Review for Test on Cold
War and 1950s
HW: Study and complete
castle learning
Identify
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Truman Doctrine – giving aid to
Turkey and Greece so they do not
turn to communism.
Marshall Plan- Giving aid to Europe
so they can rebuild – prevent the
spread of communism.
Brown v. Board of Education
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Separate schools are unequal.
Rise of Suburbs
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Automobiles allowed for growth of
suburbs. Also increase in population
called for suburbs.
Women and African Americans in
Post WWII
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Women continued working. African
Americans moved north for the
factories.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Follow civil disobedience,
Dream Speech – blacks and whites
can work together
Bus Boycotts, Freedom Rides
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Civil disobedience to end segregation
Civil Disobedience
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Non-violent protest
Formation of NATO
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Created to bring democratic nations
together
To stop Soviet aggression.
Containment Policy
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Policy to contain the spread of
communism
Occupation of Japan
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After WWII the US occupied Japan
Led by Douglas MacArthur
Communist Leader of China
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Mao Zedong
Korean War
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North Korea invaded South Korea to
spread communism. War ended with
the division of Korea.
Berlin Wall
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To define the
border
between East
and West
Germany
Cold War Tensions
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Problems between the US and Soviet
Union
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba –
US set up a blockade around Cuba to
force them to eliminate the missiles.
Berlin Airlift
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Send food and
supplies by
planes to West
Berlin.
United Nations
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Created to maintain peace
Joseph McCarthy
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Senator
Accused people of being communist.
He had no proof
General Douglas MacArthur
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Commanded the UN forces during
the Korean War
Fired by President Truman because
MacArthur wanted to go into China to
end communism.
Wrong because our policy was
containment not removing
Communism where it exists.
Opposing sides of Cold War
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US and Soviets
First satellite into space in
1957?
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Soviets
The major objective of US
space program in 1960s?
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To place an American on the moon
Define: Iron Curtain
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The boundary between the Soviet
nations and the pro-US democracies.