Chapter 30 Flashcards

0
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  • the tense line between democratic west and communist east
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Iron curtain

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1
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_ and _ were the two great powers after WWII

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United States; Soviet Union

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2
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_ was a key focus of Cold War tensions

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Berlin

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3
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_ was built to stop people from leaving east Berlin.

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Berlin Wall

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4
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  • mutually assured destruction
A

Arms race

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5
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SALT-

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Disarmament talks)

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6
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  • relaxation of tensions during the 1970’s
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Détente

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7
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Most serious Cold War conflict involved the island nation of _.

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Cuba

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8
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was the dictator of Cuba.

A

Fidel Castro

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9
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_- Soviet Union sent Nuclear Missiles to Cuba

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1962

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10
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_- keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its expansion.

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Containment

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11
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_ led a hunt for suspected American communists which contributed to the fear (mostly unproven charges ).

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Senator Joseph McCarthy

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12
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During the Cold War, _ was the world’s wealthiest and most powerful country

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the us

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13
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Goods, services and trade needed by other countries allowed _

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the us to achieve a huge postwar boom

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14
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_ needed by other countries allowed the us to achieve a huge postwar boom

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Goods, services and trade

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15
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_ wealth was a model for other democracies and a challenge to stagnant communism

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America’s

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16
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affluence (wealth) led to suburbanization : the movement of communities outside an urban core

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American

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17
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: the movement of communities outside an urban core

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suburbanization

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18
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  • forced separation
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Segregation

19
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  • unequal treatment
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Discrimination

20
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  • Supreme Court Case
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1954; Brown v. Board of education of Topeka

Declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional

21
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Mlk jr.

A

1963
“I have a dream” speach given
To extend equal rights to ALL Americans

22
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airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Soviet Union closed off land access to Berlin Nicknamed

A

Berlin Airlift- (1948); “operation vittles”

23
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German voters approved reunification (_ years after WWII ended)

A

1990;45

24
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  • country with a market economy but with increased government responsibility for the social and economic needs of the people
A

Welfare states

25
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led programs to reduce social welfare programs. Iron Lady.

A

Margaret thatcher- (Britain)

26
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USA ended occupation in Japan

A

1952

27
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One reason for Japan’s huge rise in GDP was

A

their ability to cut theimilitary spending because they had American protection.

28
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  • eastern part of the mainland Southeast Asia
A

Indochina

29
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  • small groups of loosely organized soldiers making surprise raids (strongly influenced by _
A

Guerrillas;communism

30
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_- Vietnam became a Cold War Issue

_ _

A

1954
USA helped south Vietnam
Soviet Union helped for North Vietnam

31
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  • the view that a communist victory in the south Vietnam would cause non communist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism
A

Domino theory

32
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  • communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam’s government (aided national liberation front)
A

Viet Cong

33
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_ gave the Pres. permission to use all necessary measures in S. Vietnam. (_)

A

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution;1964

34
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Marked a turning point in American public opinion

A

Tet offensive

35
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Ultimate end of the war =

A

2 years later, S. Vietnam controlled by the war

36
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US agreed to withdraw troops

A

(1973)

37
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  • dictator of Cambodia; reign of terror - Death of over a million Cambodians. Used
A

Pol pot;(killing fields)

38
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  • _ put a huge strain on the already inefficient economy and they could no keep up - (led to the downfall of the Soviet Union)
A

Soviet economic inferiority; arms race

39
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- Soviet Union at war with Afghanistan known as soviet unions “” because like _, the war in Afghanistan was _

A

1979; Vietnam; long and costly

40
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-Muslim religious warriors

A

Mujaheddin

41
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_- mikhail Gorbachev did

A

1985;glasnost (openness) ended censorship

42
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  • restructuring of the government and the economy
A

Perestroika

43
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As the Soviet Union crumbled- _ demanded freedom - weakening _ even further

A

Eastern Europeans; the S.U

44
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_ was a turning point for communism

A

The collapse of the Sov. Un.

45
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_ rapidly deteriorated without _

A

Cuba;the aid of the Soviet Union

46
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The sole power of the _ caused a _ world reaction

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USA; mix