Module 23, Lesson 1: Cold War: Superpowers Face Off

World organization formed in 1945 to prevent war among nations

• United Nations

• NATO

• Containment

• Warsaw Pact

Division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War

• Brinkmanship

• Iron curtain

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

U.S. foreign policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism

• Iron curtain

• Cold War

• Containment

• NATO

Policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism

• Marshall PLan

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• Truman Doctrine

U.S. plan to help European economics recover after World War II

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Cold War

• Containment

State of tension and mistrust between the United States and the Soviet Union

• NATO

• Cold War

• Brinkmanship

• Truman Doctrine

Military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

• Iron curtain

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

Policy of threatening to go to war in response to an enemy's aggression

• NATO

• Cold War

• Containment

• Brinkmanship