COLD WAR PT 1

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Karl Marx
Founder of modern communism
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Vladimir Lenin
Leader Russia's Bolshevik movement.
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Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII
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Totalitarianism
Government control over every aspect of public and private life
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Communism
A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
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Iron Curtain
A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
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Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
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Did the Truman Doctrine work?
Yes, it was overall a success in containing communism
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When did the Truman Doctrine fail(MAY BE WRONG)
March 12, 1947
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Marshall Plan
A plan that the US came up with to revive 16 war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.
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Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist Chinese leader
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Joe McCarthy
Winsconsin Senator that created a national witch hunt for socialist and communists inside the United States after WWII
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McCarthyism
The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism
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Edward R. Murrow
An American journalist who criticized McCarthyism and helped bring about the eventual censure of Joseph McCarthy by the U.S. government.
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Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower. President, 1953 - 1961
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military-industrial complex
An alleged alliance between military leaders and corporate leaders
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Nikita Khrushchev
Ruled the USSR from 1958-1964; lessened government control of soviet citizens; seeked peaceful coexistence with the West instead of confrontation
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Arms Race
Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
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Fidel Castro
Communist leader of Cuba
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.
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New Frontier
Kennedy's plan, supports civil rights, pushes for a space program, wans to cut taxes, and increase spending for defense and military
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LBJ
37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 under President John F. Kennedy, and was sworn in shortly after Kennedy's assassination. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a U.S. representative, U.S. senator and the Senate's majority leader.
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Great Society
1964, LBJ's policies of fighting poverty and racial injustice
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Korean War
1950-1953
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Berlin Wall
Barrier set up in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
1989
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Nixon visits China
1972
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Vietnam War
1955-1975
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Berlin Airlift
1948
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Cuban Missle Crisis - JFK
1962
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USSR detonates its first atomic bomb
1949
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Hydrogen Bomb Test
1952
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Sputnik
1957
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Moon Landing
1969
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Put the Ten events in order.
Berlin Airlift

USSR detonates first atomic bomb

Korean War

Sputnik

Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam War

Moon Landing

Nixon Visits china

Fall of Berlin Wall
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Why was the Berlin Airlift Important
It gave the U.S.A the first victory of the Cold War, without having to fire a single bullet
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Why was the USSR testing their first atomic weapon important
It showed that the USSR is now on the same level of power as the U.S.A
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Why was the Korean war important
This was the first major U.S/ USSR proxy war
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Why was the Sputnik satellite important
This showed that the USSR was much farther ahead in the space race than the US
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Why was the Berlin Wall important
It cut off West Berlin and East Berlin, and did not allow to people to travel in between the two.
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Why was the cuban missile crisis important
It was the closest that the U.S and the USSR came to nuclear war with one another
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Why was the Vietnam War important
It was the U.S’s first war loss.
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Why was the moon landing important
It showed that the U.S had beaten the USSR in the space race
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Why was Nixon Visiting China important
It was the first time that the U.S had recognised communist China to exist, and drove a wedge between USSR and China
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Why was the Fall of the Berlin Wall important
Germany was able to unite, and it was the ending mark for communism.
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What was the flaw of communism/Calculation
The government could not calculate the price of things in their country. They had a hard time since they controlled all of it and it did not fluctuate freely.
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What was the flaw of communism/ Incentive
No one in the country had an incentive to work. They didn’t have it because their hard work would be shared with everyone for free
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What was the flaw of communism/ Knowledge
The government did not have a good number of how many people were in their country. They also did not know how to deal with things such as famine and destruction. (definition may be wrong so check)
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What countries were on the communist side of the IRON CURTAIN
USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria