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| 163801147 | Eastern Europe | area of Europe occupied by the Soviet Union in the final years of the war, Soviets set up communist governments in these countries | 0 | |
| 163801148 | satellites | term for those communist governments created by the Soviet Union; term refers to the fact that their policies had to "revolve around" Soviet policy | 1 | |
| 163801149 | Truman Doctrine/containment | American policy of preventing the spread of communism...to maintain communism where it was; basis of American foreign policy throughout the 1940's until the early 19990's | 2 | |
| 163801150 | Marshall Plan | named for the US Secretary of State...provided money to rebuild the economies of many countries...based on the idea that stable governments and economies would not experience communist revolution...generally the most successful foreign aid program in US history | 3 | |
| 163801151 | Germany | country in central Europe that was occupied and divided by the Cold War...this country and it's divided capital became the symbol of the Cold War | 4 | |
| 163801152 | Berlin Airlift | American reaction to the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948...the Soviets attempted to force the democracies out of Berlin with a blockade to starve the western sections of the city...Us refused to budge | 5 | |
| 163801153 | NATO | military alliance created by the US in 1949...created to protect Western Europe form and Soviet treaty...since the end of the Cold War, this organization attempts to maintain peace in Europe and to assist in military operations around Europe | 6 | |
| 163801154 | China | the fall of he major Asian nation to communism in 1949 was a major blow to the American policy of containment | 7 | |
| 163801155 | Taiwan | island nation that became the home of the anti-communist Chinese government...the US provided (and still does) protection for this government | 8 | |
| 163801156 | Warsaw Pact | created in 1955...this became the Soviet military alliance in eastern Europe | 9 | |
| 163801157 | Hungary | responding to the vague US promise for support (massive retaliation) this eastern european nation revolted against the Soviets n 1956...no American support came and the Soviets brutally put down the revolt | 10 | |
| 163801158 | Berlin Wall | erected in 1961, this structure was designed to prevent East Berliners from "going over" to the West...this structures demise in 1989 symbolized the ending of the Cold War | 11 | |
| 163801159 | Bay of Pigs | 1961 failed US attempt to engineer a revolution against the communist government in Cuba | 12 | |
| 163801160 | Cuban Missile Crisis | term for the US/Soviet standoff over Soviet missile sites in CUba...Us forces the Soviets to back don and remove the missiles | 13 | |
| 163813115 | Czechoslovakia | eastern European nation that attempted to dismantle its communist regime in 1968...Soviets crushed the revolt | 14 | |
| 163813116 | Moscow | city that hosted the 1980 Olympics...Us boycotted these Olympics in reaction to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan | 15 | |
| 163813117 | Solidarity | Polish labor union that led the fight against communism in Poland | 16 | |
| 163813118 | Stalin | Soviet dictator from 1928-1953; his success in making the Soviet Union a world power and his actions in the final years of the war led to the Cold War | 17 | |
| 163813119 | Churchill | former British Prime Minister whose "Iron Curtain" speech ushered in the west's reaction to the Soviet aggressions in Europe | 18 | |
| 163813120 | Truman | Us PResident whose policies ushered in the containment policy | 19 | |
| 163813121 | Nikita Khrushchev | Soviet dictator after Stalin...orginally favored "peaceful coexistence" with the west but later continued the policies of the Cold War | 20 | |
| 163813122 | Eisenhower | Us President of the 1950's who favored a more aggressive policy than containment but actually continued the policy | 21 | |
| 163813123 | Brezhnev | Soviet dictator of the 1960's and 70's...although he participated in dentene, he continued the Cold War policies of his predecessors | 22 | |
| 163813124 | Chales de Gualle | French President of the late 1950's and the 60's...tried to make France a more important leader in Europe and developed a more relaxed relationship with the communist governments...ushered in the period of detenete | 23 | |
| 163813125 | Willy Brandt | West German Chancellor in the late 1960's and early 70's...tried to establish better relations with the ears (policy of Ostpolitik)...his government collapsed when is was discovered that an East German spy was in his government | 24 | |
| 163813126 | Reagan | US President of the 1980's...his aggressive military spending accelerated the Cold War, but ultimately destroyed the Soviet economy (primary cause of the Us government debt of the 1980's and early 90's) | 25 | |
| 163813127 | Gorbachev | last Soviet dictator...tried to institute reforms in the Soviet Union and a more peaceful approach toward the west...lost power when the Soviet Union collapsed | 26 | |
| 163819500 | Boris Yeltsin | became leader of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union...tried to continue reforms and maintain Russia as a major world power...was unable to effectively rebuild the Russian economy | 27 | |
| 163819501 | Walesa | Polish labor union leader who helped lead the revolutions of 1989...became he leader of the new Poland | 28 | |
| 163819502 | Mao Zedong | Chinese communist leader who established a communist government in China in 1949 | 29 | |
| 163819503 | Ho Chi Minh | leader of the Vietnamese communists...led Vietnam against the French and later the US | 30 | |
| 163819504 | Fidel Castro | led a revolution in Cuba in 1959...became one of the most consistent anti-American world leaders | 31 | |
| 163819505 | Korea | first "hot spot" of the Cold War...Us fought a war here (as the United Nations) 1950-53 | 32 | |
| 163819506 | Vietnam | Us fought a war in this country in the 1960's and 70's...war created a major conflict in US society | 33 | |
| 163819507 | Afghanistan | Soviet's attempt to maintain a communist dictatorship in this country with its invasion in 1979...war ended badly for the Soviets | 34 | |
| 163819508 | Peaceful Coexistence | 1950's era of relaxation...ended by the U-2 incident of 1960 | 35 | |
| 163819509 | Dentente | late 1960's and early 70's ear of relaxation...ended by Soviet invasion of Afghanistan | 36 | |
| 163819510 | Glasnost | Gorbachev's policy of openness with the west | 37 | |
| 163819511 | Perestroika | Gorbachev's policy of restructuring the Soviet economy and political system | 38 | |
| 163819512 | 1989 | year of the anti-communist revolutions in eastern Europe | 39 | |
| 163819513 | 1991 | year of the collapse of the Soviet Union | 40 | |
| 163819514 | Yugoslavia | former communist nation that experienced the most difficult transition out of the Cold War...political break-up and ethnic violence in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo | 41 | |
| 163819515 | Hot Spot | a place where actual fighting broke out during the Cold War, however never directly between the two super powers | 42 |
