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cold war Flashcards

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cold war

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rivalry between US and soviet union fighting for world domination

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communism

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govt has total control

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airlift

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flying supplies into berlin to help those in need

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korean war

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communism north korea invaded south korea

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nato

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north atlantic treaty organization, made to stop communism

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joseph mccarthy

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anti-communism senator who scared americans about communism

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nikita khruchchev

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dictator of the soviet union afterstalin, planned cuban missile crisis

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iron curtain

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symbolic boundary that divided europe into 2

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cuban missile crisis

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soviet union put missile in cuba and aimed them at the USA

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vietnam war

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communism north vietnam fought south system

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berlin wall

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wall that divided east and west berlin

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german reunification

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they reunited after a long time

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what happened in 1945

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cold war starts

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what happened in 1950

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north korea invades south korea

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what happened in 196

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berlin wall is built

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what was the cold war

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45 year long conflict or distrust between USA and soviet union

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what are the differences between a communist and a capitalist govt.

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communist- govt in control

capitalist- people in control

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what was the iron curtain

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invisible line that divided communists and non-communist countries in europe

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what was the cuban missile crisis

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soviet union places missiles in cuba and pointed the USA

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how did the cuban missile crisis end

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peaceful agreement to remove all nuclear missiles from cuba and turkey

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what was the korean war

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civil war in which north korea invaded south korea

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what was the outcome of the korean war

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after 3 years and no progress a truce was called and korea is still divided to this day

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what country was divided into four parts after world war II

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germany

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what was uni1ue about this division

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berlin the german capitol was controlled by the soviet union

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what was the berlin airlift

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the us and it’s allies used planes to airdrop food and supplies to the starving people of west berlin who were trapped by the soviets

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what was built to divided east and west berlin

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berlin wall

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what caused the arms race between the US and USSR

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each country wanted a strong military presence on a global scale

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why was the north atlantic treaty organization established

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to promote democracy and stop communism from spreading

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who was nikita kruchchev

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the soviet dictator who put the missiles in cuba and pointed them at the US

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what was the vietnam war

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civil war between communist north vietnam and democratic south vietnam

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what was the outcome of the vietnam war

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south vietnam and USA ake the L, and all of vietnam fell into communism

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who was joseph mccarthy

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US senator who scared people with his false claims and caused the red scare

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what did the television change american history

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allowed americans to see what’s happening around the world instead of relying on the radio

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what impact did space exploration have on the world

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1- space travel becomes a thing, along with NASA

2- people become able to watch actual history from their tv’s

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what were occupation zones

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areas in divided germany that were occupied by the soviet union

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what were hot spots

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areas in germany with high tension between communists and non-communists

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what happened in 1991

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soviet union collapses and isn’t a thing anymore

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