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Communism
is a philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of a communist. -
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. -
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United Nations formed
is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace. -
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Containment
is a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States. -
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22nd Amendment
sets additional eligibility conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors. -
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Truman Doctrine
was an American foreign policy the stated purpose of which was to contain Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
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Berlin Airlift
was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
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Marshall Plan
was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. -
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NATO established
is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. -
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Domino Theory
a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. -
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Korean War
was a war between North Korea and South Korea. -
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Rosenbergs trial
were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. -
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
in the first successful full-scale thermonuclear weapon explosion. -
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
This vaccine contains killed virus and is given by injection. -
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Arms Race/Space Race
was an informal 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States. -
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USSR launches Sputnik
The earth's first artificial satellite.