World History - Unit 5 (Ch. 18 - 20)

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U.S. promise to support countries fighting communism

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Truman Doctrine

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A country that is economically and politically dependent on another country

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Satelite state

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A plan to keep something, such as communism, within its existing geographical boundaries and prevent further aggressive moves

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Policy of containment

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U.S. policy to rebuild war-torn Europe

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Marshall Plan

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A military alliance of the soviet union and Eastern European states

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Warsaw Pact

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The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because:

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Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other.

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The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that

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communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems.

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The Truman Doctrine promised to

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give economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

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The Berlin Wall was erected in order to

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stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.

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During the Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would

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not invade Cuba.