Ch. 25: The Cold War

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What was the Long Telegram?

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A lengthy telegram sent by George Kennan in 1946 denouncing the Soviet Union and advocating for containment.

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What did Winston Churchill mean by the 'iron curtain'?

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A metaphor for the division of Europe into communist and capitalist regions during the Cold War.

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What was the Cold War?

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A global, political, and ideological struggle between capitalist and communist countries, primarily the US and USSR.

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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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A US policy to support free peoples resisting subjugation by outside pressures, aimed at containing Soviet expansion.

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What was the Marshall Plan?

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A US initiative to aid Western Europe's economic recovery after WWII, countering Soviet influence.

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What was the Berlin Blockade?

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A Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948, countered by a US-led airlift of supplies.

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What was NATO?

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a mutual defense pact formed in 1949 among the US, Canada, and Western European nations.

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What was the Warsaw Pact?

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A collective defense treaty established in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies.

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What was NSC-68?

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A 1950 US national defense memo advocating for a rapid build-up of military strength to counter Soviet expansion.

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What triggered the Korean War?

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The invasion of South Korea by North Korean communist forces in 1950.