COLD WAR VOCABULARY
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Communism is an economic and political system in which the state owns the means of
production and a single party rules.
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A Democracy is a form of government by the people, exercised either directly or through
elected representatives and using those people as the primary source of political power.
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The Domino Theory as stated by President Harry Truman meant that if one country fell
to Communism then another country would follow like a line of "dominoes"
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The Truman Doctrine was written by President Harry Truman and it was the idea that
the best way to contain Communism was by keeping the Soviet Union from gaining more
territory.
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The Iron Curtain was a political barrier that isolated Eastern Europe from Western
Europe after World War 2.
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The Berlin Airlift occurred when the Allied Powers of France, Great Britain and the
United States airlifted (sending cargo planes to delivered tons of supplies to the people)
until May of 1949.
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The Marshall Plan was designed by the United States to rebuild the allied countries of
Europe and containing Communism after World War 2.
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The Geneva Accords of 1954 was a conference which took place in Geneva,
Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues on
the Korean Peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace
in Indochina.
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The Korean War occurred between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) supported by
the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
supported by the Soviet Union from June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953.
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The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union,
China and other Communist nations and the government of South Vietnam supported by
the United States and other anti-Communist nations.
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The Berlin Wall was built on August 13, 1961 to separate Berlin into East Berlin
(occupied by the Soviet Union) and West Berlin (occupied by the United States, Great
Britain and France) and remained for 28 years.
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East Berlin was the part of Berlin that was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1991.
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West Berlin was the part of Berlin that was occupied by the United States, Great Britain
and France until 1991.
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A Cold War was the sustained state of political and military tension between powers in
the Western Bloc (the United States with NATO and others) and powers in the Eastern
Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in Warsaw Pact.)