Early Cold War Vocabulary | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Definitions and people to know for the Cold War

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Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and after (died in 1953)

Joseph Stalin

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President of the United States from 1945-1953

Harry Truman

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The boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War in 1991.

Iron Curtain

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1947 American foreign policy doctrine that provided aid to Turkey and Greece and included the policy of containment (halting the spread of communism)

Truman Doctrine

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Massive U.S. airlift of food, water and medicine to citizens of West Berlin from June 1948-May 1949.

Berlin Airlift

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This "plan" aided Western Europe with 12 billion dollars of economic assistance after World War II.

Marshall Plan

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Established in 1949, NATO - an alliance to defend members from the Soviet Union - stands for what?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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This "pact" was signed between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states in May 1955.

Warsaw Pact

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Chartered in 1945 this is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace and security, cooperation and friendly relations among nations.

United Nations

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Name given to the latitude 38 degrees north that divides North and South Korea

38th Parallel

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Guarded concrete barrier or "wall" that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961-1989.

Berlin Wall

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Campaign against "alleged" Communism in the US government and other institutions carried out by Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the late 1940s-early 1950s.

McCarthyism (Second Red Scare)

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HUAC stood for what? It was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of American citizens and organizations.

House Un-American Activities Committee

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Who were the two major superpowers to emerge after World War II?

The United States and the Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union was Communist or Capitalist?

Communist

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The United States was a Capitalist or Communist economy?

Capitalist

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