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Term | Definition |
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Marshall Plan | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) |
Berlin Wall | in 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989 |
Truman Doctrine | Policy statement by President Harry S. Truman in 1947 that promised military and economic aid to nations threatened by armed minorities or outside groups. Specifically targeted at Greece and Turkey who were threatened by communist aggression. |
Satellite | nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country |
NATO | north Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries |
United_Nations | an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security |
Cold War | "War of words and threats" between the US and USSR from 1945-1990. It was a political and economic stuggle between these nations. |
Warsaw Pact | treaty signed in 1945 that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania |
Perestorkia | Restructing of the Soviet Governement and the economy in the 1980's |
Yalta Conference 1 | 1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war |