Topic 8.1-8.3 Cold War: Beginnings to Increasing Tensions

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  1. 4. U.S. policy promising aid to nations threatened by communism, announced by President Harry Truman in 1947.
  2. 5. U.S. program providing financial aid to Western Europe after WWII to rebuild economies and prevent communism.
  3. 7. A period of political tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, lasting from 1945 to 1991.
  4. 8. a military alliance formed in 1949 between the U.S., Canada, and Western European nations to defend against Soviet threats.
  5. 11. U.S. space agency created in 1958 to compete with Soviet space advances.
  6. 12. Symbolic boundary separating communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe during the Cold War.
  7. 13. U.S. General who commanded American forces during the Korean War until removed by President Truman.
  8. 14. A country controlled politically and economically by a more powerful nation, notably Eastern European countries influenced by the Soviet Union.
  9. 15. Conflict in 1956 when Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, leading to intervention by Britain, France, and Israel.
  10. 19. Policy threatening overwhelming nuclear response to Soviet aggression, supported by President Eisenhower.
  11. 20. Leader who established communist rule in China in 1949.
  12. 21. A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and Eastern European communist nations, in response to NATO.
  13. 22. War fought with restricted goals and without using all available resources, exemplified by the Korean War.
  14. 23. American strategy to stop the spread of communism worldwide by trying to keep it where it was found by use of war or financial help
  15. 25. Government takeover of privately owned businesses or resources, often associated with communist or socialist policies during the Cold War.
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  1. 1. American diplomat who created the containment policy to stop the spread of communism.
  2. 2. Line dividing North and South Korea after WWII.
  3. 3. Leader of the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War (1953-1964), known for confronting the U.S. in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  4. 6. The concept that both the U.S. and Soviet Union would completely destroy each other in the event of nuclear war.
  5. 9. The practice of pushing dangerous events to the brink of disaster to achieve favorable outcomes in diplomacy.
  6. 10. U.S. policy offering military and economic aid to Middle Eastern countries resisting communism, announced in 1957.
  7. 16. U.S. Secretary of State under President Eisenhower who strongly opposed communism and supported brinksmanship.
  8. 17. formed in 1954 as an alliance to prevent communist aggression in Asia.
  9. 18. Operation by the U.S. and allies in 1948-1949 to deliver supplies to West Berlin by plane after the Soviet blockade.
  10. 24. Agency responsible for U.S. intelligence and espionage activities during the Cold War.