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The cold war
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9th Grade
02/18/2010

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Massaive retaliatioin
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Dwight D. Eisenhowers idea of useing overwhelming force aganist anyone for any reason.
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Brinkmanship
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Dwight D. Eisenhowers idea of preservation in world peace.
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What did Dwight D. Eisenhower do to keep peace?
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He used the idea of power,and fear to keep people from fighting. He said if you tried something he would use atomic wepons on you, and he could back this up cause he cut half the troops,and used the money to support atomic wepons.
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What were some of Harry S. Trumans foregin policeys?
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The truman doctrine, the berline airlift, nato, containment, marshal plan, satellite states, and the iron curtain speech.
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When did north korea invade the south?
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June 25, 1950.
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When was the cease fire signed and why?
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July 7th 1983 cause eisenhower says if they cant come up with an agreement he will bomb them, also russia thought the war was too costly.
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What did Eisenhower do in reponse to the sputnick launchings?
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Created Nasa, created The national defense education act, and the launching of explorer 1.
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What was the explorer 1?
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The first satellite launched by the U.S. It was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation in earths orbit.
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When was explorer 1 launched?
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January 31 1959
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What does NASA stand for, and when was it created?
Definition
National Aeronautic and space adminastration. 1958
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What is a U-2, and what did it do?
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It was a spy plane used to take pictures of russia and report back to the use.
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When was a spy plane shot down, and what happend to them?
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on may 1st 1960 a spy plane was shot down, and the piolet Powers was held captive.
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What did they do at the Yalta confrence?
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they devided germany into four parts, along with its capatil berlin.
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When was the Bay of Pigs?
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Apirl 15-17
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Where did the us, put missiles pointed toward russia?
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In turkey, after helping them with the turman doctorion they became our allies
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How were trumans, eisenhowers, and kennedys foregin policeys diffrent?
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Truman was more none aggresive, eisenhower was alot more aggresive, like if you dont do this we will blow you up, and then kenndy was flexible reponse.
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What is the turman doctrine?
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helped greek and turky resist soviet expantion, to stop the spread of comunnisom.
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