Cold War Vocab Part 1

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Iron Curtain: Churchill's term for the West-Soviet conflict

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Churchill's term for the West-Soviet conflict

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Truman Doctrine

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Principle stating the U.S. would provide aid to countries threatened by the Soviet Union and communism.

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Berlin Airlift

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Sending cargo planes to deliver tons of supplies and people.

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Berlin Wall

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Divided Germany with a Soviet blockade around Berlin.

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Define Baby Boom

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Post WW2 increase in birthrate in America

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Domino Theory

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The idea that a political event, specifically communism, in one country would lead neighboring countries to engage in the same event.

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Define NATO

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Alliance of North American and European nations, founded in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat.

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Define satellite nation

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An independent country claimed by another in political, economic, or military terms.

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Define arms race

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Competition among nations to develop the latest and most lethal weapons.

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Containment: A foreign policy aimed at containing a hostile power or stopping the spread of its ideology.

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Form of foreign policy to contain a hostile power or stop its ideology.