Chapter 27: Chills and Fever During the Cold War – Flashcards

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This man was in France in 1950 and had to turn to the United States to defend himself against the accusation that he was a member of the Communist Party
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Val Lorwin
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This man was the senator of Wisconsin and known for his anti-communism aggressiveness during the era and victimizes Lorwin on his list.
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Joseph McCarthy
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This speech by Winston Chuchill was the first western "declaration" of the cold war.
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Iron Curtain
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The Truman Doctrine provided economic and military aid to what two countries?
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Greece and Turkey
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This sought to root out subversion in the US government.
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Federal Employee Loyalty Program
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This sought out to expose Communist influences in the movies
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HUAC
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In 1949, NATO creates a military alliance to withstand a possible attack from who?
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Soviets
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The first Soviet atomic bomb ended what?
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American nuclear monopoly
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The Communist victory here made Americans fear the worldwide spread of Communism.
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China
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What seemed to bear out Communist danger at home?
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Conviction of Alger Hiss
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NSC-68 called for these two things in order to counter the Communist threat.
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Vigilance and increased military spending
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The outbreak of the Korean War and North Korea's invasion of South Korea was viewed as what?
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Soviet conspiracy
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The early triumph for nationalism in Southeast Asia was because of the Vietnamese victory over French here.
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Dien Bien Phu
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The Cold War stemmed from divergent views about the shape of what?
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Post WWII
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These in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East began to crumble.
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Colonial Empires
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The Soviet Union is concerned about this.
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Security
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Describes the Soviet Union's conflict with other countries as "Two big dogs chewing on a bone."
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Senator J. Williams Fullbright
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This called Orwell's novel's story a "mating of Hitler and Stalin"
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Life Magazine
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This was meant to resolve the issues over Poland.
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Yalta Conference
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This is what the USSR needs.
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Loans
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This undersecretary of state warns about the Communist victory.
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Dean Acheson
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The next step for American policymakers involved aiding the economy here.
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Western Europe
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This man asks for the countries of Western Europe to come up with a plan to aid them economically that America can support.
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George Marshall
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This man does not support the Marshall Plan.
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Henry A. Wallace
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This was a part of the Marshall Plan.
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Operation Vittles
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Information on the Communist movement relied on this.
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CIA
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This involved the containment of military alliance in Europe.
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NATO
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This secretary of state hates atheistic communism and godless terrorism.
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John Foster Dulles
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This sets up the National Security Council
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National Security Act of 1947
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This called Mao Zedong's policy "the nauseous force."
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New York Times
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This was a 1000 page document on how the US could not alter what was going on in China.
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The China White Paper
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North Korea invades South Korea on this date.
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June 25, 1950
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Gen. Douglass MacArthur supplies this country.
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South Korea
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At the end of WWII, American policymakers generally envisioned a world:
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A world in which American values would spread
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After WWII, the Soviet Union was determined to:
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have a buffer zone for protection of its western border
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As president, both Truman and Eisenhower saw communism as a
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monolithic force
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Joseph Stalin, who headed the government of the Soviet Union at the end of WWII believed that
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eastern Europe must be kept under Russia's influence
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As WWII ended, most Americans became...
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increasingly fearful of the Soviet Union
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The first confrontation between the Soviet Union and the Western democracies after WWII came over ________
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Poland
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In his negotiations with the Soviets concerning the post war government in Poland, President Truman
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demanded that the Soviets accept the American position
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At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman
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learned that the United States had successfully tested an atomic bomb
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At the end of WWII, President Truman...
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abruptly ended the lend-lease program to all European nations
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After WII, Winston Churchill believed that...
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Europe had become divided into two camps
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The containment policy of the Truman administration:
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became the basis for American foreign policy in the post WIII period
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One effect of the Cold War was to...
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commit the United States to involvement in European affairs
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Underlying the Marshall plan was the..
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assumption that economic prosperity brings political stability
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By 1947, United States policy regarding Germany
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promoted the development of German economic strength
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it by air America's response to the Russian blockade of West Berlin into East Germany was to...
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circumvent
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In 1950, the National Security Council, in document NSC-68...
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considered good faith negotiations with the Soviet Union useless
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The leader who led the Chinese communist to control the Chinese mainland in 1949
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Mao Zedong
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These people accused President Truman of losing China to the communists...
