Understanding the Cold War

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Cold War

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period of political tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union (1947-1991)

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Iron Curtain

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Imaginary division between Western Europe and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe

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Truman Doctrine

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Policy to support countries resisting communism (1947)

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Marshall Plan

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Program for European economic recovery post-WWII

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military alliance formed in 1949

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Warsaw Pact

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Military Soviet based alliance formed in 1955

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Berlin Airlift

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Western allied operation to supply West Berlin (1948-1949)

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Korean War

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Conflict between North and South Korea (1950-1953), U.S. supported South Korea

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McCarthyism

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Campaign against alleged Communists in the U.S. (1950s)

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba