Cold War Terms

a rapid rise or increase

• containment

• escalation

• ideology

• prosperity

naval blockade of Cuba to halt further Soviet missiles to island

• containment

• domino theory

• ideology

• quarantine

a marked rise in birthrates, such as occurred in the U.S. following WWII

• Baby Boom

• escalation

• domino theory

• prosperity

an apparent difference between what is said or promoted and what happens or is true

• communism

• counterculture

• credibility gap

• ideology

policy focused on stopping the territorial spread of communism

• quarantine

• domino theory

• communism

• containment

flourishing or growing economic activity resulting in wealth for a large number of people

• escalation

• prosperity

• domino theory

• ideology

political and economic system characterized by centralized gov't control of property and society

• containment

• credibility gap

• communism

• ideology

a foreign policy theory that when communism spreads to a new nation, it will eventually infect neighboring nations

• communism

• containment

• domino theory

• prosperity

guiding principles and beliefs

• escalation

• ideology

• prosperity

• quarantine

refers to those who adopt ideas and lifestyles which differ from the mainstream culture

• communism

• credibility gap

• domino theory

• counterculture