GEHS U.S. History - Cold War Terms
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| Cold War | show 🗑
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| show | US foreign policy followed during the Cold War that sought to prevent the expansion of Soviet Communism
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| Marshall Plan | show 🗑
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| show | A program in which the United States and Britain shipped supplies by air to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade of all routes to the city; lasted from 1948-1949.
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| show | Took over China in a communist revolt and est. the People's Republic of China in 1959
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| Yalta Conference | show 🗑
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| Iron Curtain | show 🗑
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| Containment | show 🗑
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| Soviet Bloc | show 🗑
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| Berlin Blockade | show 🗑
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| Chiang Kai-Shek | show 🗑
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| U-2 incident | show 🗑
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| 38th Parallel | show 🗑
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| show | This war lasted 3 years as a UN Police Action. The new border was roughly the same place as the original 38th parallel. One of the bloodiest wars in history.
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| show | The original purpose was to defend Western Europe against possible attack by Communist nations, led by the Soviet Union.
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| show | An attempt by Communist nations to counter the rearmament of West Germany. The alliance was dominated by the USSR, which kept strict control over the other countries in the pact.
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| show | Took over Communist control of The Soviet Union after Stalin died. Involved in the U-2 incident, Cuban missile crisis, and brutal supression of Eastern European countries attempting to leave the Warsaw Pact.
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| show | U.S. Senator from Wisconsin who accused Americans of being Communists. This tactic of accusing and slandering deepend the fear of Communism among many Americans.
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| Douglas MacArthur | show 🗑
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| show | Created the Truman Doctrine which was a plan to provide aid to countries that might otherwise have fallen to Communism
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| show | Communist leader of Cuba who ended all ties with the United States. JFK approved the plan to remove Castro from power during the Bay of Pigs Invasion which proved to be an absolute failure.
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