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| continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World |
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| symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989. |
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| was a United States policy using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to stall the spread of communism, enhance America’s security and influence abroad, and prevent a "domino effect" |
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| American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War |
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| policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. |
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| large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. |
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| to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. |
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| also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. |
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| a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe. |
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| political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country. |
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| easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation |
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| competition between two or more parties for the best armed forces. |
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| treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. |
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| reporting mark of Portland Terminal Railroad of Oregon, United States |
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| refers to two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control. |
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| United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. It was originally found in Title 50 of the US Code (War) but is now found under Title 18, Crime. |
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| American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. |
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| 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States (1945), he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his historic fourth term. |
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| the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953 |
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| British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. |
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