Cold War Vocabulary

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Stalin prevents aid from reaching west Berlin. America and British will drop thousands of supplies from planes.

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Berlin Airlift

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Plan after WWII to give billions of dollars to Western Europe in an effort to stop the spread of Communism.

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Marshall Plan

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Policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, mainly to help Greece and Turkey.

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Truman Doctrine

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A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on who can supply their arsenal with more weapons?

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Arms Race

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A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. And the first peace time alliance in US History and the most important for the past 60 years.

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NATO

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U.S. Policy to prevent the spread of communism

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Containment

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This economic system America uses today.

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Capitalism

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What is Capitalism?

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Capitalism is an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit! 

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An economic system in which the means of production is owned by the government and private ownership doesn't exist.

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Communism

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What did the Soviets first launch into space in 1957?

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Sputnik I