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Iron Curtain
the Soviet Union blocked the United States from getting food to the people of eastern part of the country -
Yalta Conference
united states, soviet union, Great Britain and the iron cutain -
Cold War
united states and Soviet Union, 1947-1991 and arms race -
Truman Doctrine
gave $400 million in economic & military aid to Greece & Turkey. To fend off communism and stay free -
Marshall Plan
European recovery plan. 16 countries reived aid. $13 Billion in aid given to rebuild western Europe. offered to eastern Europe but soviet union said NO -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin cut off supplies into w. Berlin. US airlift food and supplies into the city. Lasted 11 months. Stalin reopened supply lines -
Nato
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. collective security. Alliance to support one another military had to be a democray -
Stalin
stalin die -
SEATO
south-east Asian Treaty Organization. US +7 other nations. To prevent the Domino Theory -
Viet Cong
the time when Vietnam split into two parts the north and the south -
Vietnam
was once a part of the French colony into north and south -
Eisenhower Doctrine
LIke the Truman Doctrine but for the middle east. offered economically & military support if communism threatened the middle east -
Soviet Union
soviet union constructed the berlin wall -
Peace Corps
program of volunteer assistance to developing nations of Asia, Africa+latin, America. By 1963, 35,000 volunteers had help in 60 nations -
Alliance for Progress
Foreign aid program. Offered economic +technical assistance to Latin American countries. US invested $12 billion -
Agent Orange
poisonous gas used by the US in the Vietnam War. -
Gulf of Tonkin
boat in the water help by the united state -
Space Race
a race to the moon the victory of the united state and the first to launch the satellites soviet union and the soviet union won to the moon -
Nixon was Elected
with-drawl of united states troops that S.V. can fight own war -
The First Strategic
arms limitation treaty (also SALT)
