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Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. -
Yalta Conference
Split up Germany into four zones of control. However, Soviet Union tried to spread the idea of communism after the war and take power over these unstable countries. -
Iron Curtain
Imaginary boundary in between countries that separated the two sides during the cold war. It separated the countries in the Warsaw Pact versus the NATO and other countries that didn't want to fall to communism. -
Truman Doctrine and Domino Theory
The U.S was supplying economical, political, and military aid to these countries affected by the war but also to try and prevent the spread of communism throughout these struggling countries. They believed that if one country fell, the rest would keep falling to the communist regime which created this split and race for nuclear weapons. -
Truman
Created the Truman Doctrine which was U.S. policy giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents, announced by President Truman in 1947. -
Post-War Distrust/Tension
After the war, many countries were split between the ideas of communism in the East versus the ideas of capitalism in the West. The Soviet Union was trying to spread their communism throughout the affected countries in Asia from WW2. -
Mao Zedong
Leader of the Communist Revolution in China. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- a defensive military alliance formed by 10 Western European nations, the United States, and Canada. Was formed to prevent further war and instability across the world. -
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Korean War
They tried to stop and contain the communist ideas of China/North Korea from spreading into the South. The capital Seul is captured 4x by each side until an unstable peace treaty is signed where there is still tension today between the 2 countries. -
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Viet Cong
A group of communist guerillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War. -
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries. The Soviets used the spread of communism into almost forcing these countries to join this pact. -
Space Race
Race between the U.S and Soviets to be the first in space and on the moon where the U.S won. However, the Soviets spend billions of dollars on this technology which started the downfall of their union. -
Sputnik Launch
First satellite launched into orbit by the Soviet Union. Made the U.S realize they need to be the first to the moon and beat the Soviets somehow. -
Fidel Castro
a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. -
JFK
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was the first to escalate the war in Vietnam. -
Arms Race and CMC
These two nations were in a race for the best weapons but wouldn't use them unless forced upon it which almost happens during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union supplied Cuban with these missiles in range of the U.S until they worked out a deal to avoid M.A.D. -
M.A.D
Mutually Assured Destruction- doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
Space Race
To add further conflict, these two nations were racing to not only be the first in space but to the moon. The U.S succeeded in being the first to the moon however allowing the use of satellites and other equipment. -
Cultural Revolution
A 1966-1976 uprising in China, led by the Red Guards. The goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal. -
1st Man on Moon
Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and became the first man ever while winning the space race for the U.S. -
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Paris Peace Accords
Peace Agreement to end the Vietnam War -
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Iranian Revolution
The Islamic Revolution and overthrow of the government to bring the people more rights and power. -
Star Wars
A program to protect the United States against an attack by enemy missiles, proposed in 1983 by Ronald Reagan but never implemented- AKA Strategic Defense Initiative -
Berlin Wall
A barrier surrounding Berlin closing off the resources they needed. Other countries around them used the Berlin Airlift to keep them alive and knock down the wall. -
Commonwealth of Independent States
A loose association of former Soviet Republics that was formed after the fall of the Soviet Union.