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History chapter 18 1/2

Terms in this set (25)

This group consisted of Eastern European nations that were dominated by the Soviet Union
satellite nations
He believed that the best way to avoid a third world war was to create a new world order in which all nations had the right of self-determination
Truman
This action provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union
Berlin Airlift
This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that began at the end of World War II
Cold War
Both the United States and the Soviet Union joined this organization after World War II
United States
He arranged for about 400 million dollars in aid to be sent to postwar Turkey and Greece
Truman
This aid program was directed "not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."
Marshall Plan
This defensive military alliance was the first military alliance that the United States ever entered during peacetime.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (nato)
List three issues that led to hard feelings between the Soviet Union and the United States.List three issues that led to hard feelings between the Soviet Union and the United States. List three issues that led to hard feelings between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Stalin support Hitler
> Communist
> economic systems
General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
North Korea to take down communist. American fight China,
Although Mao Zedong won the hearts of the Chinese peasants, he failed to win American support because he
communist
Which countries fought on the side of the Communists in the Korean War
China, Soviet Union
The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between
North and South Korea
The failure of Chiang Kai-shek's forces in the Chinese Civil War can largely be blamed on
corruption
Who was forced to retreat to Taiwan (Formosa)?
Chiang
How did Communist gain control of China?
civil war
Armistice
truce, stop fighting for a short period
Clemency
show mercy, mildness, compassion
Demilitarized Zone
dead zone for the army
Fallout Shelters
shelter protected from radioactive things, a bomb
Famine
lots of hunger, shortage of food
Hostage
someone held for a reason
Implicated
be involved, connect, fold or twist
Air-raid Drills
sounds that warn the people of air dropped bombs
Inflitration
move soldiers, vehicles in a odd way to not get caught.
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