Key Terms-
- Iron Curtian wall- 1946 given by Winston Churchill
- Domino Theory Effect- Eisenhower 1950-1980, saying that If one country was to turn communist, that all the other ones will “fall like dominos”
- Policy of Containment-1946 Kennen. Tried to stop communism.
- Truman Doctrine-1947, Truman, says how US should help Grease and Turkey in military aid to prevent them failing.
- Marshall Plan-1948, named after George Marshall. American program to help the Europian to give them money to help after the war to stop communism
- Brinkmanship- we had to talk and act tough and get ready to go to war, but they would hope the other team would back do
- Massive Retaliation/Mutual Deterrence for 4 years US has nuclear weapons that no one else has
- Mutual Assured Destruction- Assurance no one would nuclear fight each other or everyone would die.
- NATO vs. Warsaw Pact- NATO- alliance with Canada and western Europe against SU, Warsaw Pact- SU with Western Europe against us.
- CIA- Central Intelligence Agency, 1947, Gather information of other countries, and information. KGB- security agency in SU that spied on us.
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