Chapter 30

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• the tense line between democratic west and communist east

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Iron curtain

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_ and _ were the two great powers after WWII

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United States; Soviet Union

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_ was a key focus of Cold War tensions

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Berlin

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_ was built to stop people from leaving east Berlin.

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Berlin Wall

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• mutually assured destruction

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Arms race

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SALT-

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Disarmament talks)

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• relaxation of tensions during the 1970’s

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Détente

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Most serious Cold War conflict involved the island nation of _.

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Cuba

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was the dictator of Cuba.

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Fidel Castro

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_- Soviet Union sent Nuclear Missiles to Cuba

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1962

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_- keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its expansion.

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Containment

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_ led a hunt for suspected American communists which contributed to the fear (mostly unproven charges ).

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Senator Joseph McCarthy

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During the Cold War, _ was the world’s wealthiest and most powerful country

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the us

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Goods, services and trade needed by other countries allowed _

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the us to achieve a huge postwar boom

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_ needed by other countries allowed the us to achieve a huge postwar boom

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Goods, services and trade

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_ wealth was a model for other democracies and a challenge to stagnant communism

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America’s

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affluence (wealth) led to suburbanization : the movement of communities outside an urban core

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American

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: the movement of communities outside an urban core

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suburbanization

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• forced separation

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Segregation

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• unequal treatment

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Discrimination

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• Supreme Court Case

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1954; Brown v. Board of education of Topeka

Declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional

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Mlk jr.

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1963
“I have a dream” speach given
To extend equal rights to ALL Americans

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airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Soviet Union closed off land access to Berlin Nicknamed

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Berlin Airlift- (1948); “operation vittles”

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German voters approved reunification (_ years after WWII ended)

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1990;45

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- country with a market economy but with increased government responsibility for the social and economic needs of the people

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Welfare states

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led programs to reduce social welfare programs. Iron Lady.

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Margaret thatcher- (Britain)

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USA ended occupation in Japan

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1952

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One reason for Japan's huge rise in GDP was

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their ability to cut theimilitary spending because they had American protection.

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- eastern part of the mainland Southeast Asia

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Indochina

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- small groups of loosely organized soldiers making surprise raids (strongly influenced by _

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Guerrillas;communism

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_- Vietnam became a Cold War Issue | _ _

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1954 USA helped south Vietnam Soviet Union helped for North Vietnam

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- the view that a communist victory in the south Vietnam would cause non communist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism

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Domino theory

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- communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam's government (aided national liberation front)

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Viet Cong

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_ gave the Pres. permission to use all necessary measures in S. Vietnam. (_)

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution;1964

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Marked a turning point in American public opinion

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Tet offensive

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Ultimate end of the war =

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2 years later, S. Vietnam controlled by the war

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US agreed to withdraw troops

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(1973)

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- dictator of Cambodia; reign of terror - Death of over a million Cambodians. Used

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Pol pot;(killing fields)

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- _ put a huge strain on the already inefficient economy and they could no keep up - (led to the downfall of the Soviet Union)

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Soviet economic inferiority; arms race

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_- Soviet Union at war with Afghanistan known as soviet unions "_" because like _, the war in Afghanistan was _

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1979; Vietnam; long and costly

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-Muslim religious warriors

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Mujaheddin

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_- mikhail Gorbachev did

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1985;glasnost (openness) ended censorship

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- restructuring of the government and the economy

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Perestroika

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As the Soviet Union crumbled- _ demanded freedom - weakening _ even further

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Eastern Europeans; the S.U

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_ was a turning point for communism

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The collapse of the Sov. Un.

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_ rapidly deteriorated without _

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Cuba;the aid of the Soviet Union

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The sole power of the _ caused a _ world reaction

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USA; mix