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Chapter #’s: 27, 28 & 30
1.
The Cold War**
2.
Truman Doctrine**
3.
Marshall Plan**
4.
NATO**
5.
Warsaw Pact
6.
Joseph McCarthy
7.
Sputnik
8.
Cuban Missile Crises
9.
Berlin Wall
10.
Superpower
11.
Détente**
12.
Domino Theory**
13.
Vietnam War (19651975)**
14.
Star Wars
15.
Glasnost
16.
Iron curtain
17.
Containment
HMS Social Studies Department
A post-World War II struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union
that caused a state of tension, fear of nuclear war and division between
nations, though no direct fighting took place. (Communist vs. Democratic
Nations)
President Truman’s 1947 statement that promised military and economic
assistance to Greece and Turkey that were threatened by communism
Secretary of State George Marshall’s 1947 plan passed by Congress that
wanted to help Europe rebuild its economy. Marshall was afraid that hungry,
homeless people might turn to communism
AKA the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an organization formed in
1949 by the United States and Western European Allies - purpose was to
defend Western Europe against any Soviet aggression
The Soviet Union’s 1955 pact in which it demanded complete loyalty from its
neighbors, forming military alliances
A Wisconsin senator who made many claims, often unable to be proved, that
accused government employees of being communists. (similar to Salem Witch
Trials- individuals wrongfully accused – this is known as McCarthyism)
The world’s first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
A Military showdown between the United States and Soviet Union resulting
from the US discovery of Soviet missiles on Cuba. The military blockade of
Cuba ordered by President Kennedy eventually led to the removal of the
missiles
A wall that divided East and West Berlin. The wall separated the communist
and non-communist sides of Germany. It was a symbol of the Cold War Era.
A nation with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence
events in many areas of the world.
Nixon’s foreign policy of easing Cold War tension between the US & the
Soviet Union with such agreements as the SALT treaty and increased trade
The idea that communism would spread from one country to its neighboring
countries like a row of dominos – this belief helped to get the US involved in
Vietnam
In the 1960s the US sent troops to the area and did not withdraw until 1975 –
caused many deaths and protest in the US
President Reagan’s defense program meant to deal with the Soviets from a
position of strength, including research toward the development of weapons
that could shoot down Soviet missiles from space
A policy of speaking out honestly and openly
The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of
Eastern Europe after WWII
Policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to stop the spread of
communism
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Berlin Airlift (1949)
19.
Blockade
20.
Korean War (19501953)**
21.
SALT
22.
23.
24.
Difference between
Communism and
Democracy**
Free Enterprise
System**
Space Exploration in
the 1960s**
HMS Social Studies Department
The Soviet Union tried to drive the United States and its allies out of West
Berlin through a blockade of the city during the Cold War. The US responded
with a massive airlift of food and other materials that lasted over three months
To cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people
from coming in or going out; to close off a country’s ports
North Korean troops (communist) invaded South Korea (non-communist) –
the US sent troops – there is still no permanent peace – part of the Cold War
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty** treaty signed in 1972 by the US & the
Soviet Union agreeing to limit the number of nuclear warheads & missiles and
whose purpose was to help reduce tension of the Cold War
Communism – government ownership and control, very little freedom;
Democracy – a lot of freedom, private ownership
An economy in which private citizens own businesses
Race to explore space and land a man on the moon between the US and the
Soviet Union, part of the Cold War
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