Cold War Vocab

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Cargo planes dropped supplies in Germany's capital.

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Berlin Airlift

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Event close to WWIII

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Non-direct war between communist and anti-communist nations

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Cold War

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Countries under Soviet control

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Satelites

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Foreign policy goal: stopping the spread of Communism

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Containment

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Anti-communist military alliance.

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NATO

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Failed attempt to remove Communists in Cuba

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

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US + USSR competition in space exploration

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Space Race

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US Government funded returning WWII soldiers

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GI Bill

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$400M military/economic aid to Greece & Turkey

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Truman Doctrine