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Yalta Conference

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:07:18 UTC

The Yalta Conference divided Germany and Berlin into four allied zones.

United Nations

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:08:56 UTC

was established in 1945. representatives from member nations decide diplomatic, political, and military disputes.

Satellite nations

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Countries controlled by the USSR

The Iron Curtain

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:13:10 UTC

Was the name of the military, political, and ideological "barrier" established between the soviets and Western Europe.

Truman doctrine

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:15:28 UTC

Pledged to help any free people resisting communism. (gave money too Greece and turkey)

Containment

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:16:45 UTC

The idea to stop the spread of communism and keep it at a stand still.

Marshall plan

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:18:38 UTC

U.S gave aid to to rebuild Europes economy. we did this to avoid communism from taking over the weak countries

Berlin airlift

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:20:06 UTC

Allies airlifted supplies into West Berlin because people were starving. This made the soviets look bad.

Warsaw Pact

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-01 21:22:36 UTC

Military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

38th Parallel

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:35:47 UTC

This was where Korea splits form south to north Korea

NATO

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:38:27 UTC

(North Atlantic Trade Org.) was a military alliance established to defend member nations from communism.

Baby Boomer

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:39:22 UTC

Population explosion during 1950's and 60's because of the soldi economy.

Berlin Wall

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:41:38 UTC

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin.

DMZ

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:43:43 UTC

This means Demilitarized zone. It's at the 13th parallel and divides Korea today.

HUAC

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:45:22 UTC

(House Un-American Activities Committee) was created by McCarthy. He told people what was un-american and produced anticommunist propaganda.

Korean war

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:46:28 UTC

North Korea wants a unified Korea under communism, so they invade South Korea

Red Scare

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:48:21 UTC

A Red Scare is a form of public hysteria provoked by fear of the rise of communism. (Russian spies are in the States trying weaken and even overthrow the American gov.)

The Rosenbergs

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:50:29 UTC

US citizens who were accused of being spies and giving soviets info on the H-Bomb. This fueled the red scare.

McCarthyism

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:52:09 UTC

Senator Jospeh McCarthy took advantage of the people's concerns about communism spreading to America and started accusing people of being a communist without any evidence; "witch hunts" created paranoia.

H-Bomb

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-02 01:53:57 UTC

Atomic bomb 2.0 it was 67x more powerful than the atomic bomb.

D.D Eisenhower

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-13 17:16:31 UTC

President and former military leader. He proposed to go to the brink of war and promote peace.

JFK

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:02:09 UTC

won the election of 1960. he was the youngest president. he is known for his work with civil rights, bay of pigs, and the cuban missile crisis.

Fidel Castro

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:04:17 UTC

Lead a communist party into Cuba funded by the soviets; kills the leader of Cuba that the USA supported and gave money to. He became the leader of Cuba.

Nikita Khrushchev

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:05:08 UTC

new soviet leader after Stalin. leader during the space race and arms race.

Bay of Pigs

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:07:28 UTC

JFK authorized a failed attempt to oust communist leader Fidel Castro from Cuba during the bay of pigs invasion. JFK biggest embarrassment.

Sputnik

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:10:02 UTC

Russian satellite launched in 1957; they beat us into space - they have the technological edge.

CIA

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:11:22 UTC

Central Intelligence Agency. it was created by Eisenhower to spy on soviets.

Cuban Missile Crisis

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:16:16 UTC

in 1962, Khrushchev began secretly installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba as a result. this blockade lasted for 13 days and were on the brink of nuclear war.

Geneva accords

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:17:48 UTC

UN decided that France had to leave Vietnam. Vietnam is temporary split at the 17th parallel until the election.

Ngo Dinh Diem

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:19:01 UTC

Democratic leader of south Vietnam. we believed we could control him but he weeded being extremely corrupt.

Domino theory

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 03:20:37 UTC

If one country falls to communism, other poor countries will follow

Ho Chi Minh

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Communist leader who admired the Declaration-o-independence. Asked America for help to be free from France. we died because they are communist. Because we denied him we were viewed as hypocrites in all Vietnam.

Vietcong

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-14 04:07:58 UTC

South Vietnamese who wanted communism. aided by North Korea, china, the USSR

Ho Chi Minh Trail

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:29:27 UTC

a trail that enabled north Vietnam, USSR, and China, to send troops and weapons to south Vietnam

Lyndon B. Johnson

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:31:14 UTC

Takes over after JFK. Known for the escalation of Vietnam and work with civil rights.

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:33:37 UTC

LBJ said the North Vietnamese attacked U.S ships in the gulf of Tonkin. congress gave Johnson complete military control to settle the conflict.

Manhatten Project

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:35:23 UTC

Secret atomic bomb project in the United States. Based in New Mexico

Napalm and Agent Orange

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:37:09 UTC

chemical weapons used in Vietnam. we used them to destroy the landscape and caused birth defects.

The Draft

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:38:22 UTC

the involuntary process that determined men's service in the war. ages 18-26

TET offensive

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:39:40 UTC

US attacked by the vietcong and the North Vietnamese (5000 were killed) American military win but political loss. it was televised.

Holocaust

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:42:30 UTC

the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945

Kristallnacht

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:43:51 UTC

This was the night of the broken glass. Germany wants to get the jews to leave Germany

Ghettos

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:44:57 UTC

Slums used to persecute, enslave, and terrorize the jews before bread of concentration camps.

Concentration camps

tjon1305_ — 2024-02-15 09:47:16 UTC

a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of minority groups are held and imprisoned.