Cold War Terms
1. TRUMAN DOCTRINE
2. MARSHALL PLAN
3. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
4. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
5. BAY OF PIGS
6. SPACE RACE
7. ARMS RACE
8. McCARTHYISM
9. HOUSE OF UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
10. POLICY OF DÉTENTE
11. PEACE THROUGH STRENTH
12. STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE
13. SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
Truman Doctrine
Definition: The provide military and economic aid to
Greece and Turkey.
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Characteristics:
Example:
President Truman, Western Europe, Isolationism
Marshall Plan
Definition: The U.S sponsored program implemented
following the Second World War to aide European countries
that had been destroyed as a result of the war.
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Characteristics:
Example
Recovery plan, Production effort, Economic cooperation
N.A.T.O(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Definition: an organization of North American and
European countries that provides military support for its
members
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Characters:
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United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France,
Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Belgium,
Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition: the closest approach to nuclear war at any time
between the US and the Soviet Union.
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Characteristic:
Example
President John F. Kennedy, Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel
Castro, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
Bay Of Pigs
Definition: is a small bay on the southern coast of Cuba
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that was invade on April 17, 1961 by approximately 1,400
Cuban exiles organized and armed by the United States CIA.
Failed assignation of Fidel Castro.
Characteristic:
Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, Failure, bahia de cochinos,
Invasion.
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Space Race
Definition: the competition between nations regarding
achievements in the field of space exploration.
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Characteristics:
Example
Space exploration, soviet union, USA, artificial satellites.
Arms Race
Definition: a competition between nations for superiority in Illustration
the development and accumulation of weapons, between
the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Characteristic:
After WW2, H Bomb.
Example
McCarthyism
Definition: a vociferous campaign against alleged
communist in the US government and other institutions
carried out under Joseph McCarthy in 1950-54.
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Characteristics: Accusations, Communist, Suspicions
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House Of Un-American Activities Committee
Definition:The House Committee on Un-American Activities
was an investigative committee of the United States House
of Representatives. .
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Characteristic
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Policy Of D𝜖tente
Definition: A policy toward a rival nation or bloc
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characterized by increased diplomatic, commercial, and
cultural contact and a desire to reduce tensions, as through
negotiation or talks
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