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$400 million in military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The conflict between communist North Korea and the non-communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
What is the Korean War?
Signaled the end of the Cold War and paving the way for German reunification.
What is the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Pro-communist military alliance to combat NATO countries.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
$12 billion in aid to rebuild Western Europe so it would not fall to communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
What is the Vietnam War?
Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blockaded it.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Competition to create more nuclear weapons.
What is the arms race?
An embarrassing attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro that was organized by the U.S.
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
What is detente?
Foreign policy goal of stopping the spread of communism.
What is containment?
The competition between the U.S. and Soviets to reach the moon first.
What is the space race?
Anti-communist military alliance with the purpose of stopping the spread of communism.
What is NATO?
Work for a government or other organization by secretly collecting information about enemies.
What is spying?
Theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries. Just like falling dominoes?
1962 confrontation between the U.S. & Soviets. The closest the world came to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?