Cold War Flashcards

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Truman Doctrine

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The United States’ pledge to fight the spread of communism at all costs.

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CONTAINMENT

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The United States’ policy of preventing the spread of communism.

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Cold War

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Battle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. between democracy and communism.

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Warsaw Pact

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Collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War

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MCCARTHYISM

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Fear of communism in the United States following WWII.

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DOMINO EFFECT

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The fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, so would the surrounding countries.

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Communism

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During the cold War, the Soviet Union wanted new countries to set up this type of government.

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KOREAN & VIETNAM WARS

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Two specific Cold War wars in which the north was communist and the U.S. helped the democratic south.

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BERLIN AIRLIFT

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The United States’ response to the Soviet Union’s blockade of West Berlin.

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Space Race

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Battle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to put a man in space. Sign of superiority.

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