VUS. 12 Part I Vocab

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Swift military action against aggressive nation.

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Massive Retaliation

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invasion of Cuba to overthrow the Communist government

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"Bay of Pigs"

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accusing people of being Communist

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McCarthyism

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containment of communism

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Truman Doctrine

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Defense alliance between US and Western Europe to prevent a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.

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NATO

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War of “words” between U.S. and USSR.

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The Cold War

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passed atomic bomb secrets to Soviets

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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USSR and their allies in Eastern Europe

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Warsaw Pact

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Soviet missiles in Cuba

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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led Cuban communist revolution in 1959

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Fidel Castro