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| 1. What was the Truman Doctrine? |
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| A US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents |
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| 2. What was the Warsaw Pact? |
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| a military alliance formed by the soviet union and seven eastern european countries |
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| 3. Describe the Domino Theory. |
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| the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control. |
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| 4. Why did the Chinese enter the Korean War? |
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| They entered the Korean War because they felt threatened by the North Koreans being pushed so close to China's border. |
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| 5. Describe the Strategic Defense Initiative. |
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| 6. How did the superpowers try to influence Third World Nations? |
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| Foreign Aid, Espionage, Multinational Alliances, Propaganda, Brinkmanship, and Surrogate Wars. |
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| 7. Describe the U.S. shift from brinkmanship to detente. |
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| President Nixon came up with Detente. It means to lessen Cold War tensions. |
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| 8. How did U.S. policy toward Nicaragua change? |
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| The US supported Nicaraguan anti-Communist forces called the Contras. |
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| 9. How did the existence of two Chinas intensify Cold War tension? |
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| Because the United States and Russia each sided with a China |
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| 10. What were the effects of the Cultural Revolution? |
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-Red Guards shutting down schools and colleges
-Many intellectuals were executed or imprisoned
-threatened farm production and closed down factories |
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| 11. Describe the failed "Bay of Pigs" invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis |
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