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cold war vocab

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Superpower (2 nations) US & Soviet Union; the nations that have dominating resources and military force
Cold War A period of tension and hostility between the US and Soviet Union
Truman Doctrine The US' policy to keep Soviet communism contained - preventing the spread of it
Containment The US strategy of limiting communism
Marshall Plan The U.S.' aid to Europe with supplies and resources
NATO Military alliance between several nations, including the US
Warsaw Pact The Soviet Union's alliance with nations in response to NATO
Detente An agreement to reduce tensions/relaxation
Fidel Castro Lawyer, led a rebellion against Cuba's dictator
John F. Kennedy US President who helped anti-Castro exiles
Ideology A system of values and beliefs
Nikita Khrushnev Soviet Union dictator after Stalin's death
Leonid Brezhnev Khrushnev's succesor; kept the Communist party in Soviet Union alive
Berlin Wall Concrete barrier that divided West and East Berlin
Iron Curtain The term that showed the division between democratic and communist Germany/Europe
Disarmament The act of reducing weapons/military force
Dissidents People who openly criticize the government
Free market A market that functions of naturality of supply and demand
Interdependence A mutual reliance of nations for resources and goods
Suburbs Urban areas that the Americans moved to from the cities
Welfare state A country that handles the market, but with a government that manages people's needs
GDP Gross domestic product; the overall value of the production of goods within a certain time
Viet Cong Communist rebels who wanted to get rid of South Viet. government. They got support from the NORTH
Domino Theory The theory that if one nations falls to communism, so will all the rest
Perestroika Gorbachev's policy for change in market and democracy
Glasnost Gorbachev's policy to try to get people to openly express their concerns/problens
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