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A competition between nations to expand their stock pile of weapons and armaments in order to gain a military superiority over other nations.
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| A country dominated politically and economically by another nation, especially by the Soviet Union during the cold war. |
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| A country which has the ability to influence events and its own interests and project power on a worldwide scale to protect those interests. |
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| A statement made by Winston Churchill describing the "boundary" that divided Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe (Communism)from Western European nations (Capitalism)not under Soviet domination. |
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A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
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Central Intelligence Agency used spies, carried out covert, or secret operations or
overthrow governments unfriendly to the U.S. |
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Divided Korea after WW2. North of the parallel was led by Kim Il Sung and controlled by Communists. South of the parallel was led by Syngman Rhee and controlled by democrats.
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Hollywood executives created a list of people whom they condemned for
having a Communist background. |
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Hydrogen Bomb. Exploded first by the U.S. on Nov. 1, 1952. The Soviet Union exploded their thermonuclear device in August of 1953
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IN June 1947, Sec. of State George Marshall proposed to give money to European
countries who needed to rebuild after WW2. It gave 13 billion in aid to
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In April 1945, organization intended to promote world peace. Eleanor Roosevelt helps
draft U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
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In February 1945, FDR, Churchill and Stalin met in the Soviet Union. They agreed to
divide up Germany and Stalin promised free elections in Soviet
occupied Eastern European nations. Stalin also agreed to join the
war against Japan and participate in the United Nations |
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In February 1946 begins the policy to stop the spread of communism. A US foreign policy during the Cold War.
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| In July 1945, Harry Truman and Clement Atlee met Joseph Stalin to determine the fate of Eastern Europe. Germany was divided into 4 zones, the U.S. wanted access to markets in Europe and the Soviets wanted control over Eastern Europe. Stalin prevents free elections in Poland and Eastern Europe. |
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| Military alliance between the Soviet Union and nations of Eastern Europe, formed in 1955. |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; On April 4, 1949 12 members pledged military support to
one another in case of attack. United States was a member. |
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October 4, 1957 Soviet Union lauched the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik. In January of 1958 the U.S. launched its first satellite.
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| On March 12, 1947 the U.S. gave 400 million to Greece and Turkey to prevent the spread of Communism. |
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| Red Scare was focused on national and foreign communists influencing the federal government. |
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Republican Senator from Wisconsin who made unsupported
accusations against government officials of being Communist and promoting the Red Scare. |
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Starting on June 1948 - Stalin closed all high way and rail routes into W. Berlin.
(5 weeks of food and fuel) |
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| The national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and its premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time. |
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| Ethel and Julius Rosenberg |
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| They were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war. The charges related to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. This was the first execution of civilians for espionage in United States history. |
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Truman sent food and supplies to West Berlin to prevent the spread of
Communism. 327 days 2.3 million tons of supplies were dropped in
W. Berlin. On May 29th, 1949 the Soviet Union lifted its blockade. |
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a conflict between U.S. and Soviet Union in which neither nation directly
confronted the other on the battlefield. |
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led communist party in China. Gained the support of peasants. Set up the
People’s Republic of China in 1949 |
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the willingness of the U.S. under Eisenhower to go to the edge of all-out
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| American, British, French and Soviets each occupied an area of Germany.[image] |
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| A military conflict dividing Korea at the 38th parallel between the Communists and Capitalists. |
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| A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to see who would be the leader in outer space exploration. |
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| A form of government in which all citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. |
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| An economy that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of production and the end of wage labour and private property. |
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| An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit. |
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