cold war vocab flashcard

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Senator who urged citizens to report suspected communists:

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Joseph McCarthy

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Invisible line separating communist Eastern Europe from democratic West?

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Iron Curtain

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During Truman's presidency, supplies were dropped to starving Berliners due to Soviet blocks.

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Berlin Airlift

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Type of government with total control:

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Communism

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Name of the organization formed by Western Europe, America, and Canada to contain Communism.

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NATO

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Importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962):

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The U.S. wanted the Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.

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Cause of the Korean War (1950):

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North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.

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Actual wall separating communist and democratic Berlin.

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Berlin Wall

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Nations in Cold War competition?

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United States and Soviet Union

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US troops sent to Vietnam due to:

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stop the spread of communism