Cold War Concepts and Policies

A symbolic and physical divide between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe during the Cold War.

• Iron Curtain

• Warsaw Pact

• Steel Divide

• Berlin Wall

A military alliance of communist nations led by the Soviet Union, formed in response to NATO.

• Berlin Agreement

• Domino Theory

• Warsaw Pact

• Brinkmanship

The U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism through military, economic, and diplomatic efforts.

• NATO

• Domino Theory

• MAD

• Containment

The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring nations would follow.

The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring nations would follow.

• MAD

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

A military alliance of Western democratic nations formed to counter Soviet influence.

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Allies

• West Berlin

A military alliance of Western democratic nations formed to counter Soviet influence.

A period of political, military, and ideological tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991.

• Cold War

• Korean War

• Berlin War

• MAD War

A U.S. policy promising aid to countries resisting communism, first applied to Greece and Turkey.

• Berlin Airlift

• Eisenhower Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Plan

A political and economic system where the government controls production and aims for a classless society.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Capitalism