cold war

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cold war

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The hostile but nonviolence struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

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yalta conference

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held in February 1945 in the Soviet city. a conference of the main Allied leader US president Franklin D Roosevelt, British Prime Minister in Mexico, proposing that if the United States entered war Mexico in Germany should become allies. It helped influence the United States to declare war on Germany, five weeks later.

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potsdam conference

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in July and August 1945 in the German city. a conference of the main Allied leaders US president, Harry S Truman, British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill and leader his successor Clement atlee and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin to finalize post World War II plans for Europe

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proletariat

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The working class in the society

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collectivism

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an economic system in which the people often under supervision of the state jointly owned the means of production and distribution

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superpowers

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A nation that is so powerful that it influences or controls less powerful states

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containment

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after World War II, the US foreign policy practice of attempting to restrict the expansion of Soviet influence around the world

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atomic energy

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The power released by a nuclear reaction

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un atomic energy commission

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A panel established by the United Nations in 1946 to propose ways to control atomic energy and restricted development of nuclear weapons

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iron curtain

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The ideological barrier that existed between eastern and western Europe from 1945 to 1990

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hegemony

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The dominating influence of one country or group over others

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truman doctrine

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The US foreign policy established in 1947 by President Harry Truman of providing economic and military aid to countries initially grease in Turkey that were attempting to resist communism

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molotov plan

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A Soviet plan initiated by Soviet foreign minister in 1949 to aid the economic recovery of eastern Europe after World War II by establishing the council for mutual economic assistance to create two-way trade agreements between the Soviet Union and other comecon members into integrate members economies

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marshall plan

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The US plan initiated by Secretary of State, and implemented from 1948 to 1951 to aid in the economic recovery
Of Europe after World War II by offering certain European countries, substantial funds

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berlin blockade

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The Soviet blockade of the German city of Berlin implemented from 1948 to 1949 to halt land travel into the city in hopes of forcing the United States, Great Britain and France to give up their plan to combine their occupation zones into a single democratic West German state, the Allied nations resisted the blockade by airlifting food and supplies into Britain

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coup de tat

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The sudden overthrow of the government by violent force

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satellite nations

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A country under another countries control

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north atlantic treaty organization

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as part of the Cold War, a military alliance formed in 1949 among the United States, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Britain, Denmark, Norway, and Portugal and expanded to include Greece and Turkey in 1952 and West Germany in 1955 to establish collective security against the Soviet Union

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warsaw pact

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as part of the Cold War and in response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and agreement signed in 1955 by the Soviet Union Albania, Bulgaria czechslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania to establish a military alliance for mutual defense

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korean war

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A war fought on the Korean Peninsula from 1950 to 1953 after troops from communist North Korea armed with Soviet weapons invaded democratic South Korea, prompting United States in the United Nations to send forces to support South Korea and fight to unify the Korean Peninsula into one democratic nation which intern prompted China to join the war on North Korea side at war end the Peninsula remained divided into two nations

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demilitarized zone

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an area often along the border between two military powers that no military forces are allowed to enter

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third world

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originally the group of nations that had recently gained independence from colonial rule, and we’re not aligned with the west first world or the east second world after World War II more broadly the developing nations of the world

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covert action

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A secret political economic, or military operation that aims to shape, events or influence affairs in a foreign country in order to support the initiating nations foreign policy

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arms race

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competition between nations to achieve the most powerful weapons arsenal

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h bomb

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A hydrogen bomb or a bomb created by fusing atoms more powerful than an atomic bomb a weapon of mass destruction that the United States first tested in 1952 as part of the arms race

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brinkmanship

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A foreign policy characterized by willingness to push a dangerous situation to the brink or edge of war rather than given to an opponent

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deterrence

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A foreign policy in which a nation develops a weapons arsenal so deadly that another nation will not dare attack

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mutual assured destruction

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during the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, the principal that either side would respond to a nuclear attack by launching its own missiles, which helped prevent the Cold War from becoming a hot war

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communist sympathizers

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A person who believes in communist ideology, but is not a member of the communist party

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subversion

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A plot or an action intended to overthrow government

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loyalty oaths

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A pledge of loyalty to a group such as an organization or a nation

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house un-american activities committee

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formed in 1938 a committee of the US House of Representatives that investigated subversive organizations in the United States until 1975

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incriminate

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to provide evidence that makes someone appear guilty

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contempt of congress

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willful failure to obey the authority of Congress

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blacklist

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A list of people or groups who are under suspicion for something and are thus excluded from certain opportunities 

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alger hiss case

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A court case involving Alger, hiss a US state department official accused of passing secrets to the Soviet Union that contributed to a growing fear of subversion during the early Cold War in 1950 a federal grand jury convicted his of perjury, but his guilt in regard to espionage was not proven

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perjury

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willfully lying while under oath to tell the truth

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rosenberg trial

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The controversial 1951 trial of two Americans, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg charged with passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The two were sentenced to death and executed in 1953, making them the only American civilians to be put to death for spying during the Cold War.

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mccarthyism

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The practice of publicly accusing people of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges named for Senator Joseph McCarthy, who began such a practice in the early 1950s as a part of the search for communist in the United States during the early Cold War

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censured

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to formally scold someone

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atomic age

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A bomb with explosive power that comes from the energy suddenly released by splitting the nuclei of uranium or plutonium atoms

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civil defense

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The organization and training of citizens to work with the armed forces and emergency services during a war or natural disaster

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federal civil defense administration

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A federal agency established by Congress in 1951 to plan for civil defense during the arms race by preparing Americans to survive a nuclear attack