Cold War Vocab (Unit 9)

3. A U.S. Senator that made accusations of many Americans as being communists
6. A military, defensive alliance to prevent Soviet aggression in Western Europe
9. Strategic Defense Initiative, more commonly known as “Star Wars”
10. War Active fighting between two or more sides
12. The break in to the Democratic National Headquarters located in the Watergate Office Complex and President Nixon’s administration attempts to cover up its involvement
13. War The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the U.S. and Western Europe between 1945-1990
16. Doctrine Was Truman’s plan to contain communism and became the U.S. guiding principle of foreign policy during the Cold War
18. Divided

1. Pact An alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe as a response to the formation of NATO
2. A reduction of arms between the Soviet Union and the U.S. agreed to in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
3. retaliation A policy adopted by the U.S. to deter any nuclear strike by the Soviets
4. Plan Provided financial aid to help rebuild European economies and prevent the spread of communism
5. Nations An organization that aimed to prevent future global wars
7. Pentagon Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
8. The policy of withdrawing American troops and replacing them with South Vietnamese forces while supplying aid to South Vietnam
11. of Pigs Failed military invasion of Cuba by exiled Cubans
13. Missile Crisis The Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy ordered the Soviets to remove the missiles and instituted a blockade of Cuba as Soviet ships approached.
14. The easing of hostility between two countries
15. Airlift In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.
17. Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty