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Cold War

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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COLD WAR

Maggie Henderson
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Superpower
Is an extremely powerful nation, one of a few dominant states in an era when the world is divided politically into these states and their satellites




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United Nations
Is an international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among the worlds nations

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Iron curtain
Is an ideological barrier that divided Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War



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Containment
Is the U.S. Policy of attempting to restrict soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism



Marshall plan
Is the U.S. Aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after world war 2

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NATO
Is a mutual defense pact formed by western nations in 1949





Warsaw Pact
Is a 1955 defense pact between the USSR and Eastern European nations


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arms race
Is a competition to achieve weapons superiority






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Cultural revolution
A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China from 1966 to 1976


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Korea war
Is a war from 1950 to 1953 between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea that involved soviet and Chinese support for the north and U.S. And the UN support for the south

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Viet cong
Communist insurgents in south Vietnam



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Vietnam war
Is the war between north and south Vietnam from the early 1950s to 1975

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Domino theory
Is the belief that if Vietnam fell like a row of dominoes

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Convert action

Is a secret political, economic, or military operation sponsored by a government and designed to support a foreign policy objective

Detente
Is the easing of the Cold War tensions and hostility between east and west during the 1970s




Deterrence
Is the policy of building weapons arsenal so deadly that no other nation will dare attack


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The Cold War changed the world by the nuclear weapons. They were used in wars and they were more powerful. The world fought for who could be the strongest.

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