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24 Cards in this Set
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ideologies of the Cold War |
democracy vs. communism |
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what was the iron curtain |
separated communist (East) & non-communist (West) Europe |
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what is containment |
stopping the spread of communism |
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characteristics of totalitarian governments |
use of military force, government control, one political party |
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a fear from the Yalta Conference |
a US & Soviet war |
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sphere of influence means |
one nation or region under the control of a larger one |
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NATO |
alliance of democratic countries |
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Warsaw Pact |
alliance of communist countries |
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Marshall Plan |
to rebuild war torn nations after WW2 to keep them from turning to communism |
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brinkmanship |
going to the edge of war but backing down due to the simple threat of going to war |
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domino theory |
fear that if one country falls to communism others would too |
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similarities between Korean & Vietnam war |
both were to try to stop communism from spreading |
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Cuban Missile crisis results |
soviet removal of weapons in Cuba, telephone hotline put in between US & Soviet Union |
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Which European city is the heart of the Cold War |
Berlin |
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Why is Vietnam considered a loss the the US |
it did not stop communism from spreading |
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detente |
a cooling off period in Cold War tensions |
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causes of the fall of the Soviet Union |
declining economy, Gorbachev's new policies, being overthrown by its own citizens |
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why a cold war & not a hot war? |
no actual fighting between the 2 countries |
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why did the US get involved in Vietnam |
to help South Vietnam fight off communist North Vietnam
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legacy of the Vietnam war |
lowering voting age, distrust in government, the US loses, Vietnam become communist |
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end of Cold War was in _________ |
1991 |
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why would the US & Soviet Union stop making nuclear weapons in the early 1990's? |
Soviet Union had broken up & the threat of nuclear war was over |
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who came up with the phrase "iron curtain" |
Winston Churchill |
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Yalta Conference |
talks at the end of WW2 for a peaceful world |
