Chp. 21 (Cold War) Part 1

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Before the European Union, there was this ____. It lasted from 1958 to 1993. It was a collection of European Countries that worked together to economically integrate the continent.

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E.E.C.

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After WWII, this was a program that the U.S. did in order to prevent another Great Depression in Europe. It was the idea that the U.S. would fund billions of dollars into European countries by helping it rebuild. It was the opposite of reparations.

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Marshall Plan

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These were the countries that Stalin refused to give back after the end of WWII. They were the countries in between Germany and the Soviet Union. Examples of these were Poland, Romania, Belarus, Ukraine, etc. These countries became a part of the Soviet Union until 1989.

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Satellite States

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This event lasted from 1945 to 1989 (or 1991). It was a competition between 2 superpowers.

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The Cold War

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This was an imaginary line between the Western countries or Europe and the Eastern countries of Europe. This line divided Europe between countries that were pro-USA and countries that were Seattleites States. The name for this line was nicknamed by Winston Churchill.

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Iron Curtain

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This is a U.S. policy that was established to prevent communism from spreading any further, and the U.S. would do anything at any cost.

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Containment Policy

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This was the idea that if one country fell to communism then all the neighboring countries would too.

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Domino Theory

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This is the name of the U.S.'s alliance system that emerged after WWII, and we still have it today. If a country is attacked in this alliance, we will help it and vice versa. What is it called?

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N.A.T.O.

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During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had an alliance system that they developed in response to our alliance system that we developed after WWII. What did they call their alliance group?

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Warsaw Pact

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This guy was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He came after Stalin. He was the leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bat of Pigs, the assassination of JFK, and the start of the Vietnam War.

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Nikita Khrushchev