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Who is in ruins after WWII?

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Germany and Japan

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What happened at the Potsdam Conference?

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The Allies meet to decide to divide Germany & Berlin into four

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What is the United Nations?

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An international organization that hopes to achieve world peace

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Who are the five permanent members of the United Nations?

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US, Soviet Union, China, G.B, and France

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What power do the permanent members of the U.N. have?

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The power to veto

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What is the U.N. criticized for?

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They are all bark, no bite

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What country was founded by the U.N.?

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Israel

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What is Zionism?

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The movement for Jewish homeland

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What is the definition of the Cold War?

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A rivalry between U.S. & Soviet Union that was a competition, fought politically& economically, for power & influence

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How is the U.S different from the USSR?

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The U.S has democratic principles, individual freedom, a two party system, and capitalism

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How is the USSR different from the U.S?

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The USSR has a state-run economy, a one party system, suppression of religion, and communism

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What are Satellite Nations?

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The countries under Soviet rule

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List the Satellite Nations

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Poland, Romania, and Manchuria

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What is the term that we use because we don’t know what is going on in the Soviet Union?

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The Iron Curtain

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What is the Policy of Containment?

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The policy to restrict expansion

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What does the Truman Doctrine state?

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The U.S. must support all free people resisting attempted conquest

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17
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When did the Nuclear Arms race start?

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When the Soviets successfully built their first Atomic bomb

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What is the Marshall Plan?

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The 12 billion dollar European recovery program that is used to prevent Western Europe’s collapse

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What is the Berlin Airlift?

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It’s when Eastern Europe flew resources into Western Berlin. This event saved Western Europe and embarrassed the Soviets

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What is NATO?

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The alliance that defends Western Europe from a Soviet invasion

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What does NATO stand for?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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What is the Warsaw Pact?

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The alliance that defends Eastern Europe from a Western Europe invasion

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23
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What country did communism come to power in?

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China

24
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Who led the Chinese nationalist party?

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Chiang Kai-Shek

25
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Who led the Chinese communist party?

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Mao Zedong

26
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Which part of Korea was communistic and which part was democratic?

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The North was communistic and the South was democratic

27
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Who controlled North Korea?

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The Soviet Union

28
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Who controlled South Korea?

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The U.S

29
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What is the 38th Parallel?

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The line that divides North & South Korea

30
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Who attacked who first and what did it start?

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North Korea invaded South Korea first and started the Korean War

31
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Who was the overall commander of U.S forces during the Korean War?

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MacArthur

32
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What is the Pusan Perimeter?

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It’s the defensive line in the south east corner of the peninsula surrounding the port city of Pusan

33
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What’s the Invasion of Inch’on?

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It’s the amphibious assault to recapture Seoul that can be considered as risky

34
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Why does China enter the Korean War and which side do they fight on?

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Mac’s advancements across the Yalu River threaten China, so they enter the war on North Korea’s side

35
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Why was MacArthur fired?

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  1. Mac criticized Truman publically
  2. He sends a message of unconditional surrender
  3. Insubordination
36
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Who won the election of 1952?

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Eisenhower

37
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Who is Eisenhower?

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He’s a republican and he was a supreme allied commander who wanted to resist communism & end the war

38
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Who is president when the Korean War ends?

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Eisenhower

39
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How did IKE (Eisenhower) pressure peace talks?

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He hints at Nukes use

40
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What are the armistice’s agreements?

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That Korea is 2 nations and the 38th parallel is the border

41
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What will IKE pursue goals through?

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Diplomacy and the CIA

42
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How will IKE pursue goals through the CIA?

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He uses the CIA to gather strategic info and pursue his cold war goals

43
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What is the U-2 Incident?

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A U.S spy plane was shot down and captured in Russia. The U.S claimed that it was a weather plane and, when they did that, Russia released the footage that they got from the plane to show that the U.S was lying.

44
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What is the name of the pilot of the U-2 Incident?

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Gary Powers

45
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What does the House Un-American Activities do?

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They investigate liberal groups, unions, and peace organizations

46
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Who are the Hollywood Ten?

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They were a group of writers & directors who were blacklisted

47
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Who was Alger Hiss?

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He was accused of spying for Russia. He would use Pumpkin Papers to send info to Russia

48
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Who are Julius & Ethel Rosenberg?

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They were spies for Russia and took Atomic Secrets, they were eventually caught and executed

49
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Who was Joseph McCarthy, what does he do, why, and what was his downfall? (Work In Progress)

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He was a Senator from Wisconsin who headed the investigation committee. His downfall was that he was accusing a lot of people without any evidence, guilty until proven innocent

50
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Who was Edward Murrow?

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He was a Newscaster from “See It Now”

51
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Hydrogen Bombs

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They are 1000x stronger and pushed the army race

52
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Who was Billy Graham?

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A priest

53
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What is Duck and Cover?

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It’s what they taught people to do if there was a nuclear attack

54
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Bomb Shelters

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They made concrete & steel igloos that had a radio, batteries, and 2 weeks worth of food

55
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What is Sputnik?

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The first artificial satellite

56
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Who were Russian spies?

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Alger Hiss and Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

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