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Cold War
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11th Grade
09/21/2011

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Cold War
Definition
intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict.
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Iron Curtain
Definition
the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end
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Containment
Definition
The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
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George F. Kennan
Definition
represented the U.S. in Prague for a year during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
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Truman Doctrine
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a policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947
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Marshall Plan
Definition
was the large-scale American program to aid Europe
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Berlin Airlift
Definition
was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War and the first resulting in casualties
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Insurgent is someone from another country or organization that is installed to fight
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Satellite Nation
Definition
They were formerly Nazi occupied, or Nazi supporting countries that had participated in the invasion of the USSR - so there was an element of reparations or revenge.
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Dentente
Definition
A decrease in tension during the cold war
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Arms Race
Definition
was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies
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ABMT
Definition
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile system.
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NPT
Definition
National Personal Transportation Study
a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology
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Salt 1
Definition
was a controversial experiment of negotiations between Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev from 1977 to 1979
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Second red scare
Definition
Americans began to fear communism, mainly because of the rise of the USSR and Communist China
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George C. Marshall
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the U.S. Army Chief of Staff during WWII, the highest ranking U.S. Army officer
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Harry S. Truman
Definition
saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
The man who turned the Soviet Union from a backward country into a world superpower at unimaginable human cost
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Winston Churchill
Definition
The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill the son of Lord Randolph Churchill.
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