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Chapter 30 Flashcards

1
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Was started after ww2 would last more than 40 years between these two powers

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The Cold War

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The U.S. Had ___________ to protect themselves after ww2

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)-Western Europe

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The Soviet Union had _______ to protect themselves after ww2

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Warsaw Pact-eastern europe

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The tensions between the United States and Soviet Union was called

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Iron curtain

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_____ Berlin was democratic U.S.A

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West

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______ Berlin was communist Soviet Union

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East

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to stop the exodus east Germany built a wall in 1961 that cut off west Germany (the wall cut through Berlin and this was called. It became a key symbol of the cold air because it physically split a city in half (half being democratic and half being communist)

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Berlin Wall

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By 1953 the United States and Russia had developed _______ bombs (were more destructive than atomic bombs)

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Hydrogen

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Limited the number of nuclear weapons on each side

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

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Were missiles that could shoot down other missiles from hostile areas

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Anti-Ballistic Missiles (AMBs)

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U.S. President Ronald Reagan launched a program called _______ missiles defense against nuclear attacks

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Star Wars

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After ww2 communist forces were assisting

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China and Korea

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The United States and its allies from another alliance. This alliances contained U.S., Britain, France, Australia, Pakistan, Thailand, New Zealand and the Philippines

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Southeast-asia treaty organization (SEATO)

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Central treaty organization which comprised of Britain, turkey, Iran, and Pakistan

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CENTO

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Russia created an alliance with

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Africa and Asia

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By 1959 led his guerrilla army to victory and set about transforming the country. This is known as Cuban Revolution

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Fidel Castro

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17
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The attempt to overthrow Castro was known as

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Bay of Pigs

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Khruschev removed the nuclear weapons from ________ and the U.S. removed nuclear missiles from _______turkey

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Cuba and Turkey

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In 1956 he shocked the top of communist party members when he publicly denounced Stalin’s abuse of power. He kept Stalin’s communist control. It closed down prison camps and eased censorships

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Nikita Khruschev

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20
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In these markets economies producers and consumers make economic decisions

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Free market

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The economy and market are controlled by

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Supply and demand

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The idea is to keep communism in its existing boundaries and prevent communism from expanding

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Containment

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23
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Were designed to protect from radioactive particles that would come after a nuclear explosion

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Shelters

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This fear went so far that a United States sensation in 1950 joseph McCarthy led a hunt for suspected American communism

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Red Scare

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He became famous for charging people to be communist without any proof these types of charges and ideology became known as McCarthyism

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Joseph McCarthy

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Americans grew more affluent and many moved from life in city to suburbs

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Suburbanization

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Usually consisted of single family houses that had lawns and access to good schools

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Suburbs

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President Dwight Eisenhower Approved government funding to build vast interstate. This allowed for further suburbanization because Americans now could work in the city and drive home to the suburbs

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Highway System

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29
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Forced separation (in schools and homes)

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Segregation

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30
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Which is unequal treatment in jobs, voting and social life

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Discrimination

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31
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This ruling declared that segregating schools were unconstitutional

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Brown vs. board of education Topeka

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32
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Emerged as a leader of the civil rights movements for African Americans. He was leading a movement which fought for equal rights. Rights to vote, right to free speech, equal job opportunities

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The civil rights movement laid way for all races in America to fight for their rights

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Asians, Latinos, Native Americans, Women

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34
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During the 1960-1970 women had the right to vote but they were still facing discrimination creating this movement which fought for equality in all areas of life (something that continues today)

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Women’s Rights

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After the devastation of ww2 there were only two great powers left

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United States and Soviet Union (Russia)

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36
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Chinese Communist had control of much of

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Northern China

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37
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Communist regime led by _________-fought a civil war against nationalist

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Mao Zedong

38
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Held cities and soon each city in China fell to communism

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Nationalist

39
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Reshaped the economy and society of China. They did things like discourage Buddhism, Confucianism, and other traditional beliefs. They seized property and anyone who opposed them were put down

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People’s Republic of China

40
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Which forced those peasants to pool together their land and labor

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Collectivization

41
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Mao’s plan to create things on a superhuman level. It ended up failing because of what they ended up producing was low quality useless goods

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Great Leap Forward

42
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Purged China of its bourgeois tendencies and urged young chinese to experience revolutions first hand (just like his generation)

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Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

43
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Capital/South Korea helped from nations like

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America

44
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North Korea/Communiship/ help from nations like

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China and Russia

45
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Is the latitude of the world map

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38th parallel

46
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North Korea was communist and was controlled by a dictator

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Kim II Sung

47
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In South Korea the Americans backed a dictator named

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Syngman Rhee

48
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End of the war

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Armistice

49
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Before ww2 the Cold War mainland Southeast Asia was conquered by

