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Cold War Terms
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11th Grade
11/09/2011

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Satellite Nation
Definition
nation that is independent but under heavy political and economic influence
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containment
Definition
U.S. policy using military, economic, and strategies to spread communism
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cold war
Definition
political conflict state to state for the communist world
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truman doctrine
Definition
economic and military aid for greece and turkey during their fall
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marshall plan
Definition
european recovery program
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berlin airlift
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blockade
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Mao Zedong
Definition
founding father of the people's republic in China
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Definition
political military leader
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38th parallel
Definition
earths equalateral plain
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Korean War
Definition
conventional war between south korea, united nations, and north Korea
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HUAC
Definition
House Un-American activities committee
investigative committee
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blacklist
Definition
a list if your on it you dont have certain priviledges as others
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Rosenbergs
Definition
american communists that were executed and convicted for esponage during the war
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McCarthyism
Definition
making accusations without proper evidence
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H. Bomb
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hydrogen bomb one of the most nuclear weapons
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Dwight Eisenhower
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34th president five star general for the us army
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brinkmanship
Definition
pushing dangerous events to the point of disaster
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cia
Definition
central intelligence agency
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warsaw pact
Definition
mutual defense treaty for eight communist states
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Khrushchev
Definition
led the soviet union during the cold war
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Eisenhower doctrine
Definition
speech by eisenhower to aid other countries
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U2 incident
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U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airslace of the soviet union
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G I BIll of Rights
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omnious bill that provided college and vocational schools for ww2 veterans after the war
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Harry Truman
Definition
33rd president of the us served in combat with france during ww1
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Dixiecrat
Definition
southern political party that broke away from the democratic party
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Fair deal
Definition
ambitious set of proposals put for by harry truman
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Franchise
Definition
using another firms successful business model
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baby boom
Definition
greatly increased birth rate
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Jonas Salk
Definition
american medical researcher
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consumerism
Definition
order of fostering purchased products in great amounts
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FCC
Definition
federal communications commission
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Beat movement
Definition
ww2 documents that inspired many people
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beatnik
Definition
sterotyped name for the beat movement
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JF Kennedy
Definition
35th president of the us until he was assainated
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Fidel Castro
Definition
cuban revolutionary and politician
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Berlin Wall
Definition
wall that started in germany to keep out allies
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Test Ban Treaty
Definition
prohibiting of nuclear bomb testing
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New Frontier
Definition
jfk used term in his speech to get america to vote for him
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Peace Corps
Definition
american volunteer program
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Alliance for progress
Definition
jfk established for economic cooperation for the U.S. and South America
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Warren Commision
Definition
to investigate the assination of jfk
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Lyndon B Johnson
Definition
36th president served in all four presidential offices
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great society
Definition
domestic programs by johnson to eliminate racism and and poverty
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medicare
Definition
health insurance for 65 years and older
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medicaid
Definition
certain people or families with low incomes or resources
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reapportionment
Definition
political power among a set of principles
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Martin Luther King
Definition
leader african american during the african american civil rights movement
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Rosa Parks
Definition
first lady of the civil rights movement wouldn't give up her seat
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SCLC
Definition
African- American Civil Rights Organazation
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SNCC
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Freedom rider
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1964 civil rights act
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voting rights act
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malcolm x
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nation of islam
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