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Divided Countries
Containment Policies
Cold War Terms
Cuban Missile Crisis
Red Scare/ Homefront
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What CITY did the Allies split after WWII?
Berlin
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
US would provide aid to any nation threatened by Communism
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What is the idea of pushing to the edge of war but not going over?
Brinkmanship
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Who was in charge of Cuba and what kind of government did he have?
Castro and Communist
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Why was science given such high importance in the education system?
To develop children into scientists to create better weapons and rockets
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Why was Germany split into parts by the Allies?
So they could help rebuild each part
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What is the Marshall Plan?
US gave $13 billion dollars to help rebuild Western Europe
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What was the space race?
Soviets v. US in efforts to improve space technology, get to the moon
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How did JFK try to get rid of Castro?
Bay of Pigs Invasion, TOTAL failure
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Why was the US so afraid of missiles in Cuba?
They could strike anywhere in the US.
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After the Korean War, did the boundary lines change?
No
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What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
Promised aid to any Middle East country needing help against communist threats
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What was the Arms Race?
Soviets and US raced to create bigger better and more weapons
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What did JFK's military advisors suggest to do to deal with the missiles in Cuba?
Airstrikes and Invasion
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What were people (mostly kids) instructed to do during an attack?
Duck and Cover
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How did the US use containment in Berlin?
Berlin Airlift to get past Soviet Blockade
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What is containment?
Stopping the spread of communism, spreading democracy
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What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
NATO= North Atlantic Treaty Organization=Democracy Warsaw Pact = Soviet Union and satellite countries= Communist
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What did JFK ultimately decide to do?
Naval Blockade to prevent more supplies from getting in
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Who was McCarthy and what did he do?
US senator who accused lots of people of being communists without and proof or evidence
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Who aided the North Koreans in the Korean War?
China and USSR
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Why did Kennedy create the Peace Corps? ON THE TEST!!!!!
To send civilians to other countries to promote peace, stability, and democracy.
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What is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)? ON THE TEST!!!!
A military strategy that leads to total destruction of attacker and defender through the use of nuclear weapons
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What agreement did JFK and Khrushchev come to to end the crisis and what did JFK leave out?
Soviets remove missiles from Cuba, US removes blockade. JFK does not remove missiles from Turkey
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What was the purpose of HUAC?
House Un-American Committe, designed to weed out communists in the government and in the public.