Cold War Vocab/Events

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Cease-Fire

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to stop fighting a war with another country

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arms race

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the stockpiling (amassing) of nuclear weapons as a deterrent (to prevent) a war

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cold war

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the state of tension without actual fighting between the united States and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991

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domino theory

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the fear that when one nation falls to communism then another one will, and so on, and so on

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blockade

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to cut off or block a city or country from supplies

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containment

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the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism

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stalemate

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neither side wins a clear or complete victory (no winner, no loser)

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Iron Curtain

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the imaginary divide between Western (capitalism) and Eastern (communism) Europe

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Warsaw Pact

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a defense alliance between the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia

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Berlin Wall

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built to separate the capital of Germany into one capitalist side and one communist side from 1961-1989