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| Rivalry after World War II between the Soviet Union and its satellites and the democratic countries of the Western world, under the leadership of the Unites States. |
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| an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy. |
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| an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation. |
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| United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet agression (1904-2005) |
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| President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology |
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| European recovery program named after George C. Marshall |
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| Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin. |
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| an organization formed in Washington, D.C.(1949) , comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Rupublic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against agression. |
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| a treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union; signed in 1955. |
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| are the nations between Germany and Russia that were formed with assistance of the UN after the end of WWII. |
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| a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements. |
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| a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. |
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| ABMT (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) |
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| A treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the ABM systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. |
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| NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) |
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| A treaty the limited the spread of nuclear weapons. Came into force March 5, 1950. |
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Strategic Arms Limitation talks. A talk to end the arms race in 1969.
SALT II set more rules but was signed. The negotiations went on for seven years. |
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| 1947-1957. It focused on national and foreign communists influencing society or infiltrating the federal government,or both. |
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| December 31, 1880- October 16, 1959. He was the Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. His name was given to the Marshall Plan. |
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| May 8, 1884- December 26, 1972. He was the 33rd President of the United States. He wrote the Truman Doctrine to contain communism. |
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| December 18, 1878- March 5, 1953. Premier of the Soviet Union. |
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| November 30, 1874- January 24, 1965. He was a British Prime Minister. |
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