Cold War Flashcards

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1
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A communist government is run by a

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Dictator

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2
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The United States is a _______ country

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Democratic

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3
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An invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe

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The iron curtain

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It’s goal was to keep peace encourage respect for human rights and promote justice

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The United nation

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A military alliance between the nations of Western Europe promising to help each other if there was an attack by the Soviet Union

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NATO

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6
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Panic that Americans felt as the communist party grew

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The red scare

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Built around West Berlin to try to prevent people from the communist side from trying to escape to the democratic side

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Berlin wall

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8
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Soviet Union and United States raced to build ______

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Nuclear weapons

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9
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When the soviets sent nuclear weapons to Cuba. President Kenny told the Soviet union to remove the missiles the Navy block ships from bringing any more missiles to Cuba, and the Soviets finally removed the missiles. 

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Cuban missile crisis

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10
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T or F: south Vietnam is still communist today

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True

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11
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First to put man on the moon

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United states

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12
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Berlin Wall finally came down in 1989 under the leadership of ______

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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The U.S.S.R split up into 15 independent countries in 1991 All of its nuclear weapons were returned to____

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Russia

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T or F: the United States won round 2 of the space race by sending Apollo 11 to the moon American Neil Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon

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True

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Soldiers didn’t wear a uniform, so it was hard to distinguish between soldiers in civilians they use the women and children in attacks civilians would deliver explosives to soldiers 

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Guerilla warfare tactics

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16
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A war fought with words, money, and threat of weapons 

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Cold war 

17
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Mumbai dictator careers/housing assigned by the government people have you freedoms and rights business/factories banks, government owned

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Communist government

18
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The United States is a democratic citizens choose their representatives 

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True

19
Q

The goal of _______ what’s to keep peace encourage respect for human rights and promote justice 

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United Nations 

20
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The US provided food, shelter, and materials to help European countries rebuild and stand up to communism 

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Marshall plan

21
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Fought between North Korea and South Korea, because North Korea wanted to turn South Korea into a communist nation. Though South Korea had help from the United States and others the war in this with no clear winner

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Korean war

22
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An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

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Blockade 

23
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Which US president 1981-1989 said these famous words, general secretary, Gorbachev , if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization come here to this gate mr Gorbachev open this gate, Mr. Gorbachev tear this wall 

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Ronald Reagan

24
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The U.S.S.R split into 15 independent countries in 1991 All of its nuclear weapons were returned to ___

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Russia

25
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THE _____

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