US History Cold War Vocab

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The policy of containment meant that

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The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

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The Truman Doctrine said the United States would support any country that is fighting...

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Communism.

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The Marshall Plan gave money to

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Western European countries.

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The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy based primarily on

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containment.

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State of tension between US & USSR after WWII

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Cold War

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Who was the United States Senator who went on a hunt in the U.S. for communist?

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Joseph McCarthy

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What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe?

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Iron Curtain

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NATO, is a military alliance between the United States, Canada and western European countries which stands for

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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The answer to NATO, which aligned the Soviet Union and communist Eastern European countries is...

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Warsaw Pact

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The _____, refers to primarily capitalist, European and American ideas of progress.

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The West