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14 Cards in this Set
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Containment |
keeping something harmful under control or within limits. |
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NATO |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an intergovernmental military alliance between North American and European countries |
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Berlin airlift |
response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin |
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Marshall plan |
an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe |
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Korean war |
a war between North Korea and South Korea |
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Yalta conference |
major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders it was to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. |
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Truman doctrine |
purpose was to counter Soviet ideology expansion during the Cold War |
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Satellite nations |
nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of the Soviet Union |
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Space race |
the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. |
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Cold war |
a period of tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II |
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G.I. Bill |
was created to help veterans of World War II. It established hospitals and it made low-interest mortgages available. |
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Harry Truman |
The 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, taking up after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as vice president. |
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Dwight Eisenhower |
He was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. |
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Sputnik |
was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957 |
