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Cold War
VS
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Communism
Soviet Union government State (government) controls everything Opposite of democracy and capitalism (USA)
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United Nations (UN)
Started with 50 member countries Created to promote peace and discussion instead
of war
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Potsdam Conference
1945 US, Great Britain, and Soviet Union Stalin goes back on his promise from Yalta
Conference to allow free elections in Soviet controlled Eastern Europe
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Satellite Nations
Countries dominated by the Soviet Union Poland, Czechoslovakia were two of them
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NATO
Formed in 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization 12 members pledged military support to each
other
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Warsaw Pact
Between Soviets and 7 Eastern European Countries
Their version of NATO
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Policy of Containment
Policy of US government against the Soviet Union
Contain Communism where it was and not allow it spread anymore
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Iron Curtain
Metaphor for the division of Europe into East and West
East=Soviet controlled and communist West=Free and democratic governments
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Cold War
Lasted from 1945-1991 No actual battles Between USA and Soviet Union
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Truman Doctrine
US policy must be to support people who want to fight communist oppression
Spent $400 million between 1947-1950 in Greece and Turkey to prevent communist takeover there
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Marshall Plan
1947-1951 16 European countries received $13 billion in
aid Helped western Europe rebuild from WWII Helped gain support for democracy and keep
out support for the communists
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Berlin Airlift
Stalin cut off all supply lines to western Berlin (controlled by the US, Great Britain and France)
Dropped food and supplies into West Berlin 327 days, around the clock
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Berlin Wall
Symbol of communism Built to separate East and West Berlin
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Checkpoint Charlie
Where Soviet and US spies smuggled people across the border of West and East Berlin
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China Becomes Communist
US supported the nationalists led by Chang Kai Shek with $3 billion
Communists led by Mao Zedong Nationalists lose the civil war and are exiled to
Taiwan China becomes Communist in 1949
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Korean War
June 1950, North Korea attacks South Korea North Korea was supported by the Soviets United Nations voted to attack North Korea
and defend South Korea
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90 % of the troops sent by the UN were USA General Douglas MacArthur led the UN forces
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UN forces pushed the North Koreans back almost to the border with China
China entered the war in support of the North Koreans
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Chinese troops outnumbered the UN 10-1 US counter attacked and pushed the Chinese
and North Koreans to the 38th Parallel
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MacArthur was fired by President Truman July 1953 a cease fire was signed Border between North (communist) and South
(democratic) Korea was the 38th Paraellel
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Red Scare
Fear of communism in the USA Congress established the House Un-American
Activities Committee to investigate US people who might be communist
Targeted Hollywood “Hollywood Ten” refused to testify before Congress and
were put in prison
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Spy?
Rosenbergs (US citizens) spied for the Soviets They were tried and convicted of espionage and
sentenced to death
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McCarthyism
Unsupported attacks on suspected Communists in the USA by Senator Joe McCarthy
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New Soviet Leader
Nikita Khrushchev Favored peaceful co-existence with the USA,
not war
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Election of 1960
John F. Kennedy wins (JFK) Youngest president (early 40’s)
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U 2 Shot Down
US spy plane shot down over Russia Pilot was captured and sentenced to prison Fueled tension between USA and USSR
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Cuba Problem
Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba and won Cuba became communist and asked for aid from
the USSR
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Bay of Pigs
CIA led a secret invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs by Cuban exiles
A lot of things went wrong and the invasion failed on the beaches
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Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962 Soviets had missile bases in Cuba ready to
launch on the USA Cuba is within 100 miles of the USA
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Lasted 13 days Closest we have ever come to nuclear war US Navy ships blockaded Cuba
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Soviet ships turned back instead of fighting the US Navy
Ended when the US promised not to invade Cuba, Soviets withdrew the missiles from Cuba, and US took out missiles in Turkey
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JFK Killed
Assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas
Conspiracy theories about who did it Lee Harvey Oswald was killed while in police
custody and was charged with killing JFK