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History: Cold War
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11th Grade
12/15/2013

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Agent Orange
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B
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Berlin Wall Falls
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C
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Charlie Company
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D
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Detente
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E
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Evil Empire
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F
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Fallout
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G
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Gorbachev
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H
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Hawk
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I
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Iron Curtain
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J
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Japan
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K
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Kent State
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L
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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M
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My Lai Massacare
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N
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1968 Election
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O
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Open Skies Proposal
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P
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Perestrokia
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Q
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Quarantine in Cuba
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R
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Ronald Reagan
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S
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Saigon
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T
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Tet Offensive
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U
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U-2
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Vietnamization
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Westminster College
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X
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George Kenann
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Yalta Conference
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Z
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Mao Zedong
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Agent Orange
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Used during the Vietnam war to kill foliage in order to reveal the position of vietnam soliders.

 

Accidentally caused genetic defects to those who were exposed to it.

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Berlin Wall Falls
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Marked the end of the Cold War

 

Reagan convinced Gorbachev to do it

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Charlie Company
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Team completed the My Lai Massacare search and destroy mission
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Detente
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Nixon's plan to thaw out the Cold War through agreements
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Evil Empire
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Nickname for the Soviet Union by Ronald Reagan
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Fallout
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Fear of Nuclear destruction by Cold War
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Gorbachev
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Soviet Union leader, tore down the Berlin Wall, nicknamed Evil Leader by Ronald Reagan
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Hawk
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Pro-Vietnam War Patriots
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Iron Curtain
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Churchill's speech on strong defense to keep communism from spreading across Europe during the Cold War
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Japan
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U.S. aided them to help make them allies after we nuked them in World War Two, so that they could help us stop the spread of communism in Asia.
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Kent State
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The number one Vietnam College protest

 

Five students died during this protest

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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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Agreement among nations world-wide made during the Cold-War that Nuclear Missiles could only be legally tested underground.
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My Lai Massacare
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Charlie Company's search and destroy mission planned by Nixon as his secret mission to end the war.

 

Mission ended horribly wrong

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1968 Election
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This election during the Cold War made Richard Nixon president of the United States.
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Open Skies Proposal
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U.S. proposed that they and the Soviet Union allow eachother's planes to fly in eachother's air space in order to eliminate the idea of a surprise bombing during the Cold War.
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Perestrokia
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A plan to restructure Societ economy to help end the Cold War
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Quarantine in Cuba
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To stop Cuba from collecting Soviet Missiles during the Cold War
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Ronald Reagan
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Called Soviet Union the Evil Empire, was president of the U.S., and gave a speech to bring down the Berlin Wall during the Cold War.
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Saigon
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Bombed during Tet-Offensive, it fell to communism which is what we wanted to prevent during the Vietnam War.
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Tet-Offensive
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Bombing of Saigon on Vietnam New Year during Cold War
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U-2
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U.S. spy planes used for Survelliance during the Cold-War
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Vietnamization
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Plan to reduce troops in Vietnam and start more frequent North Vietnam air-strikes
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Westminster College
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Where Churchill gave the Iron Curtain Speech on strong defense to keep communism from spreading across Europe
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George Kenann
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Nicknamed Mr.X he wrote the Long Telegram about containing communism during the Cold War.
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Yalta Conference
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Germany and Berlin split and the Cold War began there
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Mao Zedong
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Civil War between China, he was the communist leader of China during the Cold War
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