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COLD WAR

40+ year long global competition between the US and the Soviet Union – economic, political, and ideological beefs, but never open military clashes between the two.

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COLD WAR

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  1. 40+ year long global competition between the US and the Soviet Union – economic, political, and ideological beefs, but never open military clashes between the two

  2. 40+ year long global competition between the US and the Soviet Union – economic, political, and ideological beefs, but never open military clashes between the two COLD WAR

  3. Pledge from an American president to help any nation fighting off threats from communist groups

  4. Pledge from an American president to help any nation fighting off threats from communist groups TRUMAN DOCTRINE

  5. This city almost became a trigger for war between the US and USSR, twice

  6. This city almost became a trigger for war between the US and USSR, twice BERLIN

  7. Soviet-led military alliance of Eastern European states

  8. Soviet-led military alliance of Eastern European states WARSAW PACT

  9. Belief that drew the US into war in Vietnam – that if South Vietnam became communist, then other neighbors across Asia and the Pacific would follow

  10. Belief that drew the US into war in Vietnam – that if South Vietnam became communist, then other neighbors across Asia and the Pacific would follow “DOMINO THEORY”

  11. East German leaders, with Soviet approval, built this to stop the flood of people fleeing from east to west – sparking another crisis in 1961-1962

  12. East German leaders, with Soviet approval, built this to stop the flood of people fleeing from east to west – sparking another crisis in 1961-1962 BERLIN WALL

  13. Divided north from south after WW2, it becomes a hot spot in the Cold War in 1950

  14. Divided north from south after WW2, it becomes a hot spot in the Cold War in 1950 KOREA

  15. Joseph Stalin’s effort to drive the Americans out of an area he didn’t want them to be – last for 10 months in 1948-1949

  16. Joseph Stalin’s effort to drive the Americans out of an area he didn’t want them to be – last for 10 months in 1948-1949 BERLIN BLOCKADE

  17. In 1959, Fidel Castro leads a communist revolution here that freaks many Americans out – they’ll freak out even more a few years later…

  18. In 1959, Fidel Castro leads a communist revolution here that freaks many Americans out – they’ll freak out even more a few years later… CUBA

  19. 1st man-made object sent into space in 1957 – Soviets take the lead in the “space race”

  20. 1st man-made object sent into space in 1957 – Soviets take the lead in the “space race” SPUTNIK

  21. Soviet leader who said Stalin had gone too far; he faced off with John F. Kennedy over Berlin and Cuba in the early 1960’s

  22. Soviet leader who said Stalin had gone too far; he faced off with John F. Kennedy over Berlin and Cuba in the early 1960’s NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV

  23. US is the 1st to develop this in 1952 – Soviets follow a year later; 1500 X as powerful as the weapon used on Hiroshima

  24. US is the 1st to develop this in 1952 – Soviets follow a year later; 1500 X as powerful as the weapon used on Hiroshima HYDROGEN BOMB

  25. Overall US and allies approach to the Cold War – to resist Soviet aggression everywhere to limit the spread of communism

  26. Overall US and allies approach to the Cold War – to resist Soviet aggression everywhere to limit the spread of communism “CONTAINMENT”

  27. Winston Churchill’s metaphor for the divide between communist and “free” Europe

  28. Winston Churchill’s metaphor for the divide between communist and “free” Europe “IRON CURTAIN”

  29. The $13 billion US bailout of Western Europe after WW2, to help it rebuild and to make communism less appealing there

  30. The $13 billion US bailout of Western Europe after WW2, to help it rebuild and to make communism less appealing there MARSHALL PLAN

  31. The US-led alliance of Western European nations that faced off against the Warsaw Pact

  32. The US-led alliance of Western European nations that faced off against the Warsaw Pact NATO

  33. Meeting of Joseph Stalin and President Harry Truman at the end of WW2 – where agreements over occupying Germany and arguments over the future of Eastern Europe foreshadowed the coming Cold War

  34. Meeting of Joseph Stalin and President Harry Truman at the end of WW2 – where agreements over occupying Germany and arguments over the future of Eastern Europe foreshadowed the coming Cold War POTSDAM CONFERENCE

  35. Negotiations by US President Richard Nixon to reduce tension and improve relations between the US and both the Soviet Union and Communist China

  36. Negotiations by US President Richard Nixon to reduce tension and improve relations between the US and both the Soviet Union and Communist China DÉTENTE

  37. The American and British answer to Stalin’s blockade of Germany – feeds and fuels a city of 2 million and causes Stalin to give in

  38. The American and British answer to Stalin’s blockade of Germany – feeds and fuels a city of 2 million and causes Stalin to give in BERLIN AIRLIFT

  39. Communist leader of the Vietnamese who led resistance movements again the Japanese, French, and Americans in Vietnam

  40. Communist leader of the Vietnamese who led resistance movements again the Japanese, French, and Americans in Vietnam HO CHI MINH

  41. Stalin’s plan for Eastern Europe after WW2 – many Soviets feared yet another attack from the west, and wanted to have this in place for protection

  42. Stalin’s plan for Eastern Europe after WW2 – many Soviets feared yet another attack from the west, and wanted to have this in place for protection “BUFFER ZONE”

  43. US-led UN forces drove the North Koreans back, until over a million troops from here intervened, and pushed the US-led forces back, leading to a stalemate in the Korean War

  44. US-led UN forces drove the North Koreans back, until over a million troops from here intervened, and pushed the US-led forces back, leading to a stalemate in the Korean War CHINA

  45. Guerilla forces in South Vietnam who were either loyal to the North, or just hated the government of the South – US forces in Vietnam fight them as well as soldier from the North

  46. Guerilla forces in South Vietnam who were either loyal to the North, or just hated the government of the South – US forces in Vietnam fight them as well as soldier from the North VIETCONG

  47. The US 1st got involved in Vietnam when it tried to aid this country’s efforts to re-colonize Vietnam after WW2

  48. The US 1st got involved in Vietnam when it tried to aid this country’s efforts to re-colonize Vietnam after WW2 FRANCE

  49. Soviet leader in the 1980’s who tried to reform Soviet society and lightened up on Eastern Europe, leading to independence movements there in 1989, and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991

  50. Soviet leader in the 1980’s who tried to reform Soviet society and lightened up on Eastern Europe, leading to independence movements there in 1989, and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

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