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Chapter 49
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05/18/2009

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comuntern
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communism
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containment
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U.S. plan to control communism by preventing its spread
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marshall plan
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economic assistance from U.S. for anyone
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comocan
Definition
Russia's counteract to the marshall plan-economic support for East Europe (fail)
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NATO
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collective security against communists
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Warsaw Pact
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Eastern Europe/ Russia vow to fight for other communist countries in trouble
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allied control counsel
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oversee occupation, governing, and monitor release of occupied nations.
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counsel of foreign ministry
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peace treaty
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Stalin
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purges Russian society while in power
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Khruschev
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"de-stalinizes" Russia, though still committed to communism. Builds the Berlin Wall and is involved in Cuba.
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Bay of Pigs
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U.S. failed attempt to overthrow Castro
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Ostpolitik (Detante)
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Decline of Cold War
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Brezhnev
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Tightens reigns on Russia
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Brezhnev Doctrine
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Russia vows to use military force in Eastern Europe if instability ensues.
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Era of Stagnation
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Russia begins to run in place, overspends and is unable to keep up with U.S.
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Solidarity Movement
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workers of Poland revolt
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Gorbechev
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allows elections, creates congress, takes communism out of government
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glasnost
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loosening of restrictions upon society, freedoms and rights under Gorbechev
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Perestroika
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restructuring of society and government under Gorbechev
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Borus Yetson
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Overtakes Gorbechev, outlaws communism
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Commonwealth of independent states
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Eastern European countries seeking independence that join together against Russia.
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Korean War
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1950–1953 war between United Nations, led by the United States, and North Korea; precipitated by the invasion of South Korea.
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Berlin Wall
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The ten-foot-high concrete wall and “death zone” erected by the communist East Germans in 1961 to prevent further illegal emigration to the West.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1962 crisis created when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev placed nuclear armed missiles in Cuba. America imposed a naval blockade, and a settlement was reached when the missiles were witdrawn in exchange for an American agreement to remove missiles from Turkey.
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