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General Douglas MacArthur
Was a American five star general at the time of the Cold War. -
Ho Chi Minh
Was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader. -
Nikita Khrushchev
Was a Russian politican who led the Soviet Union in the Cold War. -
Senator Joseph Mcarthy
An American politician eho served as a republican U.S Senator from the state of Wisconsin -
Ronald Regan
Was an American actor and a politicain. He became the 40th president on Jan 20th 1981 -
John F. Kennedy
Was the 35th president until hs assassination in 1963 -
Union of soviet socialist republics
Also known as the Soviet Union. -
Fidel Castro
A Cuban polotician who served as the prime Minister of Cuba -
Che Guevara
Was in the Marxist revolution. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Was a former Soviet statesman. He was the 8th and last leader of the Sovet Union. -
Draft
Compulsory recruitment for military service. -
United Nations
A Union made originally by the eastern side of the world. -
38th Parallel
This parallel crosses Europe, the Mediteranian Sea, Asia, Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean. -
The Truman Doctorine
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/doctrine.htm
President Harry S. Truman presented this address before a joint session of Congress. -
Marshall plan
The Marshall plan was to help Europe. The U.S gave Europe 17$ million dollars to help in economic support. -
Berlin Blockade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
NATO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Orginization created by the north atlantic countries. -
Armistice
While the end of the Cold war was near, enemies signed Armistices to make peace with one another. -
Korean War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
The Korean war started out in 1950 and ended in 1953. This was a war between South Korea and North Korea -
Landing at Inchon
U.S marines landed at Ichon as a part of a suprise attack. -
Jules & Ethel Rosenberg
These two were executed because they were spies and sent the Soviet Union meassages on what and when the U.S would plan for pervious attacks. -
Demilitarized zone
Both sides agreed to move back their armies about 2,000m to make peace with eachother in thr Armistice Agreement. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defence treaty amoung 8 communist states of Centeral and Eastern Europe. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was Vietnam and they're allies against the U.S. This battle lasted until 1975. -
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration created and owned by the U.S Gov. -
Vietcong
A political orginization and army in south Vietnam and Cambodia. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
When Cuban refugees try to overthrow the communist government and fail miserably. -
Berlin wall
The Berlin wall divided west and eastern Germany. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Soviet Union was planning an attack on the U.S with missles. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This agreement was to promote peace and security in Southeast Asia. -
The Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campagins of the Vietnam War. -
Detente
The term was used in reference to geological tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S. which began in 1969 -
Salt Agreement
When Nixon and General Secratary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and the Interim SALT Agreement. -
Star Wars
The Stragetic Defense Initiative also known as Star wars. Was a program to develop a sophisticated anit-ballistic missle system. -
Glasnost
Was a policy where increased openess, government activites and more were for the Soviet Union to know about. -
Communisim Collapses
Revolutions of 1989 were a part of a revolutionary wave that resulted in the Fall of Communism in Centeral and Eastern parts of Europe. -
Superpower
In the Cold War the U.S and the Soviet Union became the two "Superpowers".
