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 The Cold War Begins!

Vocabulary!


 * Cold War- was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition existing after World War II **

**Satellite States- is a political term that refers to a country which is formally independent**


 * Iron Curtain- used to describe the boundary that separated the warsaw pact** **countries from the NATO** **countries from about 1945 until the end of the cold war** **in 1991.**

**Truman Doctorine-is a set of principles of U.S. inland policy**


 * Containment-a United States policy using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to temper the spread of Communism**


 * Marshall Plan-was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating **

**Berlin Airlift- ingenious solution to a very serious supply problem during the cold war**


 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization- an alliance of 28 countries from north america and europe.**


 * Warsaw Pact- an organization formed in Poland & It compromisedBulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R.(collective defense under a joint military command)**

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ <--Berlin Airlift! Open http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/04/page/3/ in a new window.



My Facts About The Cold War! ☺♥☻


 * All communist states promised to help eachother if they had gotten attacked!
 * Solviet Union and Satellite States Made up the warsaw pact.
 * Truman asked congress for money to help Turkey and Greece fight communism.
 * George C. Marshall had an economice recovery plan for europe.