Unit 6 Padlet Gage by Gage Perkins

Yalta Conference

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Split Germany in 4.

United Nations

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Orginization created in 1945.

Satellite Nations

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A formally independent country that is heavily influenced or controlled by a more powerful nation, often in a political, economic, or military capacity.

Containment

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During the Cold War, containment was the US foreign policy strategy of preventing the expansion of communism by containing it within its existing borders.

Iron Curtain

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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphorical term, popularized by Winston Churchill, referring to the political and ideological barrier that separated Western Europe from the Soviet Union and its satellite states after World War II.

Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine, announced by President Truman in 1947, was a US foreign policy aimed at containing the spread of communism during the Cold War.

Berlin Airlift

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The Berlin Airlift was a major Cold War event where the United States and its allies responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948-1949 by supplying the city with vital goods by air.

Berlin wall

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The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier constructed by the Communist government of East Germany in 1961, separating East and West Berlin.

Korean War

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The Korean War, a conflict between 1950 and 1953, is a significant event in the Cold War era. It involved North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union and China, and South Korea, supported by the United Nations, primarily the United States.

38th Parallel

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During the Cold War, the 38th parallel was the line of latitude that demarcated the border between North and South Korea.

Red Scare

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A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of left-wing ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism.

The Rosenbergs

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The Rosenbergs, Julius and Ethel, were executed in 1953 for conspiring to commit espionage, specifically passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

McCarthyism

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McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s.

Dwight D Eisenhower

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Eisenhower's overall Cold War policy was described by NSC 174, which held that the rollback of Soviet influence was a long-term goal, but that the United States would not provoke war with the Soviet Union.

Baby Boom

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The significant increase in birth rates that occurred in the United States following World War II, specifically between 1946 and 1964.

John F Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

Bay of Pigs

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A failed 1961 military invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government, aimed at overthrowing the communist government of Fidel Castro.

Cuban Missle Crisis

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A 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Lyndon B Johnson

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.

Domino Theory

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The domino theory, a core concept of the Cold War, proposed that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring countries would quickly follow, like a row of falling dominoes.

Geneva Accords

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The Geneva Accords, signed in 1954, were a set of agreements aimed at settling the First Indochina War and the division of Vietnam.

Vietcong

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The communist guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought against the South Vietnamese government and was supported by North Vietnam.

Ho chi minh trail

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The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a critical military supply route during the Vietnam War, running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam.

Napalm/Agent Orange

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Agent Orange was a herbicide mixture used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Much of it contained a dangerous chemical contaminant called dioxin. Production of Agent Orange ended in the 1970s and is no longer in use. The dioxin contaminant however continues to have harmful impact today.Napalm, during the Cold War, was a weaponized mixture of chemicals designed to create a highly flammable, gelatinous liquid.

Draft

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The compulsory enlistment in military service

Richard Nixon

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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th vice president under President Dwight Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961, and also as a representative and senator from California.

Kent State

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A controversial incident in 1970, in which unarmed students demonstrating against United States involvement in the Vietnam War were fired on by panicky troops of the National Guard .

War Powers Act

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The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.

Watergate Scandal

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The Watergate scandal was a series of interlocking political scandals of the US President Richard M. Nixon's administration.