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World Policeman 2
Part 2 of World Policeman
Term | Definition |
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Korean Conflict | This is when the country of Korea was split into two. The north was communist and influenced by the Soviet Union. |
McCarthyism | Joseph McCarthy started a movement where he started to accuse thousands of Americans as being secret Soviet spies. |
Superpowers | This is when a country has a strong military, economic, and politics can influence events worldwide. |
Sputnik | This was the first satellite ever launched into space. It was launched into space by the Soviet Union. |
NASA | The U.S. started the National Aeronautics and Space Adminisration to launch U.S. satellites and missiles to counteract the Soviet Union. |
John F. Kennedy | was president during 1961-1963 and he established the peace corps |
fidel castro | in 1959 he became the communist dictator of cuba and was supported by the soviet union |
bays of pigs invasion | in 1961 the u.s. supported cuban refugees and the u.s. forgot to provide air support so the invasion failed. |
cuban missile crisis | in 1962 the u.s. discovered that the soviet union was building nuclear missiles. so the u.s. set up a blockade around cuba to protect them. |