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us history exam review part 4
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11th Grade
06/03/2012

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marshall plan
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plan to rebuild europe after the war
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manhattan project
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secret american program during ww2 to develop an atomic bomb
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vietnimization
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removing america forces and replacing them with south vietnameze soldiers
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pentagon papers
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revealed that the government officials had lied to congress and american people about the war.
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domino theory
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that if one country would fall to communism, its neighbors would too.
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warsaw pact
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a military alliance with its nations in eastern europe
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brinkmanship
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risking war to protect national interests
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eisenhower doctrine
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the us would use force to safeguard independence of any country or group of countries in the middle east
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signifigance of monroe doctrin
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that no european countries can try to take over anything in the western hemisphere by u.s. or else we will intervene
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NATO
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North atlantic treaty organization alliance with canada, us and western european nations
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My Lai Massacare
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killing lots of vietnamese soldiers by Americans
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golf of tonkin resolution
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congressional resolution johnson could take action in vietnam
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d-day
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day of invasion on western europe
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battle of the bulge
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ww1 battle in which german forces launched a final attack in west. 

 

*largest battle in western europe in ww2 and largest ever fought by us army

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baatan death march 
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brutal march of american filipino prisoners by jap soldiers
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battle of coral sea
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1st naval combat carried out entirely by aircraft (5 day battle)
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battle of iwo jima and okinawa
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iwo jima: bloodiest battle of the war, stuggle for tiny volcanic island near japan

 

okinawa: equally bloody with iwo jima battle between us and japan

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open door policy
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 that us would have equal access to chinas millions of consumers

 

john hay asked for it

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league of nations
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organization in which nations would join togehter and help ensure security and peace for all members
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nuremburg trials
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scenes of international crimes held in german city of nuremburg during ww2
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berlin airlift
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moving supplies into west berlin by plane
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appeasment
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giving into a request or demand to avoid confrentation

 

"make peace through negotiation"

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roosevelt corralary
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an addition to the monroe doctrin

 

it stated that no european countries were allowed to interfere with latin american affairs

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the bay of pigs invasion
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. 
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mao zedong
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escaped to southern china and orgaized a civil war
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chiang ki-shek
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imprisioned and killed communists

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ho chi minh
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nationalist who sympathized with communist ideas, and also let vietnamese independence movement
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ngo dinh diem
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was the first president of South Vietnam
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arguments in favor of imperialism
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we had the duty to christianize everyone, trade would benefit from foreign trade us had to compete with superpowers spread demoncracy
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dollar diplomacy
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increasing american investments in foreign econemies. to help south asia develop
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sigificance of russian revolution of 1917
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pulled out of war, causeing us to be pulled into it

 

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united nations security council
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international peacekeeping orginization only 11 members russia,great britian, french and cina
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russian objectives following ww2
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bufferzone
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CIA actions in middle east and Latin America in 50's and 60s
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stop spread of communism
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