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French during the 1800s

50
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Which are small groups of loosely organized soldiers who made sunrise raids

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Guerrillas

51
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The French set out to take retake Indochina in 1946 but they faced guerrilla forces led by _____. Was communist and fought the Japanese, after which he fought the French in what is now known as the First Indochina war

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Ho Chi Minh

52
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The bloodiest battles in the 1954 and convinced the French to leave Vietnam

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First Indochina War was in Dien Phu

53
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Became divided and was also split during the Cold War

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Vietnam

54
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Was controlled by Ho Chi Minh and his Communist forces (help from the China, Russia, North Korea)

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North Vietnam

55
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Was controlled by Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by the United States

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South Vietnam

56
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Is the view that a community victory in south Vietnam could cause non communist governments to grow across Southeast Asia

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Domino Theory

57
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Which are communist rebels trying to overthrow south Vietnam’s government

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National Liberation Front-the Viet Cong

58
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On August 1, 1964 South Vietnamese commandos conduced raids on north Vietnamese islands in the

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Gulf of Tonkin

59
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Thus resolution allowed for the United States to take all necessary measure to prevent further aggression on south Vietnam. After this resolution the United States started to bomb parts of north Vietnam and sent over 500,000 American troops to fighting against the north Vietnamese

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964

60
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Was a random lottery of your name from a list to be picked

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Draft

61
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Was a turning point in American society about involvement in Vietnam

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Tet Offensive

62
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The odor of American troops increased anti war sentiment in America. American troops during this time were either killed,

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Prisoners of wars or missing in action

63
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Did not run for a second term and started to open talks with the north Vietnam

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President Lyndon Johnson

64
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Decided to fully terminate america’s involvement in Vietnam I. 1973 I’m the Paris a peace accord. Two years after this north Vietnam conquered south Vietnam

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President Richard Nixon

65
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The global conflict between the two armed nations lasted for ________. But the year 1990 the struggle had finally ended, eight having any nuclear war

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Half a century

66
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Changed the economy in Russia to focus on consumer good rather than heavy industry, while still keeping the command economy

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Nikita Khrushchev

67
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The soviets were the first to launch a person into space and have the first satellite on earth (_______) they still faded sever economic problems at home

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Sputnik I

68
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Supported the afghan government that was trying to modernize the nation of Afghanistan

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Soviet Union

69
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Came to power when the Soviet Union was suffering from a bad economy and was in a prolonged war in Afghanistan. Wanted to create new reforms and avoid Cold War confrontations. He did this by signing arms control treaties with the United States and pulled out troops of from Afghanistan

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Mikhail Gorbachev

70
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Openness

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Glasnost

71
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Reform of government and economy

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Perestroika

72
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Gained their independence in 1990 they were being controlled by Russia since 1940 during ww2

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Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

73
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Organized an independent labor union called

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Solidarity

74
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Led Soviet Union in 1980

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Lech Walesa

75
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Writer and human rights activist was elected president

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Vaclav Havel

76
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Were opened and the country started down a road of reunification

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Berlin Wall

77
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Romania’s longtime leader refused to step down and was overthrown and executed

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Nicolae Ceausescu

78
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Battles had rated until his forces swept through China gaining complete control of the country

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Mao’s

79
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How did Mao control China?

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By winning support of the huge chinese peasant class. Communists redistributed land to the poor peasant while ending oppression by landlords. Widespread support for communists soon ensured with the hope that a new China would be built and there would be an end to foreign domination

80
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Through tough fighting the Chinese helped pushed the _________ back (Down south) to the 38th parallel

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United Nations

81
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Ho Chi Minh during this time was pushing to unify ______ under his power and communist control

A

Vietnam

82
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At first America only sent supplies to aid ________ but after a while we started to send in thousands of troops (crating major Cold War conflict)

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South Vietnam

83
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Tended to be local peasants so they knew the area better than the Americans and knew the local people better than Americans

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Guerrillas

84
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In 1968 guerrilla forces came out of the jungle and attacked ______ and _____ forces in cities all across the south

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America and South Vietnamese

85
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Are muslims religious warriors that used mountains of Afghanistan for protection

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Mujaheddin

86
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Led the way in the new surge of resistance that shattered the soviet satellite empire

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Poland

87
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In 1950s one of the focal points of the Cold War tensions was in

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Berlin, Germany

88
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Why did they build the Berlin Wall?

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There was massive exodus (people leaving) because low-paid eastern Germans who were unhappy who were fleeing into West Berlin

89
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By 1949 the Soviet Union (Russia) developed what

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Nuclear Weapons

90
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Supported an attempt by U.S. Trained Cuban exile to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

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John F. Kennedy

91
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Their main aim was to spread it communist command economy to other countries and to be able to control other countries economies but also their political power

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Soviet Union

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