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Detente
There was a thawing of the ongoing Cold War between the U.S. and soviet union. It was Nixons effort to reduce tensions between the superpowers, as known as detente. -
Ho Chi Minh
He was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was a prime minister and was trying to fight for independence. Ho's army finally defeated the French in 1954 -
nikita khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. -
Korean War
From 1910 to 1945 Japan ruled Korea. When world War ll Korea remain divided. Soviet Union supported the communist government of North Korea. -
Jules & Ethel Rosenberg
Jules and Ethel Rosenberg were selling weopons to the soviet union and were eventually caught and put away. -
Armistice
After world war l ended they sighned an armistice between alies and Germany which was sighned on the 11th hour, of the11th day ,of the 11th month. -
Che Guevara
Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. -
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
"The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abbreviated to USSR and SU or shortened to the Soviet Union, was a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991." -
SuperPower
Nation with the military, political, and economic, strenght to influence events worldwide. -
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The Truman Doctrine
Providing polictial, military and economic assistanceto all nations. On March 12, 1947 Truman speech was said by Truman. -
united nations
The united Nations was an intergovernmental organization established to promote international coperation. -
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The Berlin Blockrade
Soviets imposed a blockade to keep the people of west berlin from getting out. Then the Berlin airlift started and they felt imbaressed and then built the Berlin Wall. -
Marshall plan
"The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave $17 billion (approximately $160 billion in current dollar value) in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II." -
NATO
The NATO goal was to defend western Europe agianst any siviet threat. So it gained alliances with friendly nations. (Westerns European) -
38th parrallel
"th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean." -
landing at Inchon
"The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations." -
demilitarized zone
The Korean demilitarized zone is a strip of land running across the Peninsula. Which was also an area with no military forces. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Is an Amerivan Polictic who served as a Republican U.S. -
Vietnam War Begins
this country has been ruled by France as a Colony since late 1800's. The U.S. slowly moved into war with them. The war was that the country wanted intepedence. which they got defeated in 1954 -
NASA
NASA was made becuase of the pressure of government advance. -
Fidel Castro
"Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008." -
Vietcong
"Vietnamese guerrillas who opposed the noncommunist government in south vietnam." -
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Bay Pigs Incasion
The soviet union started suppling Cuba. Was a failed invasion in Cuba the U.S. choose the worst spot to attack. -
Berlin Wall
Germany and Berlin through out the 1950's. In 1961the east germany built a huge concrete wall with wired fence. It was a symbol of the cold war separtating families and friends and anyone who tried to escape was shot. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a major cold war confoemtaion. That they were secrectly had misslie on the re island and the U.S. took that as a threat. But then got rid of all missles -
John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy was the 35th president in the United Staes. He was also one of the best Presidents of the U.S. -
General Douglas MacArthur
Was a an maerican five star marsal. Genral marsal of the pilipean Army. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congrees passed this resolution. uathorizing president Jonson. He was doing anything to keep his word and keep peace in southeast Asia. -
The Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese and vietcongsurprise attack on the U.S. forces on the new year holiday in 1968 and it took place in Tet -
Salt Agreemant
The soviet government offered to hod negotations.There were issues with of nulear arm controls. THey were taking all the salt. -
Draft
The government would choose any man and put them in the military into any position the govermnent wanted too. -
Star Wars
President Reagan proposed weapons system to destroy soviet missiles from space. -
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the U.S. and served two times as 33rd governer of californa before becoming president. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Was a soviet statesman, who was the eighth and lasrt of the soviet union. -
Glasnost
Glasnost was a russian term for speaking out openly. This was a solution for economic and social problems to speak there opion. -
Warsaw Pact
Was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states.
they signed a protocol to remain part of interminal polictical and military landscapes well into the future. -
Communism Collapses
It was made up of 15 diffrent republican. This was letting there parties form. They were creating new nations.
