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1
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ideas served as the basis of communism

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karl marx

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2
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first leader of USSR

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vladimir lenin

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3
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most infamous leader of USSR

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joseph stalin

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a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens, politically

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Totalitarianism

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5
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individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery, everyone is supposed to share the wealth that they create. gov is in control of everything, economically

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Communism

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6
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metaphor for the political division that separated Western Europe from the Soviet Union. divided capitalist and communist nations

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Iron Curtain

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Harry Truman’s policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries threatened by soviet forces, in order to prevent the expansion of communism

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Truman Doctrine/Containment

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when did the Truman Doctrine succeed?

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generally succeeded in containing communism until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991

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USA gave billions of dollars in aid to 16 nations after WWII, to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe

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Marshall Plan

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chairman of chinese communist party

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Mao Zedong

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politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China

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Chiang Kai-shek

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12
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who won Chinese Civil War?

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communists (Zedong)

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13
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claimed that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities etc

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Joe McCarthy

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the practice of making accusations of treason, especially when related to communism, and socialism, and especially when the accusations are false or unproven and are made in a public and attention-grabbing manner

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McCarthyism

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broadcast journalist and war correspondent. devoted entire program to revealing Mccarthy’s lies

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Edward R. Murrow

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16
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34th president

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“Ike” Eisenhower

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17
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“Ike” Eisenhower served from..

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January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961

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18
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relationship between a country’s military and the defense industry that supplies it

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“Military-industrial complex”

19
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Secretary of the Communist Party 1953-1954
supplied cuba with missiles

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Nikita Khrushchev

20
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leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
cuba became a communist state because of him

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Fidel Castro

21
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failed military landing operation in Cuba, was aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro’s communist government

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Bay of Pigs invasion

22
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JFK’s president policies

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New Frontier

23
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36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969

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LBJ

24
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He was a Communist leader in Vietnam (fought against the USA and the South Vietnamese)
If elections were held after the “temporary” division in 1955, he would’ve been elected
He received support from China and the USSR

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Ho Chi Minh

25
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“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

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Reagan

26
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number of U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam

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58, 220

27
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What was the result of the First Gulf War? (It ended in March of 1991)

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Iraqi defeat and retreat from Kuwait

28
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Explain Guns and Butter

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the relationship between a nation’s investment in defense and civilian goods. “Guns” - military defense needs
“Butter”- education, hospitals, housing, schools - welfare

29
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Billie Holiday
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen, were all discovered by..

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John H Hammond

30
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The _________________ Theory convinced JFK to intervene more in Vietnam to stop the spread of Communism

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Domino theory

31
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weakened U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam

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Tet Offensive influence on American public

32
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Which U.S. president was in office when the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred?

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Lyndon Johnson

33
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What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

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two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces

34
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Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina. This led to the Vietnam War

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US Gov response to Gulf of Tonkin

35
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Which President was in power when the USA recognized Communist China?

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Nixon

36
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Which Cold War president was the most suspicious of big government domestic programs?

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Reagan

37
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troops armed with rifles/tanks fired at protestors and those trying to block the military’s advance into Tiananmen Square

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Tiananmen Square 1989

38
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Eastern (Communist) bloc (side)

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Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia

39
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evil empire” (from President Reagan) was directed at the past and present governments of what country?

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soviet union

40
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Which Cold War President of the USA of the following can best be described as a “realist”

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Nixon

41
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Which Cold War President of the USA of the following can best be described as a “idealist”

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Woodrow Wilson

42
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3 countries of French Indochina

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Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia

43
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What was the connection between Totalitarianism and Communism

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both attempt at complete government control

44
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“military industrial complex” was said by

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Dwight Eisenhower

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