The Cold War

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This organization was founded in 1945 to prevent wars. It has a general assembly and a security council.

The United Nations

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Churchill said this "has descended across Europe." For decades, it divided the democratic West from the Communist East.

The Iron Curtain

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This 1947 policy provided $400 Million to Greece and Turkey to prevent Communism from taking hold.

The Truman Doctrine

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This event is the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war. In 1962, the USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
JFK set up a blockade to stop Soviet ships. The missiles were removed.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

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This structure was put up in 1961 to keep people from escaping to democratic West Berlin. Over 400 people died trying to cross it until it was torn down in 1989.

The Berlin Wall

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This invasion of Cuba by 1500 Cuban exiles was supported by the CIA but failed. JFK had to take full responsibility for the action.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

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He took power in Cuba in 1959 when he overthrew the dictator Batista. He set up a communist government and allied Cuba with the USSR. He is still the dictator of Cuba after 42 years.

Fidel Castro

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This 1957 policy was designed to prevent communist takeover in the Middle East. It gave aid to Lebanon and Jordan in 1958.

The Eisenhower Doctrine

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These missiles carry nuclear warheads between continents. Children did duck- and-cover drills to prepare by an attack using these weapons.

ICBMs

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He became Soviet premier after Stalin's death in 1953. He said communism would "bury" the West.
He also met with JFK in Vienna in 1961and placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Nikita Khrushchev

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He was secretary of state under Eisenhower. He was willing to use "brinkmanship" or "massive retaliation" to stop communism.

John Foster Dulles

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This was the name given to the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviets in 1957. It started the space race between the two nations.

Sputnik

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When Khrushchev granted limited self-rule to Poland, many thought he was trying to bring about this policy.
It involves negotiation and compromise between communism and capitalism.

Peaceful Co-existence

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It was at this conference that the Big 3 agreed that there should be an international body to settle disputes between nations.

The Yalta Conference

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Mao Zedong brought this about with victory over Chiang's nationalist forces in 1949, who escaped to Taiwan.

Communist Revolution in China

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This act of Congress created the Defense dept., The National Security Admin, and the CIA, all designed to contain Soviet communism.

The National Security Act of 1 947

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This undeclared war started with the communist invasion in 1950 and ended in 1953 after 34,000 Americans gave their lives. It is often called America's "forgotten war."

The Korean War

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Gen. Douglas MacArthur led UN forces in this daring invasion behind enemy lines. He was able to get the North to retreat until China attacked with 100,000 men.

Inchon Landing

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This policy involves keeping Soviet communism from spreading to other nations in the form of world revolution. It was America's foreign policy during the Cold War. 

Containment

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Led by Truman's Secretary of State, this plan gave Europe $13 Billion from 1948 to 1951. It rebuilt Europe's economy and prevent communist take- over.

The Marshall Plan

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After Stalin ordered a 1948 blockade of the German capital, the Allies supplied the free side for 321 days. This was the first major crisis over Berlin.

The Berlin Airlift

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This military alliance was formed by the US in 1949 along with the democracies of Western Europe to prevent a Soviet attack.

NATO

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In 1955, the Soviets forced the nations of Eastern Europe into this military alliance after the West formed its own in 1949. Yugoslavia decided not to join.

The Warsaw Pact

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The struggle for power between democracy and communism after World War II.