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staunch anti-communists accused President Truman of losing China to the communists...
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During the Korean War, President Truman...
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acted to oppose communist aggression
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The Korean War led the United States to...
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sign a peace treaty with Japan
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When Ho Chi Minh established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, the US..
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refused to recognize the new state
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During the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, in the Middle East, the United States...
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moved to protect Western access to oil supplies
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American action in Latin America during the 1950s demonstrated:
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concern for political stability and American economic investments in the region
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While attempting to build an atomic bomb during WWII, the United States..
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concealed the project from the Soviet Union
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Concerning the issue of nuclear weapons development after WWII...
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Secretary of State Henry Stimson proposed cooperating with the Soviet Union
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Upon learning that the Soviet Union had successfully tested an atomic bomb, the United States...
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authorized the development of the hydrogen super bomb
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When Americans first learned of the development of the atomic bomb, most responded with...
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more excitement than fear
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In an attempt to deal with the problem of nuclear proliferation after WWII, President Truman...
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eventually abandoned plans for international arms control
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The policy of massive retaliation relied solely on the...
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threat to use nuclear weapons
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During the Truman administration, the government's loyalty program led to the...
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violation of individual rights of some of those investigated
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In reaction to Cold War tension, the United States Congress...
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passed laws restricting communist party activity in the United States
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During this, which developed in the 1950s, the right of due process for those accused was often ignored
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second Red Scare
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According to these people the Cold War resulted from the differing views of what the post WWII world should be
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revisionists
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True or False: During the 1950s, a government employee could be dismissed from his job if accused of being a security risk, even if he was denied knowledge of his accuser
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True
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True or False: President Truman and Eisenhower possessed very different views of communism
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False
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True or False: During the 1950s, many Americans began to equate the Nazis and Soviet systems as they had done in the 1930s
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True
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True or False: Despite the rigid and uncompromising stand taken by the United States during the Cold War, Joseph Stalin continued to seek ways of cooperation with the Western democracies
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False
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Upon his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin was succeeded by this man as the leader of the Soviet Union
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Nikita Khrushchev
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When Truman assumed the presidency in 1945, the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union, ___________________ warned him that the Soviets intended to dominate Europe
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Averell Harriman
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The individual primarily responsible for developing the American containment policy during the Cold War
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George F. Kennan
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The key Republican senator responsible for gaining congressional support for the Truman Doctrine was ________________ of Michigan
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Senator Arthur Vandenberg
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The Allied Powers had decided to divide Germany into four occupation zones here
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Yalta Conference
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The first commander of the United Nation forces during the Korean War
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General MacArthur
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When the United States refused to finance the construction of the Aswan Dam, this Egyptian leader seized control of the Suez Canal
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Gamal Abdul Nasser
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When this person overthrew the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, President Eisenhower served diplomatic ties with Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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The case that resulted when Whittaker Chambers accuses this former New Deal official of being a Soviet spy helped convince many Americans that a communist threat did exist in the United States.
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Alger Hiss
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The organizer of the communist movement in Vietnam after WWII
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Ho Chi Minh
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"1984"
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George Orwell
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"Foreign Affairs"
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Mr. X
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critic of containment policy
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Walter Lippman
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secretary of state who consider granting diplomatic recognition to the communist government in China
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Dean Acheson
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secretary of war who favored sharing nuclear information with the Soviets
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Henry Stimson
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physicist interested in nuclear fission
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Edward Tell
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"On the Beach"
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Nevil Shute
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secretary of state who developed the policy of massive retaliation..
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John Foster Dulles
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attorney general who declared there were many communists in America
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J. Howard McGrath
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atomic energy commission
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Lewis Strauss
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Truman and Stalin meet face-to-face here, which would be the last of the meetings of the Big 3
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Potsdam Conference
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Like Truman, Eisenhower believe communism was this, struggling for world supremacy.
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Monolithic force
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This represented the first major application of the containment policy.
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Truman Doctrine
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In this year, Mao Zedong wins and China is now a communist society
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1949
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In this year, we find the Soviet Union has tested an atomic bomb
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1949
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In 1948, the United Nations attempted to partition this into an Arab state and a Jewish state
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Palestine
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Ike's brother and advisor pointed out "Revolution is inevitable in ___________. The people are angry. They are shackled to the past with bonds of ignorance, injustice, and poverty.."
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Guatemala
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