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AH2 Review Units 5-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | This allowed Johnson to send troops to Vietnam |
| Guerilla Warfare | Surprise attacks with quick retreats |
| Containment | Policy to prevent communism from spreading |
| Central Intelligence Agency | Agency to collect information on overseas enemies of the US |
| Soviet Union | This country put a blockade around West Berlin |
| Berlin | German capital that was divided into sections |
| Iron Curtain | Division between democratic western Europe and communist eastern Europe |
| Cold War | Conflict that does NOT include actual military combat |
| United Nations | Developed after WWII to help countries deal with future conflicts and avoid war |
| Israel | Country formed by United Nations to provide a homeland for the Jews |
| Marshall Plan | Plan that gave European countries nearly $13 billion in financial aid to help European countries |
| Pearl Harbor | Attacked by Japan in 1941; led to US entering WWII |
| Long term causes of WWII | Rise of authoritarian leaders, economic depression; resentment of Treaty of Versailles |