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11 Cards in this Set
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NATO (noun)
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization-a defensive military alliance formed in1949 by ten Western Europe nations, the United States, and Canada.
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Marshall Plan (noun)
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A U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War 2.
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Truman Doctrine (noun)
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Announced by Precedent Harry Truman in 1947, a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal and external opponents.
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Iron Curtain (noun)
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During the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations in Western Europe.
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Brinkmanship (noun)
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A policy of threatening to go to war in response of any enemy aggression.
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Détente (noun)
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A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.
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Containment (noun)
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A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the united States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances.
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38th Parallel (noun)
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A line that crosses Korea at 38 degrees north longitude.
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Warsaw Pact (noun)
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A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries.
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Domino Theory (noun)
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The idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control.
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Vietnamization (noun)
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President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with southern Vietnamese forces.
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