A Cold War review for the NYS Regents
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| Policy by the US would supply economic aid to foreign countries to prevent them from succumbing to Communism | Truman Doctrine
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| General concept of preventing the spread of Communism | Containtment
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| The practice of seeking advantage by creating the impression that one is willing and able to push a highly dangerous situation to the limit rather than concede | Brinksmanship
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| The easing of tensions or strained relations | Détente
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| American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet communism | Marshall Plan
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| Transport of supplies into Berlin after the blockade set up by the Soviets | Berlin Airlift
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| Imaginary line which divided Eastern and Western Europe | Iron Curtain
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| Army General who served in WWII and the Korean War, eventually fired by Truman | General MacArthur
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| Name of the first Soviet satellite which focused the US on improving it's educational system | Sputnik
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| Massive investments in space technology and attempts to put a man on the moon between the US and the USSR | Space Race
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| Failed invasion of Cuba by rebels trained in the United States | Bay of Pigs Invasion
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| Event in which the USSR was placing missiles in Cuba which almost brought the world to global nuclear war | Cuban Missile Crisis
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| The practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof | McCarthyism
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| Congressional group which investigated claims of supposed Communist in the US | House Un-American Activities Committee
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| Event in which the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students who were protesting | Kent State massacre
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