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Venona Papers
An American government effort from 1943-1980 to decrypt coded messages by intelligence forces of the Soviet Union. -
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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
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Cold War
Americans had long been wary of Soviet communism and concerned about Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical, blood-thirsty rule of his own country. For their part, the Soviets resented the Americans’ decades-long refusal to treat the USSR as a legitimate part of the international community as well as their delayed entry into World War II, which resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of Russians. -
Truman Doctrine
Give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. -
Marshall Plan
Any comprehensive program for federally supported economic assistance, as for urban renewal. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Rosenberg Trail
American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. -
Sputnik
each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which was the first satellite to be placed in orbit. -
U2 Spyplane Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. -
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