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berlin conflict, Vietnam war, red scare, space race, cuban missile crosses…
berlin conflict
nuclear arms race
atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb unclear omb icmb
the competitiont o make the most powerful, most technologicly advanced and the most quantity of nuclear weapons
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germany is divided into commuist East Germany, and non-communist west germany
Domino theory: "The US gov operated on the domio theory that of one country became commuist this could influence its neighboors to become commuist. This was called the domiotheory because oy pictured a series of countrys "falling to communism one by one, knockig eachother over as if theyr were dominos
Contaiment: " The idea of coptainment was to not challenge communism were it already existed but to prevent its spread."
truman doctorie: plaged tat te us would figgt the spread of Communism worldwide )(Turkey and greece)
Marshal plan: The US pleges finacial support (13 billion $) to west europen countries to make them stay cappulist and not communist
Vietnam war
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US troops involvment increases in 1954 because of the gulf of Tonkin resolution, (US ships was allegedly attacked)
US troops numbers pleatue in 1968 after test offensive (viet cong launch large attack against US) and it became clear we are not wiing the war
"Although the communists failed to establish lasting control of any plac. the Tet offensive marked a turning g point in the vietnam. Before the Tet offensive, AMerican leaders had claimed t that the was ws progressing smoothly. After the Tet, however, the US government had to admit publicly that the war was not going well."
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Vietnaminization: Thre procces of getting South Vietam to take more control of the wa, while the US would withdraw its own troops
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Antiwar protects surged going into the 1970s. People were unhappy with things like the draft, the boombings in Cambodia, the Pentagon papers, etc.
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space race
The competition to see which country was the most tech advanced by sending a satellite and a human into space
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cuban missile crosses
soviets use missiles to launch site in communist Cuba. This is problematic because e Cuba is so close to US and a icmb can reach us from there
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