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Cold War: A time period of when the nations that stops full scale war, especially that which existed between the US and the Soviet Union in World War 2
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Guerilla Warfare: When military actions carried out by small forces in the rear of an enemy with the object of harassing the enemy.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: When the US and the Soviet Union in 1962 had the hottest periods of the cold war
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Nixons Impact On The Vietnam War: Nixons had a major impact. His irresponsible decision had a profound impact on the American economy.
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Sputnik: Was the satellite that Russia put up in space
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Detente: The easing of Tensions or strained relations
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Marshall Plan: American aided Europe in which the US gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of WWII in order to prevent communism
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Senator McCarthyL 1908-1957 US politician who accused many people of being communist
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Kent State Killings: Ohio, Kent State involved shootings of college students on Monday May 4 1970
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Reagan Economic Plans: to reduce the growth of the government spending, reduce the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reduce government regulation and control the money supply in order to reduce inflation.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion: an unsuccessful military invasion of cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade on April 1961
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Tet Offensive: a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam the United States and their allies.
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Vietnamization: a policy of Nixons administration during the Vietnam War expand equip and train south vietnams forces and assign to them an ever increasing combat role at the same time steadily reducing the number of us combat troops
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Baby Boom: when a period of time the birth rate increased the one following WWII
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Containment: The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
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INF Treaty: The intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty INF is a 1987 agreement between the US and the Soviet Union
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