Unit 8A

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What was the fundamental conflict that defined the Cold War?

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Communism

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George Kennan’s policy

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containment

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What was the fundamental conflict that defined the Cold War?

Communism

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George Kennan’s policy

containment

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How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s sucess in building the atomic bomb?

Accelerated its own building bombs, made hydrogen bombs, adopted containment policy

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Mutually assured destruction

a military strategy where both sides possess enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other in case of a conflict, thereby deterring any nuclear attacks.

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Truman Doctrine

promised to support countries resist communism, no more isolationism

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Marshall Plan

gave aid to european countries to help rebuild after ww2

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Berlin Airlift

necessary bc of Soviet blockade, gave supplies to west berlin

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NATO

created as a collective defense against Soviet Union

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Warsaw Pact

counteracted NATO, strengthened Soviet Union in eastern europe

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Communist revolution in China

worked bc it appealed to the poor people

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Post- Korean War

Korea was still divided, prevented communist expansion in the South and established democratic government there

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taft-hartley act

amended wagner act, workers promised not to be communist, couldnt’ just hire union workers

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GI Bill of Rights

provides benefits to veterans, education, housing, job training

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post-war economic boom

industries and factories were revitalized by korean war, oil, increased education and productivity

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sunbelt

people moved for jobs, climate, lower taxes and gained political power and more congress representation

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baby boom

soldiers returned, increase in youth culture, baby products, family crapand a significant rise in birth rates after World War II.

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national security act

created CIA, increased defense spending, and reorganized military and intelligence agencies.

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defense of communism at home

loyalty oaths, investigations, public fear

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dixiecrats

democrats who liked segregation

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eisenhower v truman

reduced military spending, nuclear superiority, brinkmanship, covert operations

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CIA in cold war

tried to control the political leaders in other countries

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Suez Crisis

trade with egypt over canal

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eisenhower doctrine

promised Us intervention to any perceived threats in the ME

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U2 Incident

we got caught trying to spy, plane got shot down, us-soviet tension

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mccarthyism

reckless accusations without evidence

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WWI civil rights movement

segregated military units exposed unjust treatment

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Harry Truman

ended segregation in federal civil service and ordered equality in armed forces

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Civil Rights Act of 1957

weak bill that investigated violations of civil rights to protect voting rights

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

aimed to mobilize power of black churches to protect black rights

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Southern non-violent coordinating committee

students supported non-violent protests

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Mexican Americans with Eisenhower

operation wetback, 1 mil mexicans were taken back to mexico

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NAs Eisenhower

cancelled tribal preservation policies, assimilation