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International peace-keeping organization which was born out of wartime cooperation among the Allies |
United Nations |
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When United Nations was established |
April of 1945 |
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Refers to the hostility and tension that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their Allies |
Cold War |
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Refers to the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe in the late 1940's |
Iron Curtain |
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President Truman's policy of conceding Eastern European countries to the Soviet Union while resisting further communists expansion around the world |
Containment |
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The U.S. policy of helping countries to resist communist takeover |
Truman Doctrine |
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plan of giving financial aid to Western nations in order to prevent the advance of communism |
Marshall Plan |
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A military alliance of 10 Western European nations, the U.S. and Canada |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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A military alliance among the communist countries of Eastern Europe to counter NATO |
Warsaw Pact |
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A massive airlift of food and supplies into West Berlin due to a communist blockade; Year |
Berlin Airlift; 1949 |
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1949 |
Year of Shocks |
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Year of Shocks |
1. Mainland China fell to Communism 2. Soviet Union acquired the atomic bomb 3. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea |
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Created Marshall Plan |
Secretary of State George C. Marshall |
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Border between North and South Korea that the Communist crossed to invade South Korea |
38th Parallel |
