Unit 11 and Unit 12 The Cold War Flashcard

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What were the conflicting ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union?

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Democracy versus communism, Capitalism versus socialism, Individual freedoms versus collective ownership.

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What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

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To stop the spread of communism

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What does Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) refer to?

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The possibility of complete destruction in a nuclear war

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What is the main idea of The Cold War?

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The Cold War was a period of tension and conflict between powerful countries with different beliefs.

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The American strategy under détente was to

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reduce tensions with the Soviet Union and China through diplomacy and negotiation

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Why did the United States establish diplomatic relations with China in the 1970s?

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To counter the influence of the Soviet Union and to open up trade opportunities

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After the Soviet Union split up and communism was defeated in Eastern Europe, China accelerated its embrace of

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capitalism

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In the 1991 Gulf War, the goal of the U.S.-led coalition was to

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liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation

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U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in 2002 partly because President George W. Bush believed that Saddam Hussein

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had weapons of mass destruction and posed a threat to the United States and its allies

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The United States helped to end apartheid in South Africa by

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Imposing economic sanctions and pressuring the South African government