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Cold War Review🥶⚔️ Flashcards

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Cold War

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Rivalry between USA and the Soviet Union fighting fo world domination

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Communism

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Government has 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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Communist 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-commie senator who scared Americans about communism

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Nikita Kruchev

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Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin

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Iron curtain

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Symbolic boundary that divided Eroupe into 2

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Cuban missle crisis

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Soviet Union put misiles in cuba and aimed them at the USA

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Berlin Wall

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Wall that divided east Berlin (commies) and West Berlin

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Vietnam war

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Commie 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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1945

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Cold War starts

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1950

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Korean War starts

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1961

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Berlin Wall is built

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Germany

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Country divided into four parts during the Cold War

17
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Impact of the war

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  1. Space travel

2. TV

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1991

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Soviet Union collapse

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Hot spots

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Tension areas in Germany

20
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Iron curtain

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Invisible line that divided Europe

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Occupation zones

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Areas in Germany occupied by different countries

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Cold War

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45 year conflict between USA and the Soviet Union

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Communist vs. capitalist

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Government in total control people in control

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How did the Cuban missle crisis end

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Peaceful agreement

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Why is it called the Cold War

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Because niether ever fired

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