STAAR Review: Cold War

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American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

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Containment

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Idea that people who are desperate might fall to Communism, so U.S. would provide financial aid to war-torn nations of Europe to help rebuild.

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Marshall Plan

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Started with Communist rebels threatening Greece and Turkey, but Truman promises to support any country fighting the threat of Communism.

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Truman Doctrine

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Phrase coined by Churchill that explained that Europe had been divided into western Europe and communist eastern Europe.

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Iron Curtain

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Mutual Defense Alliance - Western countries pledge to defend each other from attacks

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NATO

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A military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations and a response by Stalin to the US creation of NATO

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Warsaw Pact

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Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin in response to the Soviet blockade

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Berlin Airlift

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An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

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United Nations

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The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. The U.S. responded by blockading Cuba until the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea in an effort to contain communism.

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Korean War