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Cold War
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Term
Iron Curtain
Definition
Winston Churchill, No one could see what going on in the Soviet Union so people thought the worse.
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Containment
Definition
George F. Kennan, to prevent the spread of communism, Late 1940’s
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
Truman’s pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism.
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Reconstruction of Europe after WW2, 1948-’51.
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Berlin Airlift
Definition
June 1948-May 1949, British and American planes brought supplies to West Berlin. To show the Soviets that they would fight for one city.
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NATO
Definition
April 1949, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Warsaw Pact
Definition
Soviets reaction to NATO.
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GI Bill
Definition
Gov. Issue, Servicemen readjustment act of 1944. GI bill gave money to veterans for college, job training, and housing.
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Baby Boom
Definition
’45-’51 Stimulated post war economy.
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Felix Longoria
Definition
WW2 vet. Not allowed to be buried in hometown. Lawyer= Hector Garcia, LB Johnson got him buried in Arlington.
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Fair Deal
Definition
1946 republican congress shot down fair deal proposed by Truman.
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Universal Decl. of Human Rights
Definition
banned slavery, torture, inhumane treatment, doesn’t work.
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GATT
Definition
1948, general agreement on Tariffs and Trade promote economic cooperation.
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Soviet Union
Definition
gets atomic bomb in sept. /aug. 1949.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Definition
Chinese nationalist leader.
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Mao Zedong
Definition
Chinese Communist leader.
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The House on Un-American Activities
Definition
focused on finding communist in govt.
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Hollywood Ten
Definition
group of Hollywood writers and directors who were thought to hold radical political views, blacklisted and put in jail.
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McCarthy
Definition
fell when he attempted to attack members of the army of being communist, he lost support.
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Joseph Welch
Definition
attorney of the US army
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Miller Tidings
Definition
brought down mccarthy
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Smith Act
Definition
You could not say the US govt should be overthrown.
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McCarran Internal Security Act
Definition
required communist organizations to register with the govt.
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38th Parallel
Definition
38 degrees north latitude, divides the southern and northern Korea, south korea went past 38th parallel to attack north Korea.
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Kim IL Sung
Definition
reunify north and south under communist rule
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Syngman Rhee
Definition
Leader of democratic south Korea.
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Pyongyang
Definition
capital of north korea
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seoul
Definition
capital of south korea.
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Inchon
Definition
McCarther amphibious attack
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yalu conference
Definition
decides to split korea into two countries ran by US and Soviet Union.
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Panmunjon
Definition
38th parallel cease fire signed, july 27, 1953
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