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Cold War
Cold War after ww2
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Histology
Undergraduate 1
11/10/2012

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Cold War
Definition
Between US and USSR
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Atlantic Charter 1941
Definition
wanted an int'l organization to help disputes and no military alliances
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Tehran Conference 1943
Definition
US, UK, USSR. USSR wanted west to attack Germany from the west. needed USSR help in Pacific
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Yalta Conference
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Divided Germany into zones. Poland under USSR and parts of Pacific. United Nations established
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Containment
Definition
Keep USSR and communism from expanding further
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Truman Doctrine
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aid for turkey an Greeks who did not want communism
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Marshall Plan
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give money to European countries so they could rebuild economies and buy U.S. goods and keep them from becoming communist
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Atomic Energy comission
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oversee nuclear power, develop more poweful weapons
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National Security Act
Definition
combined all military together into 1
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CIA
Definition
intelligence gathering organization for gov't
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NATO
Definition
block of western european countries to protect each other and prevent USSR from expanding
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Warsaw Pact
Definition
Eastern Europe with USSR block to prevent further invasions of USSR
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NSC-68
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expand military and resist communism on its own (U.S.) - in response to USSR exploding atomic bomb
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Film Noir
Definition
films about destruction of world
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The Hollywood ten
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people in Hollywood accused of being communist
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pumpkin papers
Definition
Alger Hiss sold secrets to Russians and kept paper in a pumpkin
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House Un-American Activities Committee
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investigated democrats to see if anyone communist
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Federal employee loyalty program
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investigated gov't employees if they are communist
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McCathyism
Definition
paranoia about communism taking over U.S. Accused people in gov't of being communist.
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Bolshevik Revolution
Definition
revolution in Russia. Lening
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Soviet Union
Definition
United Soviet Socialist Republic
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