Cold War Vocab
key vocab list for cold war 1945-1990
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- post
- after, as in post World War (the time period after)
- Marshall Plan
- US gave money to Western Europe to rebuild after World War II
- Arms Race
- race to get the most weapons between the US and USSR
- Satellite
- a nation controlled by a more powerful nation.
- Korean War
- The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
- Human Rights
- the rights to personal freedom and safety.
- United Nations
- world organization for peace started after World War II. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first UN representative of the United States.
- Communism
- political and economic system of the USSR from 1919-1991. The government owns property and there are few personal freedom.
- Berlin Airlift
- 1947-1948, The US airlifted supplies to West Berlin when the communists blockaded the roads.
- Truman Doctrine
- US gve money to Greece and Turkey to keep communism out of those nations after WWII
- "Iron Curtain"
- the political division between Eastern and Western Europe.
- superpower
- a very powerful nation such as the United States whose actions affect other nations.
- Capitalism
- FREE ENTERPRISE, people own the businesses.
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, alliance of all democratic nations, opposed to the spread of communism, led by the US
- Cold War
- " War of words and threats" between the US and USSR from 1945-1990. It was a political and economic stuggle between these nations.
- DEMOCRACY
- Political system in which PEOPLE have a real voice in decision making and enjoy rights.
- Warsaw Pact
- Alliance of Communist nations, led by the USSR
- Refugee
- a person who has to leave his or her country to find safety.