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7-5.4--7-5.5 Review
Quick Overview of 7-5.4--7-5.5 (does NOT include all terms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | U.S. President 1981-1989; some think his military buildup and Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars” helped to bring about the end of the Cold War |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | last leader of the Soviet Union before it collapsed; put in place reforms that some say led to this collapse |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 crisis between the Soviet Union and the U.S. over the Soviets trying to place nuclear missiles in Cuba; almost led to nuclear combat and WWIII; resolved peacefully |
| Berlin Wall | wall put up by the communist Soviet Union around Berlin in 1961 to keep East Germans from escaping to democratic West Berlin; its fall in 1989 led to German reunification |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | corrupt and ineffective leader of South Vietnam during the early part of the Vietnam War; assassinated in 1963 |
| Vietnam War | 1956-1975 war fought between communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and relatively free South Vietnam, supported by the U.S.; North Vietnam won |
| Ho Chi Minh | led the movement for an independent Vietnam; led North Vietnam during the Vietnam war until he died in 1969 |
| Perestroika | economic restructuring that allowed for more decision-making and private ownership of businesses; part of Gorbachev's efforts to reform the Soviet Union |
| Glasnost | a policy of openness that allowed for more public participation and greater individual rights; part of Gorbachev's efforts to reform the Soviet Union |
| Collapse of the Soviet Union | December, 1991 – all fifteen Soviet republics declared independence, leading to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War; partly due to economic causes (Cold War expenses) and citizens’ desires for more rights |
| Korean Conflict | 1950-1953 war in Korea (part of the Cold War) during which the U.S., South Korea, and some allies fought against Communist China and North Korea with support from the Soviet Union; there was no clear winner |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N.A.S.A.) | led U.S. space programs during the “space race” so that the U.S. was the first to land a man on the moon in 1969; still leads U.S. space programs today |
| Nuclear Annihilation | what would happen if WWIII had started between the Soviet Union and the U.S. and each side used hundreds or thousands of nuclear weapons, killing millions of people and greatly damaging the Earth |
| Communist economic systems | economic system where the government is in total control of land, factories, and natural resources |
| Lyndon Johnson | U.S. President from 1963-1969 during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights era |
| John F. Kennedy | U.S. President from 1961—1963 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, also launched the “space race” |
| Thirty-Eight parallel | the line of latitude dividing North Korea from South Korea |
| Seventeenth parallel | the line of latitude splitting North Vietnam from South Vietnam |
| Space Race | competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to make a series of important achievements in space exploration and technology |
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