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Glasnost
In the Russian language the word glasnost has several general and specific meanings. Its meaning "publicity" in the sense "the state of being open to public knowledge" has been used in Russian at least since the end of the 18th century -
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H.U.A.C – House of Un-American Activities Committee
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Arms Race
a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
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Chinese Communist Revolution
the second Chinese civil war, Chinese are now communist so they are the enemy and friends with Russia -
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Satellite Nations
countries that USSR turned into communist all through out the cold war -
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McCarthyism/ Red Scare
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. and the red scare was the fear of communist and communism -
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“Voice of America”
The VOA effort was an important part of America's propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Yalta
before end of ww2, leads to hate for u.s. and ussr, results in the cold war -
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Baby Boom
the generation of people born during 1946-1964, largest amount of babies made because the war was over and people wanted to have sex -
Iron Curtain speech
communism is bad we should go to war with russia and there friends, starts the cold war for the people -
Truman Doctrine
used the idea of containment, stops the spread of communism during the cold war -
Marshall Plan
u.s gives $13 billion to western europe (130 billion today), helps out the non-communist countries in europe in the cold war -
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Berlin Airlift
sent supplies by planes to west berlin, first major international crisis of the cold war -
“Fair Deal”
an ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address -
NATO
an alliance made between north american and european countries, the non-communist joined together to fight the communist countries -
Soviets detonation of the Atomic Bomb
was the USSR'S first atomic test starts the arms race -
Alger Hiss
accused of being a spy for the USSR during the cold war -
Bretton Woods
management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Japan in the mid-20th century -
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Domino Theory
1950’s to 80’s, theory that if one country fell to communism the surrounding ones would too -
NSC-68
a 58-page top secret policy paper by the United States National Security Council presented to President Harry S. Truman on April 14, 1950. It was one of the most important statements of American policy that launched the Cold War. -
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Korean War
north invades south, U.S and U.N help the south, china helps north and USSR helps a little, just another communist vs. capitalist fight in the cold war -
Dennis v. US (1951)
Dennis and his friends were apart of a communist party who hated american gov. -
H Bomb
hydrogen bomb, us test them over the bikini atoll during the arms race in the cold war -
McCarran
The law was hailed by supporters as a necessary step in preventing communist subversion in the United States, while opponents decried the legislation as being xenophobic and discriminatory -
Stalin’s Death
stopped the war for a bit, cold war started to slow down -
Rosenberg Spy Case
killed for committing espionage for the soviet union, USSR spying on the U.S during the cold war -
Massive Retaliation
agreement to use equal or greater force if attacked by nukes in cold war -
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Dien Bien Phu
french vs. Vietnam, another communist vs. capitalist war -
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Guatemalan Coup
a operation done by the u.s cia that deposed the democratically elected guatemalan pres. Jacobo Árbenz, one less communist country in the cold war -
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Vietnam War
Vietnam fought as a resistance war against america, america vs. communist -
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
Nikita Khrushchev shocked the Soviet Union by denouncing Stalin in a special address to Communist party comrades. The text, detailing the dictator's crimes, was smuggled out of Moscow and later published in full in The Observer -
Interstate Highway Act of 1956
popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law -
Sputnik
first satellite sent into space from earth and ends korean war, start the show off space war between russia and the u.s -
National Defense and Education Act (NDEA)
providing funding to United States education institutions at all levels -
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Fidel Castro
since 1959 to 2016 he has been the leader of cuba, the first communist state in the western hemisphere -
M.A.D- Mutually Assured destruction
every one had nuclear weapons and you(if attacked) could retaliate with equal or greater force, everyone had nuclear weapons during the cold war -
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Vietnamization
late 60’s through 70’s, a policy by Nixon to get the u.s out of the Vietnam war, one less war during cold war -
U-2 spy plane affair
U.S plane shot down because it was committing espionage over USSR during the cold war -
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Bay of Pigs
failed invasion of bay of pigs in Cuba by america during the cold war -
Berlin Wall
constructed to separate communist and capitalist, November 9, 1989 destructed because the war was ending, the physical Iron Curtain -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR told Cuba to shoot missiles at america and mexico stand of for 13 days -
The Feminine Mystique
a book published on February 19, 1963 by W.W.Norton. It was written by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States -
Hotline
let 2 nations communicate privately -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
to stop test for nuclear weapons all over the world for a small period of time -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a joint resolution by the U.S in response to the incident that happened in the Gulf of Tonkin -
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Indonesian Coup
mass killings in Indonesia, Indonesian communist purge, this is what communists did in the cold war -
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Cultural Revolution (China)
a new time (revolution) for culture in china, starts to make china communist -
U.S.S Liberty
Israel attacks this during the 6 day war -
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Six Day War
fought between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria during the cold war -
Prague Spring Rebellion
a period of political liberation in Czechoslovakia, basically this let USSR run the country -
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John Walker
navy chief warrant officer, convicted for spying for the USSR -
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Tet Offensive
largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war -
U.S.S Scorpion
it was lost and it was the 6th sub with that name, other countries subs were lost in the cold war also (Israel, France, USSR) -
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Neutron Bomb
used in the 1970’s-80’s, low yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation -
Detente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries -
Title IX
the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." -
First Unelected President
August 9, 1974, Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president in America's history -
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Cambodia & Khmer Rouge
the people went rouge and fought for what they wanted
Space Race- 1957-75, race between mainly U.S and USSR to see who could top who in space achievements in the cold war -
Helsinki Accords
an agreement signed by 35 nations that concluded the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Helsinki, Finland -
SALT I & II
treaties that limited the use of nuclear weapons, every country involved in the cold war had nuclear weapons and the treaty made it so no one blew up the world -
Afghanistan War
USSR invades Afghanistan to make them communist, makes even more people hate communist -
Solidarity
an independent trade union movement in Poland that developed into a mass campaign for political change and inspired popular opposition to communist regimes across eastern Europe during the 1980's. -
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Ronald Reagan
U.S president from 1981-89, played a big part in stopping the cold war by not backing down to the USSR -
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
SDI (Star wars)
a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union -
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Perestroika
a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the cold war -
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Gorbachev
a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 -
INF Treaty
signed by both USSR and U.S to get rid of their intermediate and short range missiles during the cold war -
German reunification
east and west Germany join back together after 45 years -
Warsaw Pact
treaty of friendship for USSR and the satellite nations, all communist are now friends in the cold war