World history: Cold War

What did Churchhill mean by the term "Iron Curtain"

A metaphor for saying everything on the eastern side is under the Soviet influence

Truman doctrine

An attempt to contain the communist. To prevent the spread of communism beyond the iron

What does NATO stand for

North Atlantic Treaty organization (the west)

How did the Soviets respond NATO

The Warsaw Pact (the communist nations) - protect themselves from a nation attack

How did the two sides of the Iron Curtain differ from each other

The West wanted freedom it's what the fought for. The eastern side is being controlled

Yalta conference

The big three US, France and Great Britain didn't want Germany to be strong again after World War l so they decided to split it up

Marshall plan

To help the countries of Western Europe recover from the devastation of World War II

What was stalin's purpose for creating and controlling satellite nations

To keep the Democratic West away from the Soviet union (a buffer zone)

What was the purpose of NATO

To stop the spread of communism. All the western democratic nations coming together

What was the Berlin crisis

•we (USA) are going to air lift supplies for over a year • soviets tried to block out and starve the democratic • soviets are trying to take over West Berlin