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11th Grade
03/01/2011

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alger hiss
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a spy for the soviet union
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Joseph McCarthy

"McCarthysm"

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Senator- anti Communst

fear of communism made many fale accusations on Americans

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Fidel Castro
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Leader of Cuba (communist)
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Bay of Pigs
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Pres, Eisenhower gives CIA permission to try to overthrow Castro
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CIA involvement
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CIA spies gets involved with other countries Iran, Central America and Cuba overthrow Castro
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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USSR missiles in cuba this is a threat to US fear of Nuclear War
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Cold War
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Tension between US and Soviet Union
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Containment
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Keep communism in one area (USSR) stop it from spreading
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Triman Doctrine
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$ and aid US to free nations in Europe

Turkey Greece

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NATO
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12 countries who will help each other US and friends
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Marshall Plan
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rebuild Europe $13 billon dollars after WW11
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Iron Curtain
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Democracy vs Communism
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Chinese Civil War
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war with in china between nationalists and communists
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Korean Conflict
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war between north korea and south korea
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Arms Race
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US and USSR in a race on making nuclear weapons
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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US general in US army in Korean War
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Nikita Krushchev
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USSR leader during Cold War
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Warsaw Pact
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Soviet Union and Eastern European
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Berlin blockade and airlift
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closed all road and rail routes into west berlin; US to fly food and supplies into west Berlin:
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U-2
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USĀ  spying on USSRĀ  and USSR shot down u-2
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Sputnik
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USSR was 1st to send a space shuttle into space
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Yalta
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fate of Europe
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