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Cold War Stuff

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IMF   international monetary fund (regulated currency exchange rates)  
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World Bank   US created this and supplied most of funding, promoted economic growth in postwar world  
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Who died, making Truman president?   franklin d Roosevelt  
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UN   peace-making group of countries  
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2 divisions of UN   security council, assembly  
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5 countries dominating the UN security council   US, Britain, USSR, China, France  
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Nuremburg Trials   when US tried German war criminals in order to wipe out nazism  
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portion of germany bound to soviet union   east germany  
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4 countires that split up Germany and austria postwar   US, USSR, France, Great Britain  
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who controlled west Germany   at first US, France, and Brit then they let it go.  
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capital of germany that was split up 4 ways   berlin  
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what was the berlin airlift?   the Russians tried to take Berlin over by cutting off all resources to berlin, so we airlifted supplies, food, etc.  
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what country did stalin linger in seeking oil?   iran  
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name of USSR govt   kremlin  
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who made up the containment doctrine (hint: not truman)   kennan  
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what did the containment doctrine say?   we couldnt kill communism, but we could contain it  
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what was the first action of the truman doctrine?   tons of $$ to greece then turkey to save them from russian conquest  
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what is the marshall plan   we gave huge amounts of money to countries who were suffering post-war and trying to keep communism out. we got a lot of allies this way.  
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what 3 things did the national security act establish?   CIA, Department of defense, and national security council  
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home base of the UN   san francisco  
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where is the department of defense housed and who heads it   pentagon, secretary of defense  
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who is directly under the secretary of defense   joint cheifs of staff- army, navy, air force  
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function of the national security council?   advise president on security matters  
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voice of america?   radio broadcasts behind iron curtain  
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what system was created to draft ppl into the army?   selective service system  
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who democratized and paved way for economic recovery in japan?   macarthur  
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who lost in the fall of china?   the nationalists, led by chiang kai-shek  
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg   executed, accused of leaking bomb secrets  
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truman's nickname among republicans   high tax harry  
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who was going to be the original democratic nominee instead of truman?   eisenhower  
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name of truman's domestic economic plan that built off the new deal   fair deal  
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what did the NSC-68 do   quadrupled our defense spending  
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in charge of military efforts in korea   macarthur  
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how long did it take for us to restore the borders in korea   2 weeks  
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what country stepped in to help north korea   china  
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why was macarthur fired   he wanted to nuke the koreans  
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how long did men die in korea while waiting for peace talks to conclude   2 years  
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causes of recession early in truman's presidency?   inflation up 6% in one month, rapid demobilization  
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how did truman stop the railway strike   threatened to draft them  
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why was truman called the accidental president   became prez when FDR died  
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where was truman born   lamar, missouri  
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truman was FDR's (#) VP   3rd  
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truman's highest approval rating   87%  
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what war did truman serve in   WW1  
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who said, "the buck stops here"   truman  
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who said, "if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen"   truman  
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objective of new deal   give americans more opportunity  
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what was the manhattan project?   nickname for development of atomic bomb  
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robert oppenheimer   cheif scientist of manhattan project  
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where first a bomb was dropped   hiroshima  
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where second a bomb was dropped   nagasaki  
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who introduced the idea of the a bomb to FDR   einstein  
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4 reasons for dropping the bombs on japan   1. pearl harbor and baton death march (revenge!) 2. cold war act 3. end WWII 4. save american lives  
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4 reasons against atomic bomb   1. murder 2. didnt know if it would work 3. our old bombs had been successful enuf 4. didnt know if japan was going to surrender to russia  
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4 results of atomic bomb   1. ended WWII 2. started cold war 3. nuclear weapons introduced 4. we had sole occupation of japan  
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name of domestic program to solve post war problems   21 point program  
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what did executive order #9981 do   integrated armed forces  
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what athlete integrated baseball   jackie robinson  
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what was the name of the campaign truman did to win the election   whistlestop campaign  
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what was the red scare   ppl were freakin out looking for communist spies  
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who taught us to duck and cover?   bert the turtle  
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truman's campaign slogan   give em hell, harry!  
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why did the fair deal only have limited success? (3 reasons)   1. recession 2. had to focus more on foreign policy 3. american ppl didnt want to change  
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what future president was an excellent commie hunter?   nixon  
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alger hiss   good commie hunter, got sent to prison  
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joseph mccarthy   made false accusations about people being communists just to get reelected  
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h bomb or a bomb-more powerful?   h bomb (1000x)  
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whats the perk of being one of the 5 permanent members of the UN?   you get absolute veto power  
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what was project paperclip?   brought german scientists from WWII to USA  
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what does USSR stand for?   union of soviet socialist republics  
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American advantages going into cold war (5)   1. strong military 2.better economy 3. more allies 4. we had it good post WWII 5. a bomb  
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USSR advantages going into WWII   1. larger population 2. larger army 3. closer proximity to cold war conflicts 4.larger land size  
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tokyo war trials   got bad guys of WWII in japan  
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who coined the term "iron curtain"   winston churchill  
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NATO   North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military alliance  
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22nd amendment   limited president to 2 terms  
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article 5   an attack against one is an attack against all  
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what was the civil war in greece about   capitalists and communists had been fighting for 3 years  
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reasons 4 recognizing israel (3)   1. humanitarian (holocaust survivors) 2. containment (gain ally in Middle East) 3. political (got jewish voters)  
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who resigned because of the recognition of isreal   marshall  
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results of us recognizing israel (3)   1. jews got their homeland 2. israel is an ally now 3. anti-american feeling from displaced arabs  
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what event established the german occupation   potsdam conference  
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codename for berlin airlift   operation vittles  
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who was the candy bomber aka uncle wigglywings   gail halvorsen  
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who had china's vote in the UN at first after chinese revolution   taiwan (ROC)  
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ho chi minh   leader of communism in vietnam  
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where was the forgotten war and why was it forgottten   korea, because it wasnt on TV and it ended in a tie  
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what line splits N and S korea   38th parallel  
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KPR- real name, capital, leader, what it stands for   (North Korea), pyonyang, kim il sung, korean poeples democratic republic  
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ROK- real name, capital, leader, what it stands for   (south korea), seoul, syngmann rhee, republic of korea  
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4 causes of Korean War   1. imperialism 2. both superpowers of russia and USA withdrew 3. Acheson line 4. soviet permission  
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acheson line?   acheson put into ppls minds that we didnt care about south korea, really just an oversight  
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what allowed to UN to get involved in korean conflict   russia boycotted the UN  
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effects of korean war on the US   1. kept communism out of SK 2. many casualties 3. ends in a tie 4. truman's approval rating down to 31%  
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what was operation chromite   we attacked from behind enemy lines and pushed from bottom to squeeze them!!  
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battle of chosin resevoir   outnumbered, almost lost, cold, retreated  
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ridgeway   replaced mcarthur  
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effects of korean war on japan   economy up 46%  
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effects of korean war on North Korea   did not reunite korean peninsula  
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effects of korean war on china   recognized as world powerrr  
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effects of korean war on south korea (4)   kept soverignty seoul destroyed high tension on border many casualties  
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4 new allies for the US created in cold war   1. israel 2. south korea 3. Taiwan 4. West Germany  
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acheson   truman's secretary of state that made that stupid line  
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who said "old soldiers never die"   mccarthur  
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1st military commander of NATo   eisenhower  
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inchon   port city of mac's counter attack  
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what ended the korean war   an armistice  
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members of NATO   United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.  
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sites of a bomb testing   washington, tenesee, new mexico  
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where mac's attack pushed out of from up top   pusan  
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