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US History Exam II-Cold War and Post-Cold War
Terms What is NATO? Warsaw Pact? “Iron Curtain” Domino Theory Containment Policy *Know Methods “New World Order” “Axis of Evil” Mujahadeen Taliban Names Harry Truman George Kennen Dwight Eisenhower Ngo Dinh Diem Ho Chi Minh John F Kennedy Nikita Kruschev Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George Bush (Both) Barak Obama |
Events/Misc Potsdam/Yalta Causes of Cold War tension Marshall Plan Truman Doctrine Korean War causes/effects Bay of Pigs Methods for fighting in Vietnam Reasons for failure in Vietnam Cuban Missile Crisis Fall of the Berlin Wall Tet Offensive Tonkin Gulf Incident Iran-Contra Affair Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan response Persian Gulf War, Somalia, and Panama as examples of “New World Order” 9/11 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Al-Qaeda |