At the end of World War II, the conflicting aims of the United States and the Soviet Union led to the ____. This was a state of hostility between these superpowers, but there was no ____ action. The Soviet Union expanded its influence in Eastern Europe and set up Communist governments in six European countries. These countries became ____ nations - countries that depended on and were dominated by the Soviet Union. Great Britain's Prime Minister ____ said in a 1946 speech that an ____ separated east from west. In response to USSR's expansion, the U.S. began to follow a policy of ____. This was an effort to ____ the spread of communism Soviet by making alliances