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Domino theory
The view that a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism like a row of dominoes
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Fidel Castro
Leader of an armed rebellion in Cuba, who took power there in 1959 and allied with the Soviet Union
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Ruled a noncommunist government in South Vietnam, supported by the U.S.
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Anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs)
Missiles that can shoot down other missiles from hostile countries
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Ho Chi Minh
A communist leader in Vietnam who fought the Japanese, and battled U.S. supported South Vietnamese for control of the control
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Détente
The relaxation of Cold War Tensions
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Cuban missile crisis
Soviet missiles in Cuba
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Nikita Khrushchev
The leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death in 1953, who called for "peaceful coexistence" with the West
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Ronald Reagan
The president of the U.S from 1980 to 1988
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Superpowers
Nations stronger than other powerful nations
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Leonid Brezhnev
The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1960s until 1982; reinstated the policy of imprisoning critics
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Containment
The policy of trying to keep communism within its existing boundaries and preventing further expansion
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Welfare state
A country with a market economy but with increased government responsibility for the social and economic needs of its people
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John F. Kennedy
The president of the U.S from 1961 to 1963
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Ideology
A system of values and beliefs
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Cold War arms race
U.S & Soviets would try to desperately one-up each other for nuclear power
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Cuban Revolution
Armed revolt against Fidel Castro and his communist government
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"Red scare"
Spread and fear of Communism in the U.S
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Recession
A period when the economy shrinks
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European Community
An organization of European nations dedicated to establishing free trade among all member nations for all products
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Gross domestic product (GDP)
The total value of all goods and services produced in a nation in a particular year
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A gifted preacher who emerged as a leader of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s
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The United States offered assistance to war-torn European nations
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The Great Leap Forward
A Chinese Communist program from 1958 to 1960 to boost farm and industrial output that failed miserably
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The Cultural Revolution
A Chinese Communist program in the late 1960s to purge China of nonrevolutionary tendencies, causing economic and social damage
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Chinese Nationalists
Supported Ho Chi Minh and his communist regime as it represented China and its greatness
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18th parallel
Near the 38th parallel
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38th parallel
The dividing line between North Korea and South Korea after World War II
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Kim IL Sung
North Korean dictator and ally of the Soviet Union
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Syngman Rhee
Noncommunist dictatorial leader of South Korea who was backed by the U.S
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Pusan Perimeter
The line where the U. N. troops stopped the advance of North Korea in 1950
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Demilitarized zone
An area w/o military forces
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Perestroika
Restructuring of government and the economy of the Soviet Union
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The
East German
government responded to
Gorbachev's
call for change by demanding freedom
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Korean War
Divided between
North
(Communist) and
South
(Capitalist) by the 38th parallel demilitarized zone
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Security alliance
Treaties in which the US and other countries involved have
agreed
to take collective action to meet
aggression
in a particular part of the world
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SALT talks
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; U.S & Russia would
limit
their
offensive weapons
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The START treaty
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
; U.S & Russia would reduce their strategic nuclear weapons
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Suburban
City to communities in suburbs
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Suburbanization
The
movement
of people from the city to communities in the
suburbs
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