Cold War Vocab

Front 1

a state of tension and hostility among nations without armed conflict between the major rivals

Back 1

cold war

Front 2

cold war policy of limiting communism to areas already under Soviet Union

Back 2

containment

Front 3

policy set forth by congress that "...the policy of the U.S. to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minoritites or outside pressure"

Back 3

truman doctrine

Front 4

massive aid package offered by the U.S. to Europe to strengthen democratic governments and help European countries rebuild form WWII (offered to alot byt only democratic take)

Back 4

marshall plan

Front 5

dependent states

Back 5

satellites

Front 6

communist information bureau set up to spread communism like comintern

Back 6

cominform

Front 7

military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe

Back 7

warsaw pact

Front 8

north atlantic treaty organization; U.S., canada, and nine western european countries in a military alliance that pleged to help one another if attacked

Back 8

NATO

Front 9

nation strong enough to influence the acts and policies of other nations

Back 9

superpower

Front 10

not allied with either side in a conflict

Back 10

nonaligned

Front 11

widespread fear of communism

Back 11

red scare

Front 12

division/border between north and south korea

Back 12

38th parallel

Front 13

division/border between north and south vietnam

Back 13

17th parallel

Front 14

U.S. plot to train anti-castro cuban exiles to invade cuba and remove castro from power

Back 14

bay of pigs invasion

Front 15

tense situation between Soviet Union and U.S. that resulted from the Soviet Union building missile bases in Cuba

Back 15

cuban missile crisis

Front 16

easing of tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1970s

Back 16

detente

Front 17

the first artificial satellite sent into orbit by the Soviet Union

Back 17

sputnik

Front 18

policy of openness instituted by Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s

Back 18

glasnost

Front 19

restructuring of the soviet government and economy in the 1980s

Back 19

perestroika