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Cold War Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Marshall Plan | The US provided aid to 16 European countries to prevent "hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos." |
Warsaw Pact | Soviet Union version of NATO; comprised of Soviet Union and other satellite nations. |
Domino Theory | The theory that countries that were on the brink of communism were like dominos waiting to fall on top of each other (Eisenhower). |
Communism | A form of government when the government of a country controls the distribution of property and all economic activities. Totalitarian Government (no opposing parties). |
Berlin Wall | [August 13, 1961] Concrete Wall topped with barbed wire that was designed to separate East and West Berlin |
Cuban Missile Crisis | [October 14, 1961] Soviets were keeping missiles on military bases in Cuba, pointed at the US; Navy quarantined Cuba; 100,000 troops were on standby in Cuba. |
Cold War | 1945-1991; The cold war was caused by the conflicting aims of the US and the USSR. There was never any direct confrontation on the battlefield. |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; A defensive military alliance with the West European nations and the US. |
Iron Curtain | The name given to the place that divided democratic West Europe and communist East Europe. |
Containment | Proposed by George F. Kennan in February 1946, this policy involved taking measures to prevent the extension of communism |
Vietnam War |