Cold War

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Super powers

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The U.S. & the soviet Union were the world's Superpowers.

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Cold war

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A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.

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Satellite states.

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A country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country.

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Containment.

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The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.

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Truman Doctrine.

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The principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.

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Marshall Plan.

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was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of August 2015) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies

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Winston Churchill

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Churchill, Winston definition. An English political leader and author of the twentieth century; he became prime minister shortly after World War II began and served through the end of the war in Europe. Churchill Symbolized the fierce determination of the British to resist conquest by the Germans under Adolf Hitler.

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NATO

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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states—especially the United States and Europe—and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.

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Warsaw Pact.

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Warsaw Pact definition. A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact Included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.

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SEATO

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The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines.

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CENTO

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To block the spread of communism in the Middle East, NAtions set up the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO). Cento had six members-Turkey, Iraq,Iran,Pakistan,Great Britain, and the United States.

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ECC

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France, West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Italy signed the rome Treaty. This Treaty created the European Economic Community, (ECC).

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Berlin Wall.

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