Cold War Vocab 1

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Warsaw Pact

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Military alliance for the defense of Communist states in Eastern Europe

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Marshall Plan

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Economic recovery plan for Western Europe

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NATO

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Military alliance of non-Communist Western European states and the U.S.

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Truman Doctrine

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Monetary aid to support Turkey and Greece against Communism.

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Iron Curtain

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Imaginary line separating capitalist Western Europe from Soviet Eastern Europe.

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Arms Race

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Massive government spending by the U.S. and USSR to produce the most weapons.

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Glasnost

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"Openness" policy in the USSR by Gorbachev

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Perestroika

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Policy allowing more freedom in the Soviet economy

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SALT

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

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SDI

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Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), an anti-missile defense system