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GS 2 Chapter 33

Terms in this set (21)

United Nations
World organization formed to prevent war after WWII
Iron curtain
Division between eastern and Western Europe during the cold war
Cold war
State of tension and mistrust between the US and the Soviet union after WWII
Containment
Policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
Policy of giving aid to European countries to help them recover from WWII
Marshall plan
Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover from the war regardless of their political affiliation
NATO
Military alliance including the United states, canada, and ten countries in Western Europe
Warsaw pact
Military alliance between the soviet union and the countries of Eastern Europe
Brinkmanship
Willingness on the part of the superpowers to go to the brink, or edge of war
Mao Zedong
Leader of communist china that led his people to victory in the Chinese civil war
Chiang Kaishek
Nationalist leader of china that was defeated by Mao Zedong
38th parallel
A line that crosses Korea at 38 degrees latitude. It was the line used to divide North korea from south korea
Douglas MacArthur
Allied leader of the United Nations forces involved in the Korean War
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of North Vietnam. Led movement to free Vietnam from the French and then against the US in Vietnam War
Ngo Dinh Diem
Leader of the South Vietnam government set up by the US and France
Domino theory
US theory that when one asian country fell to communism other Asian countries would eventually fall as well
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Resolution passed by Congress giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
Vietnamization
President Nixon's plan to allow for US troops to be gradually pulled out as the South Vietnamese Army takes over the combat role
Vietcong
Pro communist South Vietnamese fighting the US in Vietnam
Bay of pigs
Failed attempt by the US to over throw Fidel Castro in europe
Cuban missile crisis
The soviet union sets up nuclear missiles in Cuba pointed at the US almost led to nuclear war between the US and Soviet Union
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