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Cold War Terms
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11/10/2011
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satellite nation
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countries dominated by the Soveit Union
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containment
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stop communism
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cold war
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a conflit between the United States and the Soveit Union in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battle field
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truman doctrine
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military help to thoes fighting communism
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Marshall plan
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gave money to rebuild europe
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berlin airlift
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to fly food and supplies into west berlin
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NATO
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North Alantic Treaty Organization
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Mao Zedong
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communist leader
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Chaing Kai-Shek
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nationalist leader
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38th parallel
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parallel that divides Korea
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Korean War
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fighting N. Korea and China to keep communism out of Korea
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HUAC
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house un-american activities committee
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blacklist
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a list of people whom they condemed for having a communist background
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Rosenburgs
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minor activist in the American communist party; acused of telling russia how to make the a-bomb
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McCarthyism
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attacks on suspected communist
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H-bomb
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hydrogen bomb
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Dwight Eisenhower
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president
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brinkmanship
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the willingness of the US to go to the edge of all out war
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CIA
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Warsaw pact
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Khrushchev
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eisenhower doctrine
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U-Z incident
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G.I. bill of rights
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Harry Truman
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dixiecrat
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fair deal
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franchise
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baby boom
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jonas salk
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consumeriam
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FCC
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beat movement
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beathnik
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JF Kennedy
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Fidel Castro
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berlin wall
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test ban treaty
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new frontier
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peace corps
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alliance for progress
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warren comission
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lyndon b johnson
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great soceity
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medicare
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medicaid
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reappotionments
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Martin Luther King
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Rosa Parks
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SCLC
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SNCC
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student nonviolent coordinating committee
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freedom rider
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people who would intentionaly blow up buses
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1964 civil rights act
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prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
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voting rights act
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eliminated the so called literacy test that had disqualified many voters
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malcom x
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afriacn-american leader
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nation of islam
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black muslims
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