the Cold War

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Result of Soviets trying to force the West to leave Berlin.

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Berlin Airlift

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Point was to grant economic aid to countries threatened by communism

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Truman Doctrine

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Motivation Soviet leaders had in wanting to control Eastern Europe after WW2: to expand territory, to let them choose their own path, to create a buffer zone of friendly governments, to help the West

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to create a buffer zone of friendly governments

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Country that didn't need Soviet help to keep a Communist government in control

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Yugoslavia

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U.S. & Great Britain wanted this for liberated nations of Eastern Europe: free elections to be held, communism to win, a focus on agriculture, they didn't care

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free elections to be held

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Country that became Communist in 1949

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China

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If South Vietnam was lost to communism, what would happen?

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other Asian countries would also fall to communism

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Another name for NATO

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the Atlantic Pact

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Chinese Communist leader

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Mao Zedong

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Chinese Communists' economic program

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the Great Leap Forward