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COLD WAR REVIEW Flashcards

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Cold War

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Rivalry between US & Soviet Union fighting for world domination

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Communism

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Government 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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Commie North Korea invade South Korea

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communsion

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Joseph McCarthy

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Anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism

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Nikita Khrushchev

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

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Vietnam War

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Commie North Vietnam fought South Vietnam

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Berlin Wall

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Wall that divided East Berlin (commies) & West Berlin

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German Reunification

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West & East Germany finally reunited

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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; North Korea invaded South Korea

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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 & Soviet Union

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What are the differences between a communist and a capitalist government?

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Communist= Government in total control 
Capitalist= People in control
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What was the “Iron Curtain”?

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Invisible line that divided communist and non-communist countries in Europe

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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba & pointed them at 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 & 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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