Cold War

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Cold War Iron-curtain

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Imaginary wall separating Soviet satellite countries from the west

Question 2

Cold War. NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization)

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Based on the concept of collective security which each member pledged to defend each other if attacked

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Cold War. Mao Zedong

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Led a communist revolution in china in 1949

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Cold War. Marshall plan

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Massive aid program for war torn European countries

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Cold War. HUAC

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Congressional committee questioned actors,directors,writers and others about their possible Communists sympathies

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Cold War. Deterrent

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Designed to limit retaliation from an enemy for fear of nuclear attack

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Cold War. McCarthyism

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Congressmen created fears of a communist conspiracy to overthrow the American government by infiltrating the US State Department with spies

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Cold War. Containment policy

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US would not attempt to overturn communism where it already existed,but they resolved not to allow it to spread

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Cold War. Truman Doctrine

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Us president offered military aid to Greece and Turkey when communist rebels threatened these two countries

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Cold War. Warsaw Pact

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Soviet Union reacted to creation of Western European alliances by unifying Eastern European satellite countries

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Cold War. Venona papers

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Released in 1997 which confirmed the identities of several Americans who had spied for the Soviet Union

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Cold War. Korean War

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Communist North invaded the South,Truman chose to aid the South to prevent the spread of communism;sometimes referred to as the “Forgotten War”

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Cold War. GI Bill

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Serviceman’s readjustment act help veterans with low interest home loans and money for college education

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Cold War. Sputnik

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1957 the soviets launched the first man-made satellite marked the beginning of what becomes known as the space race

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Cold War. Berlin airlift

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Stalin ordered a blockade in 1947, the US organized a massive humanitarian relief efforts to supply and feed the city

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Cold War. Jonas Salk

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Discovered the polio vaccine

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Cold War. Rosenbergs

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This married couple was charged with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union, were convicted and executed

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Cold War. Cold War

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A confrontation between the free nations of the world (US)and the communist nations of the world(soviets)

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Cold war. Eisenhower doctrine

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Continuing the policy of containment Eisenhower agreed to send aid to any middle eastern country that needed to stop the spread of communism

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Cold war. Alger hiss

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State department official accused of spying and found guilty of perjury by the HUAC

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Cold War. Interstate highway act

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Eisenhowers plan to connect the nation through a system of roadways sparked the middle class move to the suburbs

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Cold war. Arms race

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Beginning of a competition for weapons superiority after both the US and Soviet launch nuclear weapons

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Cold War. 38th parallel

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Agreed upon border between communist North Korean and democratic South Korea.

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Cold war. Loyalty review boards

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Federal employees were investigated for suspicious activities

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Cold war. United Nations

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International peace keeping organization designed to promote global justice and cooperation with member nations