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The Cold War And Beyond

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THECOLD WAR

BY JESSE BORJAS

SUPER POWER

EXTREMLY POWERFUL NATION FEW OF DOMINANT STATES IN THE ERA WHEN EVERYTHING WAS DIVIDED POLLITALY

UNITED NATIONS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOUND IN 1945 TO MAKE PEACE CO OP AMOUNG WORLD NATIONS

IRON CURTAIN

IDEOLOGICAL BARRIER THAT DIVIDED EAST AND WEST OF EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR

CONTAINMENT

THE U.S. POLICY ATTEMPTING TO RESTRICT SOVIET POWERS AND PREVENT SPREADING COMMUNISM

MARSHALL PLAN

IS A U.S. AID PLAN DESIGNED TO SHOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN EUROPE AFTER WW2

NATO

IS A MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT FORMED BY WESTERN NATIONS IN 1949

WARSAW PACT

IS A 1995 DEFENSE PACT BETWEEN THE USSR AND THE EST EUROPEAN NATIONS

ARMS RACE

IS A COMPETITION TO ACHIVE WEAPONS SUPERIORITY

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

IS A PERIOD OF REVOLUTIONARY UPHEAVAL AND POLITICAL PERSECUTION INNCHINA FROM 1966-1976

KOREA WAR

A WAR FROM 1950-1953 BETWEEN NORTH & SOUTH KOREA

VIET CONG

IS A COMMUNIST INSURGENTS IN SOUTH KOREA

VIETNAM WAR

A WAR BETWEEN NORTH/SOUTH VIETNAM BETWEEN 1950-1975

DOMINO THEORY

THE BELIEF THAT IF VIETNAM FELL TO THE COMMUNIST ,THE REST OF ASIA WOULD FALL

COVERT ACTION

SECRET POLITICAL,ECONOMIC,MILITARY OPERATION BY THE GOVT

DETENTE

THE EASING OF COLD WAR TENSIONS

DETERRENCE

TO ACT NOT MAKING SOMEONE DO SOMETHING