistance- stalemate of cold war

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NSC-68

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Urged a crash program to maintain americas nuclear edge- step up game

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NSC

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National Security Council- established by national security act of 1947 that created dept of defense and CIA.

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Douglas McArthur

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General who paved the way to Japanese sovereignty, also drafted democratic constitution and oversaw the rebuilding of the economy

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Mao Zedong

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Led communist forces, contending for power

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Jiang jieshi

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Led a failed of national forces

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Kim Il Sung

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Dictator in North Korea

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Syngman Rhee

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Nationalist leader in South Korea

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Dean Acheson

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Secretary of state thag wrote a speech that made Stalin say the United States would not intervene

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Joseph J. Martin

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REPULICAN who wrote a letter to the house, denouncing the Korean stalemate

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OPA

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Office of Price Administration

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John L. Lewis

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Leader of union coal

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Taft-Harley Act

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Curb labors power

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Henry A. Wallace

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Progressive party candidate in 1948- avid new dealer and was fired from Secretary of State by Truman because of opposition to Cold War

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Hubert H. Humphrey

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Northern liberal- mayor of Minneapolis- civil rights democrat

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J. Strom Thurmond

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Governor of South Carolina, Dixiecrat presidential dude for southern peeps

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Dewey

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Rubicam candidate, politically moderate governer of New York

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Fair deal

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National health insurance, aid to education, a housing program, expansion of social security, higher minimum wage, new agricultural program, and African American rights

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Employment act of 1946

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Asserted governments responsibility and established s council of economic advisors to assist the prez.- embodied Keynesian policy

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National housing act of 1949

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Authorized the construction of 180,000 low-income units

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Harry Dexter white and Laughlin currie

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FDR assistant secretary of the treasury department, supplied information to the Soviet Union

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Director of Manhattan project- wanted to tell soviets about bomb

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HUAC

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House Unamerican Activities Committee- accused alleged communists in the movie industry

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John L. Lewis

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Leader of union coal

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Taft-Harley Act

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Curb labors power

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Henry A. Wallace

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Progressive party candidate in 1948- avid new dealer and was fired from Secretary of State by Truman because of opposition to Cold War

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Hubert H. Humphrey

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Northern liberal- mayor of Minneapolis- civil rights democrat

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J. Strom Thurmond

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Governor of South Carolina, Dixiecrat presidential dude for southern peeps

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Dewey

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Rubicam candidate, politically moderate governer of New York

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Fair deal

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National health insurance, aid to education, a housing program, expansion of social security, higher minimum wage, new agricultural program, and African American rights

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Employment act of 1946

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Asserted governments responsibility and established s council of economic advisors to assist the prez.- embodied Keynesian policy

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National housing act of 1949

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Authorized the construction of 180,000 low-income units

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Harry Dexter white and Laughlin currie

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FDR assistant secretary of the treasury department, supplied information to the Soviet Union

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Director of Manhattan project- wanted to tell soviets about bomb

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HUAC

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House Unamerican Activities Committee- accused alleged communists in the movie industry

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Robert A. Taft

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Republican candidate against Ike- republican leader in senate

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Adlai E. Stevenson

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Governor of Illinois and democratic candidate against Eisenhower

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Eisenhower administration

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Accepted legislation promoting social welfare- veteran benefits, housing and social security increased, minimum wage was raised

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HEW

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Health Education and welfare- used fed budget to help with that stuff

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Barry Goldwater

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Conservative senator of Arizona, thinking Eisenhower was too liberal

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John Foster Dulles

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Despised atheistic communism, wanted liberation of captive countries,

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Nakita S. Khrushchev

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Stalins successor, wanted peace at first but changed later due to Hungarians

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ICBMs

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Intercontinental ballistic missiles

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MAD

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Mutually Assured Destruction

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Francis Gary Powers

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Pilot captured by the soviets

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