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Implemented the policy of containment and established the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall plan, and NATO to block Soviet expansion.
Harry S.Truman
What year was the Truman Doctrine established in the U.S. States
March 1947
The United States vowed to help Europe rebuild after WWII;the thought was that if countries in Europe recovered with our help, they would favor democracy over Communism
Marshall plan
Winston Churchill declared that this metaphorical barrier had " descended across the continent" of Europe
The Iron Curtain
A general-turned- President who utilized "brinkmanship" and covert operations, establishing the weight D. Eisenhower presidential Library as a major research center for the era.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet Premier who expanded soviet territory, blockaded Berlin, and ignited the unclear arms race.
Joseph Stalin
What year did the Soviet Union officially end the cold war
December 26,1991
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance of democratic, capitalist countries.
NATO
This 1949 North American and western European defense alliance was created to counter Soviet aggression
NATO (North Atlantic treaty Organization)
Visited communist China in 1972, pioneering detente to ease tensions with both China and the Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
British Prime Minister who popularized the term "Iron Curtain"
Winston Churchill
What year did the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik, kicking off the space Race
October 4,1957
Military alliance of communist countries of the Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union responded to NATO by forming this military and political alliance with its Eastern European satellite states in 1955
The Warsaw Pact
A prominent American diplomat who originated the concept of containment, the defining U.S. strategy against the Soviet Union
George F. Kennan
US President who navigated the Cuban Missile and engaged Crisis.
John F. Kennedy
What year construction of the Berlin Wall began to divide East and the west of Germany
August 13, 1961
TO stop the spread of communism
Containment
Coined by American diplomat George Kennan, this official U.S. foreign policy goal aimed to stop the spread of communism abroad
Containment
Led the USSR during the construction of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis, famously clashing with both Kennedy and Eisenhower.
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Premier who authorized the Berlin wall and engaged with Kennedy.
Nikita Khrushchev
What year was the fall of the Berlin wall
November 9,1989
An invisible border in Europe between the democratic, capitalist west and the communist east, represented the spread of communism to eastern Europe and the possible domino effect.
Iron Curtain
Formulated in 1947, this U.S. economic and financial program injected 13 billion to rebuild war-torn European nations and prevent the spread of communism.
The Marshall Plan
Founder of peoples Republic of China, he allied with Stalin initially, later splitting from the Soviet Union to create a distinct, third global superpower pole.
Mao Zedong