- Iron Curtain Speech – 1946 was given by Winston Churchill, it represents the communist and free in Europe
- Domino Theory (effect)- Eisenhower 1950-1980, communism was spreading like dominos
- Policy of Containment- containing communism
- Truman Doctrine- 1945, Harry Truman, it stated that the U.S. should help Grease and Turkey economically and militarily so that they do not become communist
- Marshall Plan-1948, Named after secretary of State, George Marshall, it was a plan to help Western Europeans so that communism didn’t spread
- Brinkmanship- going to the brink of war, getting everything ready for was and hoping that the other side will back down, so we actually don’t have to go to war.
- Massive retaliation/Mutual deterrence/ Mutual Assured Destruction- the Soviet Union now had nuclear weapons, so no one will use them, because then their side would die too, because we both had nuclear weapons
- NATO vs. Warshaw Pact- NATO( North Atlantic Treaty Organization) it was our alliance against the Soviet Union with Western Europe and Canada- Warshaw pact was the Soviet Union’s alliance with Eastern Europe.
- CIA vs. KGB- CIA(central intelligence agency) the CIA is an agency gathers information on other countries and terrorist attack- KGB, is the CIA of the Soviet Union
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