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Who is in ruins after WWII?

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Germany and Japan

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What happened at the Potsdam Conference?

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The Allies meet to decide to divide Germany & Berlin into four

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What is the United Nations?

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An international organization that hopes to achieve world peace

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Who are the five permanent members of the United Nations?

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US, Soviet Union, China, G.B, and France

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What power do the permanent members of the U.N. have?

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The power to veto

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What is the U.N. criticized for?

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They are all bark, no bite

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What country was founded by the U.N.?

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Israel

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What is Zionism?

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The movement for Jewish homeland

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What is the definition of the Cold War?

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A rivalry between U.S. & Soviet Union that was a competition, fought politically& economically, for power & influence

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How is the U.S different from the USSR?

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The U.S has democratic principles, individual freedom, a two party system, and capitalism

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How is the USSR different from the U.S?

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The USSR has a state-run economy, a one party system, suppression of religion, and communism

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What are Satellite Nations?

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The countries under Soviet rule

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List the Satellite Nations

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Poland, Romania, and Manchuria

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What is the term that we use because we don’t know what is going on in the Soviet Union?

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The Iron Curtain

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What is the Policy of Containment?

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The policy to restrict expansion

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What does the Truman Doctrine state?

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The U.S. must support all free people resisting attempted conquest

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When did the Nuclear Arms race start?

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When the Soviets successfully built their first Atomic bomb

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What is the Marshall Plan?

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The 12 billion dollar European recovery program that is used to prevent Western Europe’s collapse

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What is the Berlin Airlift?

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It’s when Eastern Europe flew resources into Western Berlin. This event saved Western Europe and embarrassed the Soviets

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What is NATO?

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The alliance that defends Western Europe from a Soviet invasion

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What does NATO stand for?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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What is the Warsaw Pact?

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The alliance that defends Eastern Europe from a Western Europe invasion

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What country did communism come to power in?

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Who led the Chinese nationalist party?

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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Who led the Chinese communist party?
Mao Zedong
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Which part of Korea was communistic and which part was democratic?
The North was communistic and the South was democratic
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Who controlled North Korea?
The Soviet Union
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Who controlled South Korea?
The U.S
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What is the 38th Parallel?
The line that divides North & South Korea
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Who attacked who first and what did it start?
North Korea invaded South Korea first and started the Korean War
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Who was the overall commander of U.S forces during the Korean War?
MacArthur
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What is the Pusan Perimeter?
It's the defensive line in the south east corner of the peninsula surrounding the port city of Pusan
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What's the Invasion of Inch'on?
It's the amphibious assault to recapture Seoul that can be considered as risky
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Why does China enter the Korean War and which side do they fight on?
Mac's advancements across the Yalu River threaten China, so they enter the war on North Korea's side
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Why was MacArthur fired?
1. Mac criticized Truman publically 2. He sends a message of unconditional surrender 3. Insubordination
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Who won the election of 1952?
Eisenhower
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Who is Eisenhower?
He's a republican and he was a supreme allied commander who wanted to resist communism & end the war
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Who is president when the Korean War ends?
Eisenhower
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How did IKE (Eisenhower) pressure peace talks?
He hints at Nukes use
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What are the armistice's agreements?
That Korea is 2 nations and the 38th parallel is the border
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What will IKE pursue goals through?
Diplomacy and the CIA
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How will IKE pursue goals through the CIA?
He uses the CIA to gather strategic info and pursue his cold war goals
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What is the U-2 Incident?
A U.S spy plane was shot down and captured in Russia. The U.S claimed that it was a weather plane and, when they did that, Russia released the footage that they got from the plane to show that the U.S was lying.
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What is the name of the pilot of the U-2 Incident?
Gary Powers
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What does the House Un-American Activities do?
They investigate liberal groups, unions, and peace organizations
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Who are the Hollywood Ten?
They were a group of writers & directors who were blacklisted
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Who was Alger Hiss?
He was accused of spying for Russia. He would use Pumpkin Papers to send info to Russia
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Who are Julius & Ethel Rosenberg?
They were spies for Russia and took Atomic Secrets, they were eventually caught and executed
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Who was Joseph McCarthy, what does he do, why, and what was his downfall? (Work In Progress)
He was a Senator from Wisconsin who headed the investigation committee. His downfall was that he was accusing a lot of people without any evidence, guilty until proven innocent
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Who was Edward Murrow?
He was a Newscaster from "See It Now"
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Hydrogen Bombs
They are 1000x stronger and pushed the army race
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Who was Billy Graham?
A priest
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What is Duck and Cover?
It's what they taught people to do if there was a nuclear attack
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Bomb Shelters
They made concrete & steel igloos that had a radio, batteries, and 2 weeks worth of food
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What is Sputnik?
The first artificial satellite
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Who were Russian spies?
Alger Hiss and Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

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