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Vocab FlashCard
Cold War
Term | Definition |
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Cold War | Intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict; sustained hostile political policies and an atmosphere of strain between opposed countries |
Capitalism | Economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production |
Communism | A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state |
United Nations | An international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945 |
Containment | The United States did not to let communism to spread |
NATO | An military alliance of twenty-eight North American and European countries. The role of the organization is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. |
2nd Red Scare | Fear of Communism |
Arms Race | A struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who could build the best and most amount of nuclear weapons |
Tet Offensive | A massive attack by the North Vietnamese on a huge national holiday in 1968 |
Marshall Plan | A plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II |