The Cold War

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  1. 3. A stunning series of events between 1989 and 1991 that led to the fall of communist regimes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
  2. 8. the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
  3. 10. a social and political revolution that culminated in the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
  4. 11. October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict
  5. 13. theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries
  6. 17. a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries; formed to counter NATO
  7. 19. (1954–75), a conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States
  8. 20. universal global organization to keep world peace; it discusses common problems and finds shared solutions
  9. 21. North Atlantic Treaty Organization- Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe
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  1. 1. the strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II
  2. 2. a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party
  3. 4. held to discuss plans for the end of World War II and the future of postwar Europe.
  4. 5. a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War
  5. 6. the competition between nations, especially the USSR adn the US in the 1950s & 1960s, regarding achievements in the field of space exploration
  6. 7. Pursuing a dangerous policy to the limit of safety before stopping
  7. 9. barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989.
  8. 12. in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
  9. 14. the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991
  10. 15. an American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece
  11. 16. A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the USSR had blockaded its supply routes.
  12. 18. an ideological and political rivalry between the United States (democracy) and the USSR (communist) after WWII