exam Flashcards

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Iron curtian

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imaginary line draw between the counties of Eastern Europe and Western Europe.

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2
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cold war

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war of ideas. war to keep the idealiologis of the Soviet unions ideas and Us ideas separated

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3
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containment

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keeping communism within its current boundaries

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4
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Berlin Airlift

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lasted 11 months
Soviets took over Berlin
Truman airlifted supplies there

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5
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Mao ZeDong

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red army

led the communist revolution in China

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6
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the red scare

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a time when people were afraid of people who were different that might believe in communism

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7
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Joseph McCarthy

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led HUAC

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8
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Brinkmanship

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being willing to go to the brink of war to have things your way

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9
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GI Bill

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it was a bill that returning soliders from ww2 were able to use to allow them to go to college

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10
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baby boom

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largest generation in America

babies brain from the year the war ended to 1960

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11
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Jonas Salk

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created polo vaccine

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12
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Sputnik

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first artificial satellite sent into space by the Russians

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13
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generation gap

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kids were different that the parents

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