UNIT 6 Flashcards

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Truman Doctrine

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Harry’s Truman speech before a joint session of congress, calling for the U.S. to take the leadership

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Berlin Aircraft

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operation that moved supplies into the west of Berlin by American and British planes during the soviet blockade in 1948

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North Atlantic treaty

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alliance of nations that agreed to join together in the event of war and to support and protect each nation

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United Nations

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promote internationally it was a replacement of the League of Nations

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Cold War

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develop the after the WWII between the US and THE Soviet Union for power and influence in the world , lasting until the collapse of the Soviet Union

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6
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Berlin Wall

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barrier that divided Germany it was constructed by a republican

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Containment

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American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

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Marshall plan

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program Of American economic assistance to west Europe.IN 1947

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arms race

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contest been nations to gain weapons superiority

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Korean War

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conflict over the future of the Korean Peninsula , fought between 1950 and 1953 ending in a statement.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962 Crisis that arose between the IS and the Soviet Union over a Soviet Union attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba

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