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The Cold War |
An era of high tension and bitter rivalry known between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of World War II |
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Justified |
Best on sound reasoning |
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Iron Curtain |
Term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line dividing Communist countries in the Soviet bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War |
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Containment |
U.S. policy adopted in the late 1940s to stop the spread of Communism by providing economic and military aid to countries opposing the Soviets |
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George F. Kennan: (1904–2005) |
American diplomat and expert on the Soviet Union; he developed the U.S. policy of containment to counter Soviet expansion after World War II. |
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Truman Doctrine |
(1947) President Truman's pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism |
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Marshall Plan |
(1947) Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II announced by the United States Secretary of State George C |
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Berlin Airlift |
A program in which the United States and Britain shipped supplies by air to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade of all routes to the city; lasted from 1948–1949 |
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NATO |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an international defense alliance formed in 1949 |
