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nonviolent war between communism (soviet union) and capitalism (us)

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cold war

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supply and demand regulates economy, not federal government

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free market capitalism

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production/investment/prices/incomes are determined by central government

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command economy

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soviets were mad at allies for not opening this earlier in wwii

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second front

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location of conference where soviets agreed for free elections

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yalta

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ideological barrier in europe, coined by churchill

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iron curtain

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iron curtain guy

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winston churchill

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soviet dictator

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josef stalin

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said to adopt containment

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george kennan

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stop communism at current lines; george kennan

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containment

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fancy name for america’s containment

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truman doctrine

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america’s offer of money to europe for american goods

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marshall plan

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they had civil wars, and received aid from truman doctrine

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greece and turkey

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big international thing, created in SF and a forum for disputes

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united nations

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part of UN, 15 members, 5 permanent

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security council

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part of UN, everyone gets to vote

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general assembly

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speech that inspired UN charter

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four freedoms speech

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churchill and fdr agreement that inspired UN charter

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atlantic charter

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UN created this to say life/liberty/etc were natural-born rights

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universal declaration of human rights

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people agreed to lower tariffs and trade barriers. US supported

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general agreement of trade and tariffs (GATT)

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set up currency exchange and world bank

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international monetary fund (IMF)

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western european/NA allies thing

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NATO

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US alliance in asia/pacific

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SEATO

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eastern europe/soviet union alliance

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warsaw pact

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proposal to place atomic weapons in UN control
baruch plan
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hydrogen bomb, way more powerful than atomic
h-bomb
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if you attack me, youre dead too
mutual assured destruction (MAD)
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prohibited above-ground nuclear tests in the Kennedy administration
test ban treaty
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nixon negotiated these to "limit arms"
salt 1 and 2
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people called for this to stop nuclear weapon production
nuclear freeze
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thing that actually reduced arms after the cold war with bush
START
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soviets made this to reduce goods moving to west berlin
berlin blockade
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US did this to combat berlin blockade
berlin airlift
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ussr built this to prevent people from moving west
berlin wall
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divider between north and south korea
38th parallel
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he requested approval from UN to help south korea
harry truman
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south korea american general
general douglas macarthur
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the beach macarthur and troops landed on
inchon
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chinese communist leader
mao tse tung (zedong)
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anti-communist chinese leader, supported by US
chiang kai shek
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ordered loyalty oaths of federal employees
harry truman
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these were implemented by truman for federal workers during the red scare
loyalty oaths
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he went to yalta with fdr and was accused of conversing with communists
alger hiss
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they traded atomic bomb secrets to the soviets
julius & ethyl rosenberg
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congress-established committee to investigate communism threat
huac
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ten writers/directors accused of promoting communism
hollywood ten
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to be marked as a communist and lose most job opportunities
blacklist
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senator who claimed he had a list of communists
joseph mccarthy
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people refused to self-incriminate via this
5th amendment
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he led the cuban communist revolution
fidel castro
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previous cuban leader who was allies with america
juan bautista
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american considered latin america their turf via this
monroe doctrine
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us has police powers in latin america
roosevelt corollary
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they created a plan to overthrow castro in '61
central intelligence agency (cia)
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CIA planned this in '61 but it failed
bay of pigs invasion
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provided cuba with nuclear weapons to deter US
nikita khrushchev
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top civilian/military advisors assembled by JFK to manage crisis
excomm
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problem that happened after bombs were sent to cuba
cuban missile crisis
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two options JFK chose over air strikes for cuban missile crisis
quarantine/blockade
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from 46-54, france fought in this war with US support for territory
first indochina war
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indochina communist military
viet minh
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wanted to put vietnam under communist control
ho chi minh
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vietnam battle where the french lost
dien bien phu
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line between north & south vietnam
17th parallel
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these were signed and france left vietnam
geneva accords
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he proposed the domino theory
dwight eisenhower
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if south vietnam falls, so do the rest
domino theory
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kennedy supported this unpopular south vietnamese leader
ngo dinh diem
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he faced the vietnam decision after jfk was assassinated
lyndon johnson
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johnson proposed this to congress to protect US interests in vietnam
gulf of tonkin resolution
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general in charge of vietnam stuff
william westmoreland
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ambushes/hit-and-run tactics
guerilla war
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south vietnam communists who tried to defeat US
viet cong
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young people needed to go to war
draft
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this means direct contact wasnt wanted (just support)
limited war
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communist attack on south vietnam
tet offensive
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promised to achieve peace with honor in vietnam
richard nixon
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nixon's vietnam promise
peace with honor
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maxe vietnam do it, not us
vietnamization
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kennedy's thing to send young americans to latin america to help with life stuff
peace corps
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set of programs to help latin america that backfired
alliance for progress
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communists who took over nicaragua
sandanistas
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reagan funded them to help defeat sandanistas
contras
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reagan pushed for this expensive nuclear defense program that pressured soviets into peace
strategic defense initiative aka star wars
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this reformer took soviet power during reagan years. called for perestroika and glasnost
mikhail gorbachev
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resurrecting economy through free market
perestroika
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some free speech
glasnost
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us and britain supposed this as a jewish state in 1945
isreal
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carter negotiated this to bring together egypt/isreal
camp david accords
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camp david israeli leader
menachim begin
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camp david egyptian leader
anwar sadat
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iraq's oil-rich neighbor; invaded in 1990
kuwait
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he wanted a new world order
george h.w. bush
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bush used this to get people against iraq
new world order
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bush moves 500,000 troops to saudi arabia
desert shield
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desert shield/storm commanders
norman schwarzkopf and colin powell
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heavy bombing on iraqi troops to push them out of kuwait
desert storm

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