Cold War Flashcards

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Cold War

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50 year, Non-fighting war between countries with communism & Mixed Economies

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Communism (Command Economy)

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Government completely controls the economy No PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ANYTHING

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Capitalism (Market Economy)

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Private ownership of everything—buyers and sellers decide what gets made & who gets what—laissez-faire

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Mixed Market Economy

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Some private & some government ownership, A mix between command and market economies

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5
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Containment

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Stop the spread of communism

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Truman doctrine

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U.S. will help any country resisting communism

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Marshall Plan

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U.S. plan to rebuild Europe after WWII

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Berin Blockade

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Soviets cut off access to West Berlin

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Berlin Airlift

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U.S. and Great Britain dropped supplies into West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade

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Berlin Wall

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Soviet-build wall dividing East and West Berlin

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NATO

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American Military Alliance against The Soviet Union & Warsaw Pact

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Warsaw Pact

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Soviet Military alliance against the U.S.A and NATO

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Korean War

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Containment operation in Korea—1950-1953

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Domino Theory

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If one country falls to communism, others will too. They will fall “like dominos.”.

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15
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Arms Race

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Competition for the most destructive weapons

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16
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Brinkmanship

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Living on the edge of all-out nuclear war

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M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)

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Part of Brinkmanship that prevented a nuclear war

18
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Soviet Union tried to put nuclear missiles in Cuba to use against the USA

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Space Race

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Competition for most advanced space technology

20
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Sputnik

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Worlds first satelitee—launched by ussr

21
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Dwight Eisenhower

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president 1953-1961

22
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Prosperity

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Living well; a high standard of living

23
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Joesph McCarthy

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Senator who accused many of being

24
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McCarthyism

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Publicly accusing people of disloyalty

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Blacklist

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To ban someone–(people accused of being communist were kept from jobs

26
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COVERT

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Done in secret

27
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Ethel & Julius Rosenberg

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American couple executed for spying for Soviets