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cold war vocab

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cold war long tension (not direct fighting) between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, fighting through influence, politics, and proxy wars (≈1947–1991)
yalta conference meeting where Allied leaders planned how to divide Europe after WWII (1945)
marshall plan U.S. gave money to rebuild Europe to stop communism from spreading (1948–1952)
truman doctrine U.S. promise to help countries resist communism (started 1947)
berlin airlift U.S. and allies flew supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blocked it (1948–1949)
nato military alliance of the U.S. and Western countries to defend each other (formed 1949)
warsaw pact military alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to counter NATO (formed 1955)
united nations international group formed to keep peace and prevent wars (founded 1945)
containment U.S. policy to stop communism from spreading further (Cold War strategy, starts ~1947)
iron curtain term for the division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
satellite nation country controlled or heavily influenced by the Soviet Union (mostly Eastern Europe)
market economy economic system where businesses are privately owned and prices are set by supply/demand
command economy economic system where the government controls production and prices
common market group of countries that trade freely with each other (example: Western Europe cooperation, grows in 1950s–60s)
glasnost Soviet policy of more openness and freedom of speech (introduced mid-1980s)
perestroika Soviet policy to restructure and reform the economy (mid-1980s)
democratization process of a country becoming more democratic (late Cold War in Eastern Europe, ~1980s–90s)
solidarity Polish worker movement that challenged communist rule (starts 1980)
ethnic cleansing forcing out or killing groups of people based on ethnicity (term widely used in 1990s, especially Yugoslavia)
capitalism system where people and businesses own property and aim for profit
communism system where the government owns property and aims for equal distribution of wealth
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