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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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Korean War

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Communist North Korea invaded South Korea

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NATO

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made to stop communism

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Joseph McCarthy

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Anti communist senator who scared Americans about communism

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Nikita kruchev

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Dictator of the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union 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 missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the USA

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Vietnam war

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Communist north Vietnam fought south Vietnam

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German reunification

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West and east Germany finally reunited

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Berlin Wall

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Wall that divided East and West Berlin

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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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What happened in 1945

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Cold War starts

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What happened in 1950

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Korean War starts

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What happened in 1961

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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 of distrust between USA and Soviet Union

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What was the iron curtain

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Invisible line that divided communists and non communists countries in Europe

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What was the Cuban missile crisis

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Soviet Union placed missiles from Cuba and turkey

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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 outcome of the Korean War

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After 3 years of no progress a truce was called.

Korea is still divided to this day

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What country was divide into 4 parts after WW2

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Germany

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What was built to divide East Berlin and West Berlin

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Berlin Wall

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What caused the arms race between the us and the USSR

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Each country wanted a strong military presence on global scale

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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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What were hotspots

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Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non communists

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