LD SS COLD WAR QUIZ
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| COLD WAR | War in which the U.S. tried to contain communism against the Russians. A struggle over political differences between nations carried on by methods of short of war.
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| CAPITALISM | An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.
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| COMMUNISM | A political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
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| CONTAINMENT | Action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence. Trying to keep communism in the parts of the world that it was in and trying to prevent it from spreading to other countries.
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| RED SCARE | The fear of communists living in the United States.
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| TRUMAN DOCTRINE/MARSHALL PLAN | Provided immediate aid to the Greeks and the Turks. The U.S. pledged that it would help fight the spread of communism worldwide.
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| BERLIN AIRLIFT | When the Russians blockaded West Berlin, Truman ordered hundreds of planes to drop packages with food in it for the people in Berlin.
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| BERLIN WALL | Wall put up to separate East Berlin from the rest of the noncommunist world. Also, stopped people from fleeing from East to West Berlin.
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| NATO | A military alliance with much of Western Europe. This group was created to defend against the Soviets.
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| WARSAW PACT | The Soviet's created their own alliances with all of the Communist countries.
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| JAPAN | Country that controlled Korea during WWII
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| USSR (RUSSIA) | Country that supported North Korea after WWII
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| UNITED STATES | Country that supported South Korea after WWII
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| US/UN INVOLVEMENT IN KOREAN WAR | To stop the spread of communism in Korea
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| RESULTS OF KOREAN WAR | After both sides pushed back and forth, they had the same amount of land from when they started.
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| FIDEL CASTRO | Leader of Cuba
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| KHRUSCHCHEV | Leader of U.S.S.R.
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| JOHN F. KENNEDY | President of the U.S.
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| NUCLEAR MISSILES | What the Soviets put in Cuba after WWII
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| U.S. CONCERN | The missiles were very close to the U.S.
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| MILITARY ACTION - CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS | The U.S. established a blockade around Cuba.
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| RESULTS OF MILITARY ACTION | Soviets took their missiles out of Cuba and the U.S. took their missiles out of Turkey.
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