Conflicts
Separated communist East Berlin from democratic West Berlin
Berlin Wall
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism
Harry Truman
An agreement to stop fighting
Cease-fire
The time period when fighting was done by using money and words instead of guns and soldiers
Cold War
The symbol of the differences between communist and noncommunist countries
Iron Curtain
A policy written by President Truman to contain communism
Truman Doctrine
Great Britain's prime minister who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"
Winston Churchill
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist N. Korea and non-communist S. Korea; U.S. leaders thought that the Soviet Union had helped plan the attack
Korean War
The agreement between three of the Allies of WWII for the military occupation and reconstruction of Germany
Potsdam Agreement
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services
Capitalism
When the U.S. used planes to drop food and supplies to help the people of West Berlin
Berlin Airlift
The U.S. president who promised to bring the troops home from Vietnam; he was elected in 1968
Richard Nixon
This communist revolutionist led Cuban government during the Cold War
Fidel Castro
A meeting between three of the Allies of World War II to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization
Yalta Conference
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources
Communism
Policy used by the United States to give financial aid to European war torn nations
Marshall Plan
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII
Joseph Stalin
A conflict between North Vietnam (communist) and South Vietnam (non-communist). The U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism, but failed. South Vietnam became communist 2 years after the war ended
Vietnam War
A theory that if China Falls to communism, all other Asian Nations will fall as well
Domino Theory
President that feared a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union and ordered a blockade around Cuba
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall
Nikita Khrushchev
The group of Rebels that rose up in Afghanistan against the new Communist government
Mujahideen
An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This was built to keep the people of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin
Berlin Wall