The Cold War

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Containment

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Policy in the US that stop the spread of communism and provided aid to countries against the Soviets

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The Iron Curtain

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An imaginary line dividing communist countries in Soviet block from countries in Western Europe during the cold

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Marshall plan

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The reconstruction of Europe

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Truman Doctrine

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Truman’s pledge to provide aid to countries forced into communist

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G.I. Bill

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Act that helped make a smooth entry into civilian life with money for attending college or advanced job-training

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United Nations

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An organization that encourages Corporation among the nations and prevent future wars

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Fair deal

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I number of programs in the tradition of the new deal

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World Bank

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Helps poor countries by providing grants and loans to help with projects that provide jobs and wealth

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International monetary fund

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Organization designed to encourage economic policies that promoted international trade

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Universal declaration of human rights

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All human beings are created free and equal and tried to set standards for human rights

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House un-American activities committee

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Focus on the threat of communism in the United States during World War2 and the Cold War

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Panmunjom

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Town in the moon demilitarized zone in between North and South Korea where peace talks took place following the Korean War

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Joseph Stalin

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Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union he used violent crackdowns on his political enemies to strengthen his control he led to the Soviet Union through World War II and created a powerful Soviet sphere of influence and Eastern Europe after the war

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Harry Truman

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33rd president of the United States he became president upon the death of Pres. Franklin D Roosevelt he left the United States in the end the World War II and the beginning of the Cold War

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Mao Zedong

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Chairman of the Chinese party; at the end of World War II the defeated Japanese had withdrawn from China, led by

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Chiang Kai-shek

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Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Government in a strong US ally his government was defeated by the Communists in 1949 he fled to the island of Taiwan and established Nationalist Government there

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Joe McCarthy

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US senator from Wisconsin he gave national fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s by aggressively charging by communist were working in the US government
Support in 1954 after making baseless attacks on the US Army official

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McCarthyism

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The name critics gave to Joseph McCarthy’s tactic of spreading fear and making baseless charges

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Kim Il Sung

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Communist leader of the North Korea is attack on South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War he remains in power until 1994