Unresolved Global Conflict Vocab Review

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Shutting off a port to prevent movement of people or supplies.

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Blockade

Front

Leader of Cuba's 1950s communist revolution and anti-American dictator.

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Fidel Castro

Front

Soviet attempt in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at the U.S.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Front

Competition among superpowers to develop deadly nuclear and conventional weapons.

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Arms Race

Front

Tension and hostility between the US and Soviet Union post-1945 without large-scale conflict.

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Cold War

Front

Cold War policy to limit communism spread.

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Containment

Front

Belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall.

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Domino Theory

Front

Imaginary line in Europe dividing Western democracies from Eastern communism.

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Iron Curtain

Front

US aid package for post-WWII Europe.

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Marshall Plan

Front

Military alliance for mutual defense between Canada, the US, and Western nations.

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NATO