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4305181338Cold Warthe struggle between the communist and democratic nations after World War II. The tension between the U.S. and S.U.0
4305181339espionagespying1
4305181340Potsdam ConferenceThe final wartime meeting of the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union was held at Potsdamn, outside Berlin, in July, 1945. Truman, Churchill, and Stalin discussed the future of Europe but their failure to reach meaningful agreements soon led to the onset of the Cold War.2
4305181341Eastern BlocNations favorable to the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe during the cold war-particularly Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary, and East Germany3
4305181342Marshall Plana United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)4
4305181343Nuremberg TrialsSeries of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes5
4305181344Berlin Aircraftallies dropped food into West Berlin6
4305181345NATOOrganization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies.7
4305181346Warsaw PactAn alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO8
4305181347Technocratan expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group9
4305181348European Unionan international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members10
4305181349NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada11
4305181350Truman DoctrinePresident Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology12
4305181351Red Scarea period of general fear of communists13
4305181352CIACentral Intelligence Agency; collects intelligence information and takes part in secret actions against foreign targets14
4305181353Containment Policythe U.S. policy containing communism using any means possible15
4305181354Domino Theorythe idea that if a country fell to communism so will the ones next to it.16
4305181355Korean WarThe conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.17
4305181356DMZDemilitarized zone, an area from which warring parties agree to remove their military forces.18
4305181357Brinkmanshipthe policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)19
4305181358Geneva Conferencemeeting in which Vietnam was split along the 17th parallel line20
4305181359Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionU.S. president sent troops without congressional approval21
4305181360Tet Offensiveturning point in the war when North Vietnamese attacked the U.S.22
4305181361Vietnamizationthe idea was to have the south Vietnamese take over23
4305181362Ho Chi MihnCommunist: controlled North Vietnam24
4305181363Boat Peopleafter the Vietnam War, refugees who escaped from Vietnam in small boats.25
4305181364New FeminismNew wave of women's rights agitation dating from 1949; emphasized more literal equality that would play down domestic roles and qualities for women; promoted specific reforms and redefinition of what it meant to be female26
4305181365destalinizationsocial process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor27
4305181366Khrushchevbecame the ruler of the Soviet Union After the death of Joseph Stalin28
4305181367SolidarityPolish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe.29

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