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communism
a political theory derived from Karl Marx -
The union of soviet socialist republics
USSR -
united nations formed
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Period: to
Early Cold War Important Dates
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Containment
the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits -
truman doctrine
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berlin airlift
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marshall plan
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NATO established
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korean war
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domino theory
theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in another -
first h-bomb detonated by the united states
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jonas salk invents the polio vaccine
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Arms race/space race
between the USSR and US -
USSR launches sputnik
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22 amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
rosenbergs trail