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Cold War
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9th Grade
01/03/2013

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Term
 Potsdam agreement
Definition
 Divided Germany and berlin into four parts even though it was in soviet territory
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Nuremberg trials
Definition
tried more than 200 military leaders
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buffer zone
Definition
an area which is neutral and supposed to prevent war
Term
SU vs. US
Definition
when the soviet union and the united states offically declared war
Term
cold war
Definition
 war between the SU and US with no actual battles.
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 Communism v. Capitalist democracy
Definition

 

Eastern European countries became communist

Both Truman and Stalin thought war would happen

Term
iron curtain
Definition
impenetrable barrier: an impenetrable barrier to understanding, awareness, or agreement
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Communism

Definition
A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of produce
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Capitalism
Definition
 An economic system characterized by distribution of goods that are determine  mainly by competition in a free market
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Free market
Definition

 

an economic market operating by free competition

Conflict

Term
Truman Doctrine
Definition
a pledge for America to provide economic and military aid to stop it
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Marshall Plan
Definition

 

US provided 12 billion for rebuilding Europe

Made because of fears that countries would switch if conditions got worst

Helped western Europe rebuild fast

Provided political stability

Confrontations

Term
Policy of containment
Definition
resisting Soviet aggression in order to stop the spread of communism
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June 1948
Definition
SU set a blockade around west Berlin
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West Germany
Definition
Western zones became the Federal Republic of Germany
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 East Germany
Definition
Soviet zone became German Democratic Republic
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NATO
Definition
National Atlantic Treaty Organization
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 Warsaw Pact
Definition
SU an eastern Europe formed a counter alliance
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Japan gave up Korea after surrender
Definition

SU took the northern half of korea

North attacked South

 

Term
 hydrogen bomb
Definition
Fusion got power from fusing atom
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 war strategy
Definition

 

Changed military strategy because now instead of troops and tanks the countries focused on building more bombs

Term
deterrence
Definition
keeping military strong enough to prevent attack
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arms race
Definition
wanted to gain an advantage in weapons
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 Sputnik
Definition
the first satellite
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NASA
Definition
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Red Scare
Definition
spread of communism
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 Joseph McCarthy
Definition
 led an effort to expose Communists in film and government
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Vietnam
Definition
 Communist rebels fought back
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North Vietam
Definition
communist
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South Vietam
Definition
anit- communist
Term
 Berlin Wall
Definition

 

Heavily guarded

Became a symbol of brutal Communism

Term
Fidel Castro
Definition
 overthrew the government in Cuba
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Bay of Pigs invasion
Definition

 

US trained Cuban rebels hoping to start a rebellion

Defeated

Term
Cuban missile crisis
Definition
 SU removed missiles from Cuba and US removed missiles from Turkey
Term
 SALT
Definition
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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GI Bill
Definition
 helped millions of veterans attend college
Term
Brown v. Board
Definition
of Education ended segregation in schools
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Counterculture
Definition

 

rebellion of teenagers and young adults against norms

Europe

Term
Berlin Wall 2
Definition

 

torn down

Germany became one country

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