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Perestroika
fundamental restructoring of the soviet economy; policy introduced by Gorbachev
Glasnost
Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues
Sputnik
First satellite by the Soviets to go into space
Space Race
A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
Vietnamization
The US plan for gradual withdrawal from Vietnam (Nixon)
Domino Theory
The US theory that stated, if one country would fall to Communism then they all would.
Doves
Americans who opposed the Vietnam War.
Hawks
Americans who supported the Vietnam War.
Tet Offensive
1968 attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces throughout South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Vietnam
38th Parallel
Dividing line between North and South Korea
Cuban Missile Crisis
The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs
Failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA
Massive Retaliation
The doctrine upon which Eisenhower and Dulles based American nuclear policy in the 1950s
HUAC
Congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the US
Rosenberg Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of selling atomic secrets to the USSR and executed.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion
Berlin Airlift
The US and Britain flew food and supplies to Berlin for almost a year
Berlin Wall
Fortified concrete and wire barrier that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy to provide economic and military aid to any nation threatened by communism
Warsaw Pact
military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states
The Iron Curtain
Imaginary wall diving western and Eastern Europe, as described by Winston Churchill
Containment
The American policy of limiting Communism and preventing expansion
Cold War
a period of great tension between the United States and the Soviet Union


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