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Cold War Vocab

Explore the major events, players, and concepts of the Cold War era, including Truman Doctrine, NATO, Berlin Wall, and more. Dive into the global struggle between democracy and communism.

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Cold War Vocab

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  1. Cold WarVocab

  2. 1) Truman Doctrine- US policy of supporting any country trying to resist any Communist takeover 2) General Assembly- the main policymaking and representative part of the United Natiions 3) Soviet Bloc Countries- Eastern European countries that were directly controlled by the Soviet Union 4) NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization, membership based around United States capitalist ideas 5) Iron Curtain-metaphor for the communist and non communist division of Eastern Europe 6) Security Council- Division of the United Nations that investigates global situations that threaten peace

  3. 7) Cold War-“War of Words” between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union 8) German Federal Republic- Democratic West Germany aligned with the US and NATO 9) Berlin Wall- divided capitalist West Germany and Communist East Germany that symbolized the Cold War struggles 10) Marshall Plan- US foreign policy to fund the economic recovery in Europe which would keep countries from turning to Communism 11) Warsaw Pact- Nations that were aligned with Communist Soviet Union

  4. 12) United Nations- international organization aimed to promote international peace and security 13) Denazification-removal of Nazism from Germany 14) Berlin-former capital of Germany 15) German Democratic Republic- Communist East Germany that was aligned with the Soviet Union 16) Mao Zedong-Communist revolutionary, Leader of the China revolution 17) Nikita Khrushchev-Communist leader following Joseph Stalin

  5. 18) Containment- Policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism 19) Fidel Castro- Communist revolutionary for Cuba 20) Domino theory- The idea that if one nation fell to communism the surrounding nations would also fall to communism 21) Ho Chi Minh- Communist revolutionary for Vietnam 22) Khmer Rouge- Name for the communist followers in Cambodia

  6. 23) Great Leap Forward- Economic and social campaign to transform China into a communist nation 24) Chiang Kai-shek- Nationalist leader of China who fought against the communist party 25) Long March- Expression referring to the communist party of China and their retreat to the Soviet Union 26) 38th Parallel- Division between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea 27) Pol Pot- Leader and revolutionary of the communist party in Cambodia

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