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Cold war Flashcards

1
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gives aid to Greece and Turkey

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Truman Doctrine

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2
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gives aid to Western Europe

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Marshall Plan

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3
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gives aid to the Middle East

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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4
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military alliance among the Western Allies

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NATO

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5
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military alliance among the Soviet Allies

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Warsaw Pact

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6
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US policy to stop the spread of communism

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Containment Policy

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7
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Space program created in response to Sputnik

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NASA

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8
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Act increase math and science requirements for school aged children

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NDEA National Defense in Education Act

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9
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failed military attempt to overthrow Castro

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Bay of Pigs

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10
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American pilot, Gary Powers, gets shot down over the Soviet Union and spends 5 years in prison

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U2 Incident

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11
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to bring the country to the brink of war without actually going to war

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Brinkmanship

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12
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Soviet attempt to cut West Berlin off from supplies

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Berlin Blockade

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13
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US response to the Berlin Blockade which we airlifted supplies into West Berlin

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Berlin Airlift

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14
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Built by the Soviets during the Kennedy years

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Berlin Wall

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15
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political, social and economic system where the government controls everything

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communism

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16
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line that divides western control from strict Soviet control

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Iron Curtain

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17
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icy rivalry with no bloodshed between the US and the USSR following WWII

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Cold War

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18
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speech by Nixon in an attempt to convince the American people that he has not taken bribes or gifts while in office. Checkers was the name of their dog which was a gift.

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Checkers Speech

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19
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names of suspected communists

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Blacklists

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20
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started by Kennedy to aid poor countries as an attempt to combat communism

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Peace Corp

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21
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direct phone line between the US and USSR following the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Hot Line

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22
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killing of millions during Stalin’s reign

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Purges

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23
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belief that if one country falls to communism, others will too

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Domino Theory

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24
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neutral area that separates conflicting forces

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Buffer Zone

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25
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E. European nations whose economies and societies are controlled by the Soviets

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Satellite Nations

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26
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first Soviet satellite into orbit

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Sputnik

27
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North Korea invades South Korea to spread communism

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Korean War

28
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civil war to determine if the country would be communist or a democracy

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Chinese Conflict

29
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increase GNP, prosperity and defense spending

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Post War economy

30
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Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones. The west will combine their zones

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German status

31
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first computer

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UNIVAC

32
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Soviets were constructing launching pads to support nuclear missiles which would decrease US response time to 2 minutes

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Cuban Missile Crisis

33
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another name for the Berlin Airlift

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Operation Vittles

34
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79 million babies born between 1945 and 1965

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Baby Boom

35
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popular TV comedy

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I love Lucy

36
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King of Rock and Roll in the 1950s

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Elvis Presley

37
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41,000 miles of highway built

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Highway Act of 1956

38
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Election where the Chicago Tribune printed a paper claiming Dewy as the winner

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Election of 1948

39
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limits the president to two terms

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22nd Amendment

40
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presidential disablity

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25th Amendment

41
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fear of communism following WWII

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Red Scare

42
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female sex symbol of the 1950s

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Marilyn Monroe

43
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total years of the Cold War

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1945-1989

44
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total years of the Korean War

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1950-1953

45
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we took over the military and created a democratic nation there

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Japan

46
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place where the Nationalists fled following the war

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Taiwan

47
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president who beat Dewy in the 1948 election

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Truman

48
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President during much of the 1950s

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Eisenhower

49
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General who publicly criticized Truman for not allowing him to use nuclear weapons in China

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MacArthur

50
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Senator who wrongly accused people of being communists

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McCarthy

51
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sold atomic intelligence to the Soviets

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Rosenbergs

52
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Eisenhower’s running mate who delivered the Checkers Speech

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Nixon

53
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invented the polio vaccine

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Jonas Salk

54
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leader of Cuba who became friends with the Soviets

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Castro

55
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leader of the Soviet Union following Stalin’s death

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Khrushchev

56
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Communist leader of China

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Mao Zedong

57
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Democratic leader of China

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Chiang Kai-shek

58
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authorized the Bay of Pigs which was a complete failure

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JFK

59
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author of the Baby and Child Care Book, a popular parenting book

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Dr. Spock

60
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Communist leader of Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minch

61
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Democratic leader of Vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

62
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battle where Vietnam defeats the French

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Dien Bien Phu

63
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tactic used by Buddhist monks to protest Diem’s religious persecution

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self immolation

64
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phrase used by the Department of Defense to teach people how to protect themselves against a nuclear attack

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Duck and Cover

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