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Unit 12
Cold War
Term | Definition |
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Yalta Conference | February 4 to 11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization and guaranteeing democratic governments in Europe |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO - Military Treaty signed in 1949 between US and Western European countries promising defense in case of Soviet aggression. |
Berlin Wall | Barrier Separating Westand East Berlin built in 1961 by East Germans to prevent people living in communist East Berlin from escaping to democratic West Berlin; became a Symbol of the Cold War |
Cuban Missile Crisis | Conflict between US and Soviet Union after Soviets installed nuclear missiles in Cuba |
Warsaw Pact | 1955 - military treaty between Soviet Union and its European Satellite countries to defend against invasion by an outside force |
Containment | Foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War to defend against communist expansion |
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) | started 1983 by President Reagan, anti-ballistic missile system to prevent missile attacks by the Soviet Union |
Cold War | 1947-1991 Conflict of ideas between USA and USSR that also involved limited wars fought around the world from Korea, Vietnam, Africa, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and South America |