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Cold War
Term | Definition |
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Major Allies in WWII | Great Britain, France, US, and Soviet Union |
Communism | Government of the Soviet Union |
Democracy | Government of the US |
Cold War | Conflict of ideas; does NOT include actual military combat |
Soviet Union and US | Countries involved in the Cold War |
East Germany and East Berlin | Communist parts of Germany |
West Germany and West Berlin | Democratic parts of Germany |
Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Soviet Union |
Central Intelligence Agency | Agency established to investigate and collect intelligence on foreign enemies of the US |
Truman Doctrine | Doctrine created by President Truman to stop communism from spreading to Greece and Turkey |
Containment | Policy that stated US would work to stop the spread of communism |
Marshal Plan | Plan to give money to European countries to help rebuild after WWII |
Eisenhower Doctrine | President Eisenhower gave money to countries in the Middle East to prevent the spread of communism. |
NATO | Alliance of democratic countries |
Warsaw Pact | Alliance of communist countries |
Iron Curtain | Term used by Winston Churchill to describe the division between democratic western Europe and communist eastern Europe |