US History Final Exam Review (#30-43)

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How did the US enter the Korean War?

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We supported South Korea because we did not want them to fall to communist North Korea.

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What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?

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38th Parallel

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What impact did the Soviet Union’s detonation of an atomic bomb have on US/USSR relationship? What does it lead to?

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It led to an arms race. Mutually assured destruction increased tension between us. BRINKMANSHIP.

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What was the Marshall Plan?

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US giving financial aid to European countries to promote positive relationships & prosperity

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What was the lasting global impact of China’s Civil War?

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China emerged as a communist nation & ¼ of the world’s territory and ⅓ of its population were now communist.

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The Truman doctrine gave $400 million to what two countries to prevent them from falling to communism?

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Greece and Turkey

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Define Cold War.

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Ongoing tension & competition but never going to war with one another

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Why was the Warsaw Pact created?

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As a response to NATO's creation

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Why was General MacArthur fired?

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He wanted to escalate the war & eliminate communism everywhere

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Why were the US & the Soviet Union divided after WWII?

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They start to see one another as the aggressor/a threat due to communism versus capitalism.