Cold War -- Foreign

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A failed attempt by CIA-trained, anti-communist Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

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A time of confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union when the United States threatened to use force to remove Soviet guided missiles from Cuba. The Soviets finally agreed to remove the missiles.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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A western military alliance formed in 1949 to defend against possible Soviet aggression in Europe.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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International peacekeeping organization established after World War II which worked to solve economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems throughout the world.

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United Nations

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Statement promising aid to nations threatened by aggression or subversion.

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Truman Doctrine

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a term which referred to the figurative divide between the Soviet Union and the countries it dominated and Western Society. This divide began to disappear starting in 1989

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Iron Curtain

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The belief that if one country in a region, such as Southeast Asia, fell to communists, neighboring countries would also fall.

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Domino Theory

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dividing line between North and South Korea

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Thirty-eighth Parallel

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Conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States carried on by political and economic means instead of direct military confrontation.

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Cold War

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Pushing negotiations to the point just before war breaks out in order to protect national interests

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Brinkmanship