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Cold War
Terms, events, and important people of the Cold War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cold War | Historical period of tension and competition between the United States and the USSR (Russia) |
| Containment Policy | US policy to use the military to stop the spread of communism around the world |
| Marshall Plan | US policy to use money to stop the spread of communism around the world |
| Communism | Economic system in which the government controls the economy - all resources and decisions are made by the government. |
| Capitalism | Economic system in which the government has minimal control in the economy - all resources and decisions are made by individuals |
| NATO | Alliance of democracies during the Cold War |
| Warsaw Pact | Alliance of communist countries during the Cold War |
| Jacob Arbenz | Guatemalan president (that maybe had ties to communism) that the US removed from power because he wanted weaken the United Fruit Company |
| Fidel Castro | Communist leader of Cuba who worked closely with the Soviet Union |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Event in which the Soviet Union tried to send nuclear missiles to protect Cuba after the US tried to overthrow Fidel Castro |
| Berlin Airlift | US operation to support West Berlin from the Soviet blockade and keep democracy in that part of the city |
| Berlin Wall | Constructed by the Soviet Union after the Berlin Airlift to stop migration out of East Berlin and East Germany |
| Non-alignment | Another term for neutrality - it was used for nations who did not take sides during the Cold War |
| Korean War | Conflict in which the United States and the United Nations got involved to stop the spread of communism from North Korea to South Korea |
| Bay of Pigs | US operation to overthrow Fidel Castro that failed |
| Vietnam Conflict | Conflict in which the Untied States got involved to stop the spread of communism even though the country didn't want it |
| Domino Theory | US belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of southeast Asia would fall to communism |
| Joseph McCarthy | American political leader who led investigations of citizens (including movie stars) to find out if they were communist |
| House Un-American Activities Committee | Congressional group led by Joseph McCarthy that conducted investigations of American citizens to find out if they were communist |
| Arms Race | Competition between the US and USSR to have the most nuclear bombs |
| Space Race | Competition between the US and USSR to have to most advanced technology and get to space |
| Mutually Assured Destruction | Formal name given to the fact that if either the US or USSR used nuclear bombs against each other, all of humanity & the planet would be destroyed |
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