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Grade 6 ▪ Second and Fourth Nine Weeks ▪ US History Vocabulary ▪ Cold War USII.8c rivalry The condition of competing with somebody else; competition. USII.8c Cold War A state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps. USII.8c capitalist A believer in capitalism which is an economic system based on private property and free enterprise; the USA has this type of system. USII.8c Ruled by dictatorship. dictatorial USII.8c NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization USII.8c Warsaw Pact An organization that had an agreement that “an armed attack against one or more of the member nations shall be considered an attack against all”. The counterpart of NATO, and had a military force that the Soviet Union controlled. Grade 6 ▪ Second and Fourth Nine Weeks ▪ US History Vocabulary ▪ Cold War USII.8c stalemate A situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither side will give in. USII.8c blockade An organized action to prevent entrance or exit of a place. USII.8c cease-fire To come to an end without firing any weapons. USII.8c Berlin Wall A concrete wall built in West Berlin to keep people in the communist area from escaping. USII.8c military intervention USII.8c tension Military action undertaken in order to change what is happening or might happen in another country. Uneasy feeling in a relationship, mistrust, controlled hostility, or fear of hostility felt by countries, groups, or individuals in their dealings with one another. Grade 6 ▪ Second and Fourth Nine Weeks ▪ US History Vocabulary ▪ Cold War USII.8c A system of social beliefs. ideologies USII.8c containment The policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power USII.8c Cuban Missile Crisis USII.8c Domino Theory When the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba. The Soviets removed the missiles in response to a U.S. blockade. Coined by President Eisenhower, a belief that if one country is taken over by communism, then all surrounding countries will fall to communism. USII.8c To remove all troops withdraw USII.8c To fail abruptly collapse Grade 6 ▪ Second and Fourth Nine Weeks ▪ US History Vocabulary ▪ Cold War USII.8c worldwide global USII.8c Korea During the Korean War, Korea separated into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel of latitude, with the Soviets controlling the North and America controlling the South. USII.8c Cuba USII.8c Vietnam A large island just south of Florida in which the Cuban Missile Crisis took place. Vietnam was the country in which more than 58,000 American troops died in the longest conflict in American History for the fight against communism.