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Yalta Conference
cited as the start of Cold War -
NATO (National Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Provides mutual help if attacked -
Iron Curtain
nickname used to refer to communist nations of Europe -
George Marshal
The US secretary of state -
Truman Doctrine
USA provides a military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
George Kennan
"Father of containment"; made the policy of containment -
Marshall Plan
US economic recovery for war torn Europe -
Berlin Air Lift
Airplanes from US ad Britain flew nonstop missions into West Berlin with supplies -
COMECON
Soviet plan to aid in rebuilding Soviet block nations -
Arms Race
USA ad USSR compete in building the atomic bomb; USSR exploded their first atomic bomb -
Domino Theory
If S. Vietnam falls to communism then other nations of far east Asia will fall like dominos -
Krushchev
Soviet leader after Stalin's death- destalinization -
Eisenhower
President during the Cold War- Massive retaliation -
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance of communist block nations -
Sputnik
Fist satellite to orbit the earth; sent radio signals back to earth -
Fidel Castro
Communist forces seize control of Cuba- Soviet supported government set up in Cuba -
U2
American U-2 plane shot down by the USSR -
John F. Kennedy
President during Cold War- gave orders for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion -
Yuri Gagarin
First man to travel to space -
Bay of Pigs
Cuba exiles would invade Cuba and lead the revolt. -
Berlin Wall Built
Built to keep the East Germans from fleeing to West Germany- symbolized division of two super powers -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba -
Lenoid Brezhner
replaced Khrushchvec as the soviet leader -
Detente
The improvement of US and Soviet relations. -
Vietnamization
agreement with N. Vietnam USA withdraws forces -
Glasnost
Freedom of expression for the Soviet citizens; eased the harsh treatment of opponents of Soviet system -
Perestroika
a gradual change of the Soviet economy; restructuring -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
Torn down as a symbol of the fall of the repressive East German communist -
End of Cold War Officially
Gorbachev and President George Bus meet declaring end of war -
The Soviet Breakup
USSR broke up into 15 separate republics
