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Cold War
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History
11th Grade
05/01/2011

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United Nations was meant to be...
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an International peace keeping organization to replace the League of Nations
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Purposes of the UN
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1. Maintain international peace

2. Develop friendly relationhip among nations

3. Achieve internationl cooperation

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Which Country isn't permanent member of the UN Security Council?
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Japan
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The Big Three
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Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met at Yalta
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Fair Deal
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Truman's plans that included programs like the expansion of social security, national healthcare and public housing.
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Primary responsibiliy of the Security Council
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To maintain international peace and Security
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U.S. concern at Yalta
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Soviet occupation of Poland
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In what city was the UN Charter created?
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San Francisco
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Due to his explosive temper and salty language Harry Truman was compared to...
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Andrew Jackson
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The opponent of Truman?
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Dewey
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Newspaper that claimed truman lost?
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Chicago Tribune
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Seeds of the cold war:
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Broken promises, suspicions, arguments about economics
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22nd Amendment
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Limiting of Presidential terms
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Truman Doctrine
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fought communism with aid to S.E. Europe
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Winston Churchill's famous Speech at Westminster College?
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About Iron Curtain in Missouri
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Descriptions of Post World War II Europe:
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- 30 million Europeans killed

- Millions of Europeans were homeless

- Railroads, bridges, and factories were destroyed

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Warsaw Pact
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Soviet's answer to NATO. Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary belonged to that group
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George F. Kennan
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US diplomat to te Soviet Union. His policy was to contain Soviet Expansion
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Marshall Plan
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A plan to rebuild Europe by using U.S. funds and European plans
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Germany divided into four zones
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Controlled by the U.S., Soviet Union, the UK, and France
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The blockading of the city of Berlin prompted...
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The Berlin Airlift
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NATO
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the organization set up to unify military forces and to defend each other. Some European nations like Spain never joined.
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Eisenhower's opponent in 1952 & 1956?
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Stevenson
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The American forces led by McArthur were very successful until...
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the Chinese joined the fight for Korea
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Chinese civil war
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fought between the Naitonalists led by Chiang Kai-shek and COmmunists led by Mao Tse-Tung. Mao was victorious and force the Nationalists to Taiwan.
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Political description of Eisenhower:
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- moderate

- initially not into the parties

 - republican

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Dilemma of U.S.
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The Soviet Union brought missiles to Cuba and put the U.S in a dilemma. Attack the bases and risk WWIII or do noghitn and risk destruction
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What was the Suez Canal conflic involving?
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Egypt's raids on Israel and the canal's seizure
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The Bay of Pigs invasion
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dealt with Fidel Castro's Cuba
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All were considered embarrassing situations for the U.S.
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U2 affair, Sputnik, Bay of Pigs
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The St. Lawrence Seaway / Federal Highway Act
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two largest spending programs of the Eisenhower administration
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The Space race between the SU and US was launched by
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Sputnik I and II
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The purpose of the berlin Wall
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to stop East Germans from escaping for personal freedom
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Brinkmanship
Definition
US response to communism of going to the edge of all out war
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