Cold War Vocab B

3. America’s plan to help Europe rebuild after WWII
4. Replacement organization for the League of Nations, created in 1945 with the goal of peacekeeping and promotion of prosperity
7. Country where the US has its first official proxy war
8. the policy of trying to keep communism from spreading or keep communism where it is
10. City where Stalin blockaded any supply routes in or out
11. a military alliance between the US, Canada, and several Western European nations that would offer security and protection in case of a soviet invasion
12. US containment policy that stated the US should do anything necessary to prevent friendly or newly independent nations from falling to communism

1. is the theory that if one country fell to communism, then all neighboring countries would ALSO fall to communism.
2. A military alliance formed in 1955 among Soviet Union and several Eastern Bloc countries aimed at mutual defense and coordination of military efforts within the communist bloc
5. the imaginary line that divided Europe into a Western democratic, America supported half and an eastern communist, Soviet controlled half; name from a speech by Winston Churchill
6. the easing of tensions during the Cold War, or trying to relax situations due to nuclear fearsDomino theory is the theory that if one country fell to communism, then all neighboring countries would ALSO fall to communism.
9. Country that Truman was blamed for losing to communism
13. the idea that if two countries hold an infinite number of nuclear weapons, that actually prevents them from being used because it would lead to self-destruction
14. Country where the US saw missiles being stored and led to 13 days of panic and fear
15. missiles that are able to carry nuclear warheads thousands of kilometers