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Cold War
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A war that broke out between the ussr and the usa without any hot war, or battle
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Marshall Plan
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The plan that was set into motion after ww2 in which to help other countries clean up after the war along with making allies along the way.
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Vietcong
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They were the vietnamese communists from the north
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napalm
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a jellied gasoline that burns violently
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Iron Curtain
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The imaginary border between the western european countries and the easter european communist countries.
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NATO
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(The North Atlantic Treaty Orginization) A military alliance formed in 1949 by 10 european countries, the us, and canada to stand against communism.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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When the ussr persuaded cuba to come onto their side and planted missiles onto their beaches to hit america with.
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Nationalist
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A person who is loyal to their country.
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Guerilla
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Vietnamese men who worked for America and used stink bombs to kill communist parties in the North.
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tet offensive
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in 1968, a surprise attack by the Vietcong on U.S. military bases and more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam during Tet, the Vietnamese celebration of the lunar New Year
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Containment
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What the us did to keep communism from spreading influence worldwide
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Communism
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a belief
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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A network of paths the vietcong used to move soldiers and supplies during the Vietnam War
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Truman Doctrine
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A policy that promised aid to people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom
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Korean War
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A civil war in south korea that lasted 3 years. China was on the north side, the us, and the un on the south side
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Suburbia
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THe start of modern life in the suburbs, a residential areea that sorrounds the city
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Domino Theory
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The belief that once one country falls to communism, other neighboring ones will too
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Agent Orange
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A weapon that was sprayed over forests and killed any living person within its range but is usually used for killing plants
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Vietnamization
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a strategy of gradually withdrawing U.S. forces and turning the ground fighting over to the south vietnames during the vietnam war.
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Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?
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Because northern vietnam was falling to communism, and the US was focused on keeping southern vietnam pure.
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In what ways did the US attempt to contain communism?
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By getting involved in foreign affairs, passing laws against communism, and other forms of containment
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How did the Cold War end?
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They say that Ronald Reagan ended it by spending more than Russia owned before they soon stopped competing
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Senator McCarthy
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He accused many men and women in the USA of being communists and put them on something called the blacklist. He went on a kind of Witch hunt and accussed innocent people.
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William Levitt
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Created houses through an assembly line technique and mass produced hep housesand built a place called levittown
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Berlin Blockade
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The Bay of Pigs
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Pentagon
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Papers let out with intentions of showing the public the truth behind the government presented in the new york times
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conscientious objector
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Vietminh
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Soldiers who fought for Vietnamese Independence
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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SDS
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President Truman
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The first president to battle the cold war.
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President Johnson
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Robert McNamara
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President Kennedy
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THe president who was assasinated and was in office during the time that cuba and russia werre communist and against the us
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Joseph Stalin
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when gained power in russia, he was a large communist and oppressed any kind of public opposition
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Fidel Castro
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A communist cuban leader who was involved int he bay of pigs and in the cuban missile crisis
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William Westmoreland
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A general who greedily collected more and more troops into south vietnam to fight
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