My bold padlet by Isabel Rowley

United Nations

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created in 1945. The General assembly contains 11 members. They have the power to decide diplomatic, Political, and military.

Iron curtain

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

Containment

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The idea of stopping the spread of communism and keeping it where it was.

Truman Doctrine

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Pledged to help any free people resisting communism.

Marshall plan

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The US gave aid to rebuild Europe's economy.

Berlin Airlift

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When Stalin prohibited travel into "his" part of Germany; Eastern Germans were starving. For 11 months, Western allies airlifted supplies to the people of West Berlin. It made America look like the good guys.

NATO

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A military alliance between the soviet union and Eastern Europe.

Korean War

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1950-1953

Korea is split at the 38th parallel (like Germany). North Korea wants a unified Korea under communism so they invaded the south.

Baby boomers

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Population explosion during the 1950's and 1960's because of solid economy.

Red scare

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Russian spies had infiltrated the American government and they were trying to weaken and overthrow America's government.

Bay of pigs

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In 1961, president Kennedy authorized a failed attempt to oust Communist leader Fidel Castro from Cuba during the bay of pigs invasion. We tried to use the CIA to eliminate him--This becomes known as Bay of pigs disaster.

John F Kennedy

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He was the youngest elected president known for his work with civil rights, Bay of pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis.

Fidel Castro

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In 1959, Fidel Castro led his rebels to victory against the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. He nationalized private businesses were owned by the state, not individuals.

CIA

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trained and armed 1,500 Cuban exiles, armed with American weapons, to stealthy kill Castro. The plan failed.

Cuban missile crisis

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In 1962, Khrushchev secretly began installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

Domino Theory

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If one country falls to communism, other poor countries will too, so we need to stop it before it starts.

Ho Chi Minh

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Communist leader who admired the Declaration of independence and wrote his own version. Wanted America's help with independence from France.

Ngo Dinh Diem

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Democratic leader of south Vietnam. We felt we could control him to run the country the way we wanted but was corrupt and south Vietnamese people protested his rule. Wee supported his assassination. S.V. went through 10 leaders during the war.

Vietcong

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South Vietnam who wanted communism. Aided by North Vietnam, China, USSR. Used Guerrilla warfare tactics. US never found battles in the North.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Ho Chi Minh Trail enabled North Vietnam, USSR, and China to send troops and weapons to south Vietnam.

Geneva Accords

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UN decided that France had to leave Vietnam. Vietnam is temporarily split at 17th parallel until an election takes place to unite it in 5 years.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

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

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

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LBJ said the North Vietnamese attacked U.S. ships in Gulf of Tonkin. Congress gave Johnson complete control over the army to do what was necessary with Vietnam conflict.

The Rosenberg's

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US Citizens who were accused of being spies and giving the soviets info to help build the H-bomb.

McCarthyism

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Senator Joseph McCarthy took advantage of peoples concerns about communism spreading to

America and started accusing people of being a Communist without any evidence; which -hunts.

38th parallel

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The line/middle that devides North and south Korea.

DMZ

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De-militarized zone at the 38th parallel divides Korea today.

HUAC

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Created by McCarthy; told people what was "American" activity and what wasn't. Produced anti-communism propaganda.

Napalm/agent orange

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chemical weapons that hurt many Vietnamese for generations.

Draft

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the involuntary process that determined men's service in the war. ages 18-26. They could get out of it if they were rich.

TET offensive

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US attacked by the Vietcong and North Vietnam (5,000 were killed). American military won but a political loss because all of it was shown on TV.

My Lai

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250 Vietnamese women, children, and men were massacred by Americans who believed they were Vietcong.

Kent state

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College students burned down army recruiting site because of draft. 4 students got shot.

Pentagon papers

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Revealed by investigative reporters; America was secretly bombing Cambodia and Laos without telling the UN or the American people.

Satellite nations

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Countries that are heavily under the control of another.

H-bombs

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A competition to strengthen each's side's armed forces and weapon systems. Created and testing in 1952 with help of former Nazi: scientists.

Nikita Khrushchev

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New Soviet leader after Stalin. He will be the leader during the space race and the Cuban missile crisis.

Sputnik 1

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Russian satellite launched in 1957'they beat us to space- they have the technological edge. This triggered the space race so we spent billions of dollars and created NASA.

YALTA conference

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Temporarily" split Germany into 4 zones controlled by the United States, France, Great Britian and USSR.

Berlin wall

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The soviets did not want the Western zones to unite so in June 1948, the Soviets cut off all land access to their demand.

Warsaw pact

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a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe

Chiang Kai-shek

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As commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, he led the Northern Expedition from 1926 to 1928, before defeating a coalition of warlords and nominally reunifying China under a new nationalist government.

Mao Zedong

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Dwight D eisnehower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower was an important general during World War II because. In particular, it was under him that some of the most important Allied victories took place, perhaps most notably the Normandy landings.

Doves or Hawks

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“hawks” are those who advocate an aggressive foreign policy based on strong military power. “Doves” try to resolve international conflicts without the threat of force.

Richard Nixon

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What was Richard Nixon known for?

Nixon imposed wage and price controls for 90 days, began the war on cancer, and presided over the Apollo 11 Moon landing, which signaled the end of the Space Race. He was re-elected in 1972, when he defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern in one of the largest landslide victories in American history.