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Containment
to contain communism -
Yalta Conference
the meeting of countries to initiate power between countries after ww2 -
Warsaw Pact
communist countries fighting against democracy -
Iron Curtain
the separation of communist and democratic countries in the east -
TSAR Bomba
Soviet RDS-220 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. -
Truman Doctrine
Gave $400 million in economic & military aid to Greece & Turkey
To fend off communism -
Marshal Plan
European Recovery Plan
16 countries were given aid
$13 billion in aid given to rebuild western Europe
offered to Soviet Union but they denied it -
Eastern Bloc
ugoslavia and Albania, as well as the countries of the Warsaw Pact -
Blacklist
more than 200 celeberties are convicted of being communist -
Berlin Air Lift
Stalin cut off supplies to West Berlin
U.S. airlift food and supplies to West Berlin
lasted 11 months -
NATO
National Atlantic Treaty Organisation Collective Security
Alliance to support other militaries , and had to be a democracy -
Nuclear Arm Race
race between countries to have the more powerful bombs -
Communist Witch Hunt
the hunt of communists in the us -
Berlin Wall
A wall built to seperate East and West Germany -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border -
U-2 Bomber
American single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency. -
SEATO
South East Asian Treaty Organisation
to prevent domino theory -
Eisenhower Doctrine
similar to Truman Doctrine but for the middle east Europe -
Period: to
Space Race
a race between the USSR and us to see which country would make it to space first -
Viet Cong
The Viet Cong were Vietnamese rebels in the South who fought against the Southern Vietnam government and the United States. -
Agent Orange
Agent Orange is a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides.
