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A state of political hostility existing between countries, characterized by threats, violent propaganda, subversive activities
Cold War
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elected vice president in roosevelt 4th term, and became 33rd president of the united states.
harry truman
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A country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is by a dictator.
Dictatorship
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The political principle of centralized social and economic control.
collectivism
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a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
Individualism
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capitalistic economic system in which there is a free competition and prices.
Market economic
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Russian leaders succeeded lenin as bead of the communist party and created a totalitarian state by purging
joseph stalin.
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A presidential system of government where and excute branch existed and preside.
presidential democracy
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The state of being free or at liberty rather than confinement or under physical restraints.
Freedom
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during cold war, the boundary seperating the communist nations of eastern europe from the mostly democratic nation of western europe.
Iron cutain
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a socialist economic system in which production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the government and industry is mostly publicly owned.
command economic
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A chinese communist leader
Mao Zendong
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One of the most major international crisis of cold war (berlin blockade)
berlin crisis
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an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world.
united nations
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The northern atlantic treaty organization, a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten western european nations, the united states and canada.
NATO
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an economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all
Socialism
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A Chinese military and political figure
Ching Kai-shek
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The state or quality of being equal
equality
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a military alliance formed in 1955 by the soviet union and seven eastern european countries.
warsaw pact
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The conflict between democratic people's republic of north korea and the republic of south korea in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives.
korean war
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An economic system in which all means of production, land, mines, factors, railroads, and businesses are owned by people, private, property, does not exist.
Communism
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a leader historian who insisted that fellow scholars shape their interpretation of nations past to highlight traditional values.
Samuel Morison
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The act or an instance of disarming of the first international crisis of the cold war.
disarmament
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competition between countries to achieve superiority in quanity and quality of military arms.
Arms race
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a contract that truman signed in march 1947 which established the federal employees loyalty and security program.
Executive order