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- 2. F. Kennedy - President from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Events during his administration include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall & the Space Race.
- 6. Reagan – President from 1981-1989, his second term was marked by the ending of the Cold War. He publicly portrayed the USSR as an "evil empire" and supported anti-Communist movements worldwide
- 7. Powers Act - required the President get approval from Congress before sending troops to an armed struggle.
- 9. Plan - $12 billion given to Western European countries to rebuild after WWII. Now they would not have to turn to the Soviet Union for help and become communist.
- 10. D. Eisenhower – President from 1953-1961, he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, & launched the Space Race.
- 12. (FREE-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM) - citizens can own their own businesses with hope of making a profit
- 13. Blockade (Soviet Blockade) - In 1948 Stalin closed all roads, railways, and river routes from West Germany to West Berlin.
- 14. - a group of communist guerillas (fighters who use hit-and-run tactics) that supported the North but live in the South
- 16. Gorbachev - leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 - 1991. He believed major steps were needed to improve the economy and worked with President Reagan to improve relations with the US.
- 17. Airlift - United States used airplanes to bring food, fuel, medicine, and other supplies into West Berlin for a year until Stalin lifted the blockade.
- 18. Theory - President Eisenhower’s belief that once one country falls to communism the surrounding nations would also fall.
- 20. – a country with enough military, political, and economic power to influence other countries.
- 22. Doctrine - $400 million in military aid was given to Turkey and Greece so they would not be taken over by communist rebels.
- 23. Wars - the development of weapons that could shoot down Soviet missiles from space.
- 25. Nixon – President from 1969-1974, he followed a foreign policy marked by détente with the Soviet Union and by the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
- 26. S. Truman - President from 1945-1953, Democratic Party, made decision to drop the atom bomb in WWII; enacted the Berlin Airlift and the Truman Doctrine.
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- 1. War - a state of tension between nations without actual fighting - between the US and Soviet Union 1945 – 1990.
- 3. - North Atlantic Treaty Organization. US formed a military alliance with friendly nations – mostly in Western Europe- member nations pledged to defend one another if they were attacked.
- 4. Peace Accords - agreement made by North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the Untied States to end the Vietnam War.
- 5. Stalin - Communist dictator of the Soviet Union.
- 8. States - nations controlled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War as a buffer to a united Germany. Ex: Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania.
- 10. - period in the 1970’s of reduced hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union
- 11. of Tonkin Resolution - the U.S. would take all measures necessary to stop Soviet aggression in North Vietnam.
- 12. - stop communism from spreading; contain communism to the areas where it exists. US foreign policy started by President Truman.
- 15. Khrushchev - 1953 became the leader of the USSR when Stalin died. He was responsible for building the Berlin Wall and was leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 19. - an economic system where the government owns the means of production.
- 20. Treaty - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. US & USSR signed a treaty limiting the number of nuclear warheads & missiles they built.
- 21. Nations - international peacekeeping organization developed after WWII. Member nations agreed to bring disputes to the UN for peaceful settlement.
- 24. Pact - a military alliance of eastern European nations formed by the Soviet Union in 1955