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Truman doctrine
established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Yalta/Potsdam
The world war ll meeting of the heads of government of the united states, the united kingdom and the soviet union to discuss the postwar organization of Germany and Europe -
Long Telegram
A 1946 cable telegram by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan during the post-WWII administration of U.S. President Harry Truman that articulated the policy of containment toward the USSR. -
Long Telegram
Soviet Union did not see the possibility for long-term peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world and that the best strategy was to “contain” communist expansion around the globe. -
Novikov Telegram
the Soviet ambassador to the USA, Nikolai Novikov, warned that the USA had emerged from World War Two economically strong and bent on world domination. -
Truman Doctrine
a long conflict in Southeast Asia. -
Marshall Plan
Proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe -
Berlin Airlift
s a 1940s military operation that supplied West Berlin with food and other vital goods by air after the Soviet Union blockaded the city. -
Nato
Nato is a security alliance of 30 countries from North america and Europe -
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North Korean Invasion
North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. -
Domino Theory
Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty established by the soviet union and seven other soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe -
Vietnam War
a long conflict in Southeast Asia. -
Great leap forward
a five-year economic plan executed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party -
Berlin Wall
built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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It stated that "Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repeal any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further aggression." -
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China -
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Mujahideen
Muslims who fight on behalf of the faith or the Muslim community