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