Origins of the Cold War

Cold War

A period of more than 40 years during which relations between the two superpowers were at least tense, and often hostile. A time of threats and military build up.

Marshall Plan

A program sponsored by the United States after World War II, in an effort to provide economic aid to struggling European countries.

McCarthy ruined many lives and careers as he led a witch hunt for ________________.

Communists

The U.S. wanted Eastern European nations to be under Western control to provide a buffer against Soviet invasions.

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Containment was a policy in which the U.S. tried to do what?

It would not interfere with already communist countries, but it would prevent the spread of it to new countries.

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Western European nations and other countries to help defend each other in case of attack.

Berlin Airlift

Operation in 1948-1949 where British and U.S. planes carried food and supplies to West Berlin, which was cut off by a Soviet blockade.

containment

Policy aimed at restricting the spread of communism.

The Truman Doctrine was part of a plan to stop the spread of communism.

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Cominform

The Communist Information Bureau that the Soviets established in September 1947 to oppose the Marshall Plan. This organization included all European communist parties.

Truman Doctrine

The Truman Doctrine was President Harry S Truman's policy stating that the United States would help any country fighting against communism.

Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist countries.

The Cold War was the cooling of relations between the Soviet Union and Western

democracies.

The Warsaw Pact was

eastern mutual defense agreement

The Marshall Plan intended to

help Europe's economic recovery.

The Berlin Airlift was a reaction to

the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.