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Vocabulary
Roots of the Cold War
A time of Prosperity
Korean War Period
Global Concerns of A Cold War
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What is an airlift?

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Sending cargo planes to deliver tons of supplies
to people
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What does it mean to veto?
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Reject

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What is the baby boom?
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An increase in birthrate
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What is a satellite?
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A nation that is dominated politically or
economically by a more powerful nation
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What is the iron curtain?
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Barrier of secrecy and censorship that keeps a
country isolate from the rest of the world
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What was Trumans Policy?
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Containment
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What countries became Satellite nations?
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Eastern Europeans
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What countries took control of Germany?
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US, France, England and the Soviet Union
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What does NATO stand for?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What type of government did China change to?
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Communism
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What was the Taft-Hartley Act?
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The court could delay a strike if it threatened
the public saftey
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Why did Eisenhower win the 1952 election?
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He was a war hero from WWII
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What rock and roll star became popular?
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ELVIS
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What new invention became popular?
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The Television
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What happened to cities when people moved to the
suburbs?
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The cities began to go downhill because the
cities did not gain taxes from these people
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Where was Korea split?
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The 38th Parallel
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How many people died in the Korean War?
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2 Million
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What was Alger Hiss accused of?
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Giving top secret papers to the Soviets
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What did Joseph McCarthy do?
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He built his career on threatening to expose
Communists in the government
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How did McCarthy affect peoples lives?
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People lost their jobs and could not get them
back, their reputations were ruined, even if
they were not communist.
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Who took over when Stalin died?
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Nikita Khrushchev
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What country won the Space Race and what was
the name of the Satellite?
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The Soviets won and it was called Sputnik
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What did JFK form to help bring friendship and
peace between nations?
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The Peace Corps
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What event was a huge embarrassment for the
Americans?
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Invasion at the Bay of Pigs
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Who put their missiles into Cuba?
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The Soviets