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Arms Race
Competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons. -
Soviet Union
A socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922-1991 -
Iron Curtain
Was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. -
Yalta Conference
crimera conference and code named the argonaut conference -
Indochina Wars
Fighting between French forces and their Viet MInh oppents in the south -
Truman Doctrine
Gave &400 million in economic & military aid to Greece & Turkey. To fend off communism and stay free -
Marshall Plan
European recovery plan. 16 countries received aid. $13 billion in aid given to rebuild western europe -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin cuts off supplies into western Berlin. US airlift food lasted 11 months. -
NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization collective society. Had to be a democracy. -
Arms Race
A struggle to gain weapon superiority. -
Communist
person who supports or believes in the principles of communism -
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Korean War
War between North and South Korea -
Eisenhower
Became president in 1953. Elected on the platform of K1,C2 -
SEATO
Prevent the dominio theory. South east asian treaty organization -
Space Race
20th century competition between two cold war rivals, the soviet union and united states -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine but for the mid east -
Sputnik
The soviet union launched sputnik in 1957 -
Viet Cong
A mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia. -
Nixon's Election
Defeated the Democratic nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Berlin Wall
concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided berling
