Cold War
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| Capitalism | A political and economic system where private owners own their own businesses and company's', not the state government
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| Communism | A political theory by Karl Marx where the government owns businesses and company's' but everyone works and gets payed the same
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| Economic policy | Actions by the government to influence its economics
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| Political policy | Actions by the government from the executive branch to solve the problems with laws and institutional customs
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| The US policy | Containment
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| Ho Chi Min Trail | A series of trails that were created by north Vietnam to send supplies back and forth
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| Geneva Accords | Divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
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| Vietnam War | Lasted 20 years, South Vietnam and US lost, lots of bombs dropped, Stopped free elections in North for Communist Leader
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| My Lai Massacre | Killing of 300 to 500 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968
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| Tet offensive | Largest attack in Vietnam and stated most deadly battles after
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| Korea war | Divided at 38th parallel, 1945 Potsdam Conference (Last big meeting of the big Three), War unofficially ends, War was 3 years
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| Salt II Treaty | Failed to be signed by US and SU to reduce nuclear weapons
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| Mujahideen | Group of Afghanistan's protesting and battling to change their government
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| Afghanistan War | Mostly about religion, King dies and Communist government takes over, Communist lose, New government today (Democracy)
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| Cuban Missile crisis | SU sets up missiles in Cuba right at US, US sends attack at Bay of Pigs but fails,Treaty signed which removes missiles from both sides
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| "Hotline" | direct telephone line in constant use to facilitate immediate communication
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| Cuban Alliance | Cuba and the SU became friends and the SU sent supplies to Cuba to defend itself from the US
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| Cult of personality | Creating an image of a person as a savior or a great leader - building them up to be the answer to everyone's problem
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| Appeal to Fear | An illusion that you had better do something or not or you will regret it
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| Appeal to Prejudice | Often closely related to racism, this is when you put the blame for problems on another group of people, often an ethnic group, or promote a sterotype
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| Flag-waving | This is an attempt to stir up emotions of nationalism by illustrating the countries flag in a heroic, patriotic, or romantic wat
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| Name-calling | Attaching a negative additive to someone or something such as "liar" or "tyrant" or a "loser"
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| Bandwagon | An appeal to the idea that everyone is doing it, so you should too
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| Testimonials | Often also an "appeal to authority," these are statements or quotes that serve to show the opinion of someone that you respect or trust. If the famous and credible person supports the cause, then you should too
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| Common man | Similar to testimonials, this promotes the idea that if the common, typical person is doing it, then it must be OK
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