MAAP Review Cold War Vocabulary

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Air delivery of supplies to the capitol city to after the Berlin blockade.

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Berlin Airlift

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The nuclear weapon used by the U.S. to force the surrender of Japan WWII.

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atomic bomb

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The division of the capital City of Germany, divided the city (by a wall) into communist and democratic sections.

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Berlin Wall

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Using the threat of massive military (Atomic/Nuclear) retaliation for any aggression against an enemy.

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Brinkmanship

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The tension between the USA and the Soviet (USSR) after WWII.

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Cold War

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An economic system in which the government controls all means of production. The people have no rights.

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Communism

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The name of the European countries controlled by the Soviet Union and part of the Warsaw Pact.

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Communist (Soviet) bloc

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The U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism.

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containment

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Crisis in foreign between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba. Escalated the tensions Cold War tensions.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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The boundary that divided Europe between Democracy and Communism.

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Iron Curtain