Cold War Vocab/Events 8a 8c Fast and Curious

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Cease-Fire

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to stop fighting a war with another country

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Arms race

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Stockpiling nuclear weapons as a deterrent to prevent war.

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Cold War: Tension without fighting between the US and Soviet Union (1945-1991)

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State of tension without actual fighting between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991.

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domino theory

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fear that if one nation falls to communism, others will follow.

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Blockade

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Cut off or block a city or country from supplies.

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Containment

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U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism

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Stalemate

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Neither side wins a clear or complete victory (no winner, no loser).

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Iron Curtain

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Imaginary divide between Western (capitalism) and Eastern (communism) Europe.

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Warsaw Pact

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Defense alliance: Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia.

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Berlin Wall

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Built to separate Germany's capital into capitalist and communist sides (1961-1989).