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Cold War & After
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9th Grade
11/01/2011

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Truman Doctrine
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policy of containment, that they would not let any more commnism spread
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Marshall Plan
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Massive amounts of money given to European countries so they would not fall to communism
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Domino Theory
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The theory thta if one country falls to communism the surrounding ones will too
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; to protect one another from the Soviet Union
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Warsaw Pact
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response to NATO, viewed US and NATO as a threat to their security... warsaw was cpaital of poland
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Khmer Rouge
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communists in Cambodia, ruled by Pol Pot
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Dentente
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relaxtion of tensions; restrain the soviets through diplomatic agreements
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Glasnost
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openness, plan Mikhail Gorbachev tried to reform Soviet Union
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Perestroika
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restricting government and economy, plan Mikhail Gorbachev tried to reform Soviet Union
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Mao Zedong
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chinese communist leader began revolution to overthrow government
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Chiang Kai-shek
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nationalist leader in chinese revolution, (US aided them) they lost and Taiwan became nationalist China
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Mohandis Ghandi
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started the indepedance movement in India, they gained it from England
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Syngman Rhee
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leader of South Korea
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Fidel Castro
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leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, led rebellion against Batista and nationalized foreign business
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John Kennedy
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led the bay of pigs, anti castro cuban group, president of US during Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nikita Khrushchev
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leader of Soviet Union during Cuban Missile Crisis, tried to reform economy in soviet union
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Ho Chi Minh
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wanted independance for Vietnam, communist leader of vietnam minh. north vietnam
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Ngo Dihn Diem
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controlled south vietnam, US supported him
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Lyndon Johnson
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president of US who presided over massive expansion of the vietnam war in the 1960's, he decided not to run for a 2nd term
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Richard Nixon
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president of the US who negotiated Paris Peace accord after Vietnam
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Pol Pot
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leader of communism in Cambodia
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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last leader of Soviet Union, tried to reform it but created economic turmoil and it collapsed
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United Nations
Definition
general assembly, security council, secretariat (executive body), other various councils (economic and social council, international court of justice)
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Cold War (major participants)
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Soviet Union v. US
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Chinese Communist Revolution
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Mao Zedong (communist) v. Chiang Kai-shek (nationalist)... Zedong won and china became communist and they made Taiwan nationalist China
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India Independance
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India wanted independance from England, Ghandi began this movement and they got independance in 1947
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Bay of Pigs
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anti Castro-Cuban group
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Laos
Definition
nationalist movement against Frane today it is communist country with a capitalitic government
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Indochina
Definition
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
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Cambodia
Definition
becomes communist led by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, he destroyed all industry and created a rural society, vietnam invades to stop genocide, UN takes over and today Cambodia is free
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Afghanistan
Definition
Soviet Union started fighting there to keep a communist government, often referered to as the Soviet's "vietnam"
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