The Cold War
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| show | The Constitution of the United Nations which created a security council responsible for international peace and security
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| show | the term coined by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after WWII
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| show | the US foreign policy devised by diplomat George Kennan and put in place under President Truman to try and prevent the expansion of Soviet power, with the goal of patiently waiting for political & economic weaknesses of communism causing it to fall apart
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| show | a war fought to achieve a specific objective such as stopping the spread of communism during the cold war
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| show | the foreign policy of aiding people groups who resisted the control of the Soviet Union, such as Greece in 1947; this policy set the precedent of the US fighting the spread of communism worldwide
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| Berlin Airlift | show 🗑
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| show | communist leader of Chinese rebels who fought the Japanese invasion and then won the civil war against the Nationalist Party for control of China following WWII
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| show | Chinese leader of the Nationalist Party that lost China to the communists and fled to Taiwan to set up a democratic government on the island that has remained supported by the US
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| General George MacArthur | show 🗑
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| NATO | show 🗑
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| show | a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within; the fear of spies infiltrating the US government led to the Red Scares of the 1950s
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| manipulate | show 🗑
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| show | lying under oath after swearing to tell the truth to a grand jury or Congressional hearing
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| show | a formal disapproval voted by the Senate against Senator Joseph McCarthy for conducting witch hunts against people suspected of being communist sympathizers
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| fallout | show 🗑
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| massive retaliation | show 🗑
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| brinksmanship | show 🗑
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| show | the dangerous relationship that exists between the military and the weapons defense industry that promotes greater military action and government spending; President Eisenhower warned the American people of the danger of this growing threat to democracy
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