Cold War Vocab

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Cold War

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After world war 2; long period of intense rivalry between the soviets and the is. Economic and military tension. Early 1940s - 1990s

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Satellite nation

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Nation that is dominated politically bad economically by a more powerful nation

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Iron curtain

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Impassable; it cut off soviet run Eastern Europe from the democratic gov. of the west. Rendering to Stalins control over Eastern Europe. Term used by Churchill

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Containment

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The policy of trying to prevent the spread of soviet influenced beyond where it already existed

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Truman doctrine

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President Truman’s policy of giving American aid to nation threatened by communist expansions; particularly turkey and Greece

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Marshall plan

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American plan to help European nations rebuild their economics after world war 2, large scale plan; prepared by George Marshall

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United Nations

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Work organization established to provide peaceful resolutions to international conflicts; 5 original members, established Oct. 1945

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Berlin airlift

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American and British relief effort to airlift supplies to west Berliners from 1948-1949 after the soviets and East Germans cut off all routed to Berlin

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NATO

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Alliance formed in 1949 by the US & western nations to fight soviet aggression joined with Western European countries to keep international order

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Warsaw Pact

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Military alliance, established in 1954; made up of the Soviet Union and other communist nations of Europe. Soviets response go NATO. Demanded complete loyalty, Hungary revolted but Stalin stopped it

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38th parallel

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The dividing line between South Korea and communist North Korea

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Demilitarized zone

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An area with no military forces

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Dwight Eisenhower

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He was the president at the start of the Cold War, republican president 1952-1960

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Perjury

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Lying under oath

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Joseph MacArthur

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To have a list of 205 employed in the state department. For 4 years he tried to find the communist within the society

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Censure

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Officially condemn

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Mao Zedong

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Communist leader of china who took over the country in 1949 & established peoples republican of china

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Jiang Jieshi

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The nationalist leader in china supported by the US, fought against communist takeover, in 1949 he and his followers fled to Taiwan

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Superpower

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Nations with enough to political, military, economic strength to influence events worldwide

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Arms race

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Competition between the US and Soviet Union for traditional and nuclear weapons, numbers and power of weapons was competitive

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Harry Truman

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President after FDR; served in world war 2; after world war 2 he didn’t want to see communism and didn’t want to appease Stalin

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General assembly

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All nations are equally represented

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Security counsil

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15 nations. Decide certain actions and policy’s

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Economy and social council

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To promote development

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International court of justice

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Handles judicial issues

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Secretariat

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Provided info, studies, ect.

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What are the 5 parts of the UN

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General assembly
Security council 
Economics and social council
International court of justice 
Secretariat