STAAR Review: Cold War

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.