The Origins Of The Cold War Flashcards

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The competition between the us and the ussr to build better and more numerous forms of military technology.

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Arms Race

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Blacklist

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A list that is circulated among employers containing names of persons that should not be hired

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A list that is circulated among employers containing names of persons that should not be hired

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Blacklist

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Brinkmanship

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Policy of risking war in order to protect a nations interests

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Policy of risking war in order to protect a nations interests

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Brinkmanship

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Cold War

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The struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy for power and world inference from 1945-1991

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The struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy for power and world inference from 1945-1991

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Cold War

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Collective Security

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Policy in which countries agree to protect one another during an attack

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Policy in which countries agree to protect one another during an attack

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Collective Security

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Containment

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The idea that America should take an active role in stopping the spread of communism around the world

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The idea that America should take an active role in stopping the spread of communism around the world

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Containment

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Domino Theory

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The foreign policy idea that if one country fell to communism, other nearby countries might fall as well.

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The foreign policy idea that if one country fell to communism, other nearby countries might fall as well.

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Domino theory

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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The American pledge to aid middle eastern nations that were being threatened by communism.

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The American pledge to aid middle eastern nations that were being threatened by communism.

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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House un-American activities commuter (HUAC)

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The government organization designed to investigate suspected communists during the red scare

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The government organization designed to investigate suspected communists during the red scare

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House un-American activities commuter (HUAC)

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Iron curtain

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He line in Europe that separated free, democratic nation scrim communist, totalitarian nations

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He line in Europe that separated free, democratic nation scrim communist, totalitarian nations

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Iron curtain

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Marshall plan

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Program of American financial assistance offered to Western Europe in 1947

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Program of American financial assistance offered to Western Europe in 1947

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Marshall Plan

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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A group of alliances that was based on the idea of protecting democratic nations in Western Europe from the spread of communism

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A group of alliances that was based on the idea of protecting democratic nations in Western Europe from the spread of communism

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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Warsaw Pact

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The Soviet version of European alliances

25
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The Soviet version of European alliances

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Warsaw Pact

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Satellite Nation

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A country dominated politically and economically by the Soviet Union during the Cold War

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A country dominated politically and economically by the Soviet Union during the Cold War

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Satellite Nation

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Sputnik

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A Russian satellite that was the first to orbit earth

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A Russian satellite that was the first to orbit earth

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Sputnik

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Truman doctrine

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The foreign policy of offering American assistance to any anion that was attempting to resist communism

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The foreign policy of offering American assistance to any anion that was attempting to resist communism

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Truman Doctrine

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Arms Race

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The competition between the us and the ussr to build better and more numerous forms of military technology.