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Spread Of Communism And The Resulting Conflicts

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SPREAD OF COMMUNISM AND THE RESULTING CONFLICTS

BY SHELBY FORD

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Satellite Nations
Communist nations in Eastern Europe under the USSR's control

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Domino Theory
theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control

Photo by manhhai

Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

Photo by arellis49

Truman Doctrine
American policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology/ Eastern Europe/ mainly helped Greece and Turkey

Photo by whalt

Guerrilla Warfare
type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy

Photo by Israel Defense Forces

Chinese Civil War
war between communist Mao Zedong and nationalist Chaing Kai Shek/communists took over and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan

Photo by /\ \/\/ /\

Iron Curtain
political barrier that separated Eastern and Western Europe/ term became popular by Winston Churchill

Photo by Gordana AM

Berlin Wall
wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West.

Photo by Glyn Lowe Photoworks.

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Armaments
military weapons and equipment

Photo by ksr8s

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Sputnik
the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957/ meant that the USSR had missiles powerful enough to reach the US

Photo by sofafort

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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/ US started in 1958

Photo by onkel_wart (thomas lieser)

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Arms Race
Cold War competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons

Photo by MeoplesMagazine

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38th Parallel
line of latitude that separates North and South Korea

Photo by WarzauWynn

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17th Parallel
Line of latitude that separated North and South Vietnam

Photo by manhhai

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Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) an area that both militaries are required to stay out of in order to create a buffer between nations/ in Vietnam, a five mile wide DMZ was established between the North and South along the 17th parallel.

Photo by yeowatzup

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Nuclear Proliferation
the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations

Photo by koalazymonkey

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Nuclear Annihilation
the use of full scale nuclear weapons would effectively result in the destruction of both sides

Photo by Stuck in Customs

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Ngo Dinh Diem
American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963/ his repressive regime caused the Communist Viet Cong to thrive in the South and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover/ was killed in a coup in 1963.

Photo by crowdive

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Vietcong
group of Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam who worked with North Vietnam

Photo by Recuerdos de Pandora

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Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese leader/ supported by both communist China and the Soviet Union/ defeated both the French and the US to make Vietnam completely communist

Photo by ecstaticist

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Lyndon Johnson
President of the US from 1963-1969/ Sent troops to the Vietnam War and created the "War on Poverty" (Medicare, Medicaid, and Head Start)

Photo by brizzle born and bred

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Mao Zedong
Communist leader of China who led a revolution to defeat Nationalist Leader Chiang Kai Shek/ became leader of the People's Republic of China

Photo by agitprop

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Chiang Kai Shek
General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925/ succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang and became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong/ ultimately failed and fled to Taiwan

Photo by ashabot

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People's Republic of China
Communist government of mainland China/ proclaimed in 1949 following military success of Mao Zedong over forces of Chiang Kai Shek and the Guomindang.

Photo by archer10 (Dennis) REPOSTING

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Fidel Castro
Communist leader of Cuba/ ousted an authoritarian regime in Cuba in 1959 and established the communist regime that remains in power to this day.

Photo by Un divertimiento de @saulomol. Avatar: M. Eichele

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Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba/ closest time ever to war between the US and USSR/ Kennedy vs. Khrushchev

Photo by Artur Staszewski

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Sandinistas
Communists in Nicaragua

Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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Contras
US helped this group in Nicaragua in their fight against the Sandinistas

Photo by edans

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Harry Truman
(1884-1972) assumed the presidency after Roosevelt's death/ extreme anticommunist.l

Photo by NRCgov

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Defections
desertions from allegiance, loyalty or duty/ these led to the Berlin Wall after many people escaped East Berlin for West Berlin

Photo by ksr8s

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SPREAD OF COMMUNISM AND THE RESULTING CONFLICTS

Satellite Nations Communist nations in Eastern Europe under the USSR's control

Domino Theory theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control

Containment American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

Truman Doctrine American policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology/ Eastern Europe/ mainly helped Greece and Turkey

Guerrilla Warfare type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy

Chinese Civil War war between communist Mao Zedong and nationalist Chaing Kai Shek/communists took over and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan

Iron Curtain political barrier that separated Eastern and Western Europe/ term became popular by Winston Churchill

Berlin Wall wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West.

Armaments military weapons and equipment

Sputnik the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957/ meant that the USSR had missiles powerful enough to reach the US

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration/ US started in 1958

Arms Race Cold War competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons

38th Parallel line of latitude that separates North and South Korea

17th Parallel Line of latitude that separated North and South Vietnam

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) an area that both militaries are required to stay out of in order to create a buffer between nations/ in Vietnam, a five mile wide DMZ was established between the North and South along the 17th parallel.

Nuclear Proliferation the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations

Nuclear Annihilation the use of full scale nuclear weapons would effectively result in the destruction of both sides

Ngo Dinh Diem American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963/ his repressive regime caused the Communist Viet Cong to thrive in the South and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover/ was killed in a coup in 1963.

Vietcong group of Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam who worked with North Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese leader/ supported by both communist China and the Soviet Union/ defeated both the French and the US to make Vietnam completely communist

Lyndon Johnson President of the US from 1963-1969/ Sent troops to the Vietnam War and created the "War on Poverty" (Medicare, Medicaid, and Head Start)

Mao Zedong Communist leader of China who led a revolution to defeat Nationalist Leader Chiang Kai Shek/ became leader of the People's Republic of China

Chiang Kai Shek General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925/ succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang and became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong/ ultimately failed and fled to Taiwan

People's Republic of China Communist government of mainland China/ proclaimed in 1949 following military success of Mao Zedong over forces of Chiang Kai Shek and the Guomindang.

Fidel Castro Communist leader of Cuba/ ousted an authoritarian regime in Cuba in 1959 and established the communist regime that remains in power to this day.

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba/ closest time ever to war between the US and USSR/ Kennedy vs. Khrushchev

Sandinistas Communists in Nicaragua

Contras US helped this group in Nicaragua in their fight against the Sandinistas

Harry Truman (1884-1972) assumed the presidency after Roosevelt's death/ extreme anticommunist.l

Defections desertions from allegiance, loyalty or duty/ these led to the Berlin Wall after many people escaped East Berlin for West Berlin

Shelby Ford

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