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woodrow wilson
28th president, created league of nations
george kennan
soviet specialist, created containment policy
isolationism
us avoidance of overseas involvement
define national interest
what’s good for a country as a whole in international relations
what is foreign policy with broad moral principles
idealism
define imperialism
assessing overseas colonies; building empires and a nation forcing social and economic beliefs on another
what was the marshall plan
plan to rehabilitate the economies of european countries
who advocated the expansion of sea power
alfred thayer mayham
during what decade did the us abandon isolationism
1940s
what was the monroe doctrine
aimed at keeping europe out of western hemisphere
what is manifest destiny
god given right of us to expand and populate na
what did george washington warn of in his farewell
beware of entangling alliances
who did the colonies want help from during the revolution
france or spain
what was the truman doctrine
us would provide political, military, and economic help to democratic nations
when did the us nuclear monopoly end
1949
what happened to the treaty of versailles in the senate
it failed
what country possessed panama before the canal was built
columbia
during what year ws the us in world war 1
1917-1918
what did we gain during our imperialist years
puerto rico, guam, phillipines, hawaii, samoa
define containment
stopping the spread of communism
why did the us declare independence
our national interests were different than great britains
“splendid little war”
spanish-american war
what was sputnik
the russian satellite, led to fears of a missile gap
what was us national interest from 1776-1900
acquiring land, fighting wars when needed, solidifying nations
what resulted from the cuban missile crisis
soviets removed their missiles
what did germany pay after world war 1
reparations
what is internationalism
promoting international cooperation
preemption
strike an enemy before they hit us
why did the us get involved in the 1990s gulf war
iraq invaded kuwait, the worlds oil supply was in jeopardy
cold war
soviets and us, no blood was shed, thats why it is called cold
what resulted for us military after ww2
military increase
robert mcnamara
created strategy for vietnam war, secretary of defense under jfk and lbj
what was dienbienphu
hell in a very small place, battle between france and vietnam
what did lbj promise
no more troops to vietnam during 1964 election
ho chi minh
north vietnamese rep at paris peace accords, communist leader of north vietnam
henry kissinger
negotiated the peace of honor
what was tet
the vietnamese new year, the offensive where we thought the war was over
ngo din diem
led south vietnam, ignored geneva accords provision for elections
who came up with the “vietnamization”
melvin laird
what is the domino theory
eisenhower, if one southeast asian country falls to communism, all will
le duc tho
north vietnam political leader, negotiated ceasefire during vietnam war
geneva accords
divided vietnam and set the elections, and a ceasefire
what was the vietminh
communist vietnamese anti-french liberation movement in the 1940-50s by ho chi minh
describe the vietcong
informal name of communist led south vietnamese liberation front in 1960s
when did lbj know he was finished
after tet offensive
who won tet
americans in numbers
why did jfk get into vietnam
stop spread of communism, south vietnam fall, save face after bay of pigs
why did ho chi minh become a communist
he favored ending colonialism
what were the green berets
jfk vietnam project
peace candidate in 1964
lbj
what didn’t the us people provide in vietnam
all but the will to win
what was vietnamization
the process of replacing us troops with south vietnamese troops
what agreement ended the vietnam war
paris peace agreements
who won the 1973 nobel prize
le duc tho and henry kissinger
how many us combat troops were in vietnam
543,000
counterinsurgency
green berets
gulf of tonkin resolution
1964 congressional resolution authorizing lbj to take military action in vietnam
what did nixon promise in 1968
end of war and return to law and order
why did we fight in vietnam
stop spread of communism
did the us public feel misled by lbj
yes
responsible for “the great purge”
joseph stalin
define detente
relaxation of tension
what is perestroika
economic restructuring
russian revolutionary group
the bolsheviks
vladimir lenin
russian founder of the bolsheviks and elader of russian revolution
what was comintern
central organization of communist countries
define glasnost
openness
mikhail gorbachev
wanted to repair the soviet economy
nikita khruschev
soveit leader during cmc, famous for denouncing stalin, and allowed criticism of stalin
boris yeltsin
first elected president of russia
what did richard nixon and leonid brezhnev work toward
detente
who did lenin choose as his heir
no one
what system has government ownership of the economy
socialism
treaty of brest-litovsk
ended russians ww1 involvement
what is geopolitics
studying the impact of geography on international politics
what agreement gave the soviets eastern poland
hitler-stalin pact
what was the first sign of the cuban missile crisis
increase in freighter traffic
who denounced stalin’s crimes in a “secret speech”
nikita kruschev
who met at yalta
stalin, fdr, churchill
why didn’t eastern europe like the soviets
soviets used force to stay in control
what did the cold war center on
eastern europe
what agreement divided germany after ww2
yalta agreement
what ended detente
the soviet invasion of afghanistan
what were jfks choices during the cuban missile crisis
bomb, invade, quarantine
why was the crisis more dangerous than thought
there was nuclear warheads in cuba
what agreement limited missile deployment
salt treaty
what russian situation was like vietnam for the us
afghanistan
what was the peak of the cold war
cuban missile crisis
us response to soviets invading afghanistan
arms build up, olympic, boycott, cancelled grains sales
who only wanted to reform the soviet system
mikael gorbachev
what countrys foreign policy does russia’s resemble
the soviet union
what countries rebelled against the soviet union
hungary, czechoslovokia, poland
cold war years
147-1989
who said “tear down this wall”
ronald reagan
what hasn’t worked as planned in russia
capitalism
what was one of putin’s goals
restore russian pride
what chinese leader didn’t follow joseph stalin’s advice
mao zedong
what did lenin think would happen after the revolution
the revolution would spread
nelson mandela
freed after a life sentence, first president of south africa
define apartheid
legal separation of the races
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