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11 Cards in this Set
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Truman Doctrine
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Policy on containment that stated that the US would support people who were resisting communism.
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Containment
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Policy of restricting communism
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Marshall Plan
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Policy that helped the recovery of Europe in the belief that poor people were more likely to turn to communism
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Cominform
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Organization that opposed Marshall Plan; composed of all Euro Commies
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Iron Curtain
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Named by Churchill; imaginary barrier between communism and capitalism
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Berlin Blockade
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Soviet attempt to starve out West Berlin; failed when US & GB flew in supplies; beginning of Cold War
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NATO
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Organization that used the United States' nukes as a war detterent
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Warsaw Pact
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Pact that made a organization that used a massive army as a war detterent
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Market Economy
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economy w/ competition
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Command Economy
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economy which the gov't controls
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German Miracle
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rapid recovery of West Germany
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