ColdWar The confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union that involved no DIRECT violence between the two IronCurtain Churchill's metaphor for the border between free western and communist eastern European countries. containment The United States' policy to prohibit communist expansion TrumanDoctrine Presidential plan to provide support for countries that rejected communism MarshallPlan Financial aid package given to Western European countries to keep them from moving toward communism NATO Cold War alliance between Western European countries, Canada, and the U.S. WarsawPact Cold War alliance between communist countries brinkmanship Dangerous attitude between the Soviet Union and U.S. that threatened nuclear war at any moment Stalin He wanted to set up communist nations in Eastern Europe after WW2 to create a buffer to protect the Soviet Union Berlin This city located in communist East Germany was unique because it was divided between the U.S., Soviets, British, and France MaoZedong The communist leader who took control of China in 1949 communes These large collective farms were unsuccessful because of the lack of incentives for the peasants RedGuards Enthusiastic young supporters of Mao CulturalRevolution Ment to establish an equal society, but led to harsh treatment of those opposed to Mao Nationalists The United States supported this group led by Jiang Jieshi against the communists in China HoChiMinh Leader of the northern Vietnamese communists dominoTheory Idea of a communist chain reaction that encouraged U.S. involvement in several third world countries Vietcong Vietnamese communists who fought the U.S. in South Vietnam North The Soviet Union set up a communist government in this region of Korea after WWII France This former imperial power was defeated by communist forces in Vietnam
South The United Nations voted to intervene when this region of Korea was invaded by communists Korea Still a divided nation today ThirdWorld Developing nations that were often competed over by the U.S. and Soviet Union Catro Led a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista -‐ the U.S. backed dictator of Cuba Khomeini The Iranian Revolution replaced the U.S. supported Shah with this Islamic leader Allende The U.S. supported the replacement of this democratically elected socialist leader with Augusto Pinochet. nationalization The U.S. often turned against countries who engaged in this policy of taking over private property Khrushchev Soviet leader who tried to erase the brutal history of Stalin with "destalinization" Brezhnev The Soviet leader who sent troops into Czechoslovakia when its leader tried to reform laws detente Period of relaxed attitudes during the administration of President Nixon SALT Treaties aimed at reducing the number of nuclear weapons Reagan This U.S. president moved away from detente by increasing military spending and starting SDI
