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  1. 4. Pact Soviet-led military and political alliance in Eastern Europe
  2. 6. F. Kennedy President at the time. Managed the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, bringing the U.S. to the brink of nuclear war.
  3. 7. Blockade The USSR blocked Western access to Berlin, leading the U.S. and allies to fly in supplies for 11 months, resulting in a crucial Western victory.
  4. 10. Doctrine The United States committed to halting Soviet communist expansion, formalized by President Truman as a promise of support to threatened nations.
  5. 11. Marshall Plan To combat communism in war-torn Europe, the U.S. provided roughly $13 billion in economic aid, which the Soviet Union viewed as "bribery".
  6. 13. Missile Crisis confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union triggered by Soviet nuclear missiles installed in Cuba
  7. 17. Made the first successful atomic bomb.
  8. 19. War North Korea, supported by the USSR and China, invades South Korea.
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  1. 1. Curtain Divided Europe into two separate areas
  2. 2. S. Truman Initiated the policy of containment, the Truman Doctrine, and the Marshall Plan to stop the spread of communism.
  3. 3. Churchill Famous for the term "Iron Curtain" in a 1946 speech, signaling the beginning of the Cold War.
  4. 5. War A war instigated by a major power that does not itself become involved, such as the Korean War (1950–1953).
  5. 7. of the bowling alley proved that U.S m26 Pershing and m4a3e8 Sherman tanks could take on north Koreas t34/85 from the Soviet Union by using the valley geography to lead the tank into a kill zone
  6. 8. Race competition for military superiority, specifically in nuclear weapons, between the US and the USSR.
  7. 9. of Pigs a small inlet on the southern coast of Cuba that served as the landing site for a failed U.S.-backed military invasion in April 1961
  8. 11. Doctrine Provide military and economic aid to prevent the spread of communism
  9. 12. Stalin Communist leader of USSR. Initiated the split with the West, hardened the Iron Curtain, and oversaw the start of the post-WWII tensions.
  10. 14. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  11. 15. military alliance between Europe and North America
  12. 16. Race Competition between the US and USSR to achieve superiority in space exploration
  13. 18. intense anti-communist suspicion in the US during the early 1950s, characterized by reckless accusations of disloyalty.