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history the korean war
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12/21/2010

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potsdam conference
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held in 1945 between truman and stalin, where stalin agreed to give poland free elections but did not
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truman doctrine
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when truman gives money to greece and turkey to help them fight communism, it beigins the idea of containmet
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brinkmanship
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when two countries go to the brink of war bt have no intentio of actually fighting
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arms race
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after WWII between te us and the U.S.S.R to see which coutriescan have more nuclear weapons.
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syngan rhee
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leader of south korea and was procapitialist but was a dictater
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kim-il-sung
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leader of comunist north korea the south in 1950
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the korean war
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fought between 1950 and 1953, it was commnist norht korea and china vs. the south ad he U.N.
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douglas macarthur
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commader of the U.N.forces duringthe korean war, truan would remove him because he wanted to use nuclear weapons against china.
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the battle of inchon
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first major battle with u.s. troops. it was a ajor U.S. victory
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the red scare
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a fear in america when communist could take over the government. it was in the late 40s early 60s
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HUAC
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they investigated people who the thought were communist and government. future president richard ixon in the late 40s
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the hollywood ten
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10 people in hollywood who were accused of beng communist by HUAC
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alger hiss
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a state departmet worker wo was ocnvicted as a communist, he maintened not guilt he was the highest member to be convicted.
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joe mccarthy
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republican senator from wiscosin who became famous for accsing people of beng communist he started witch hunts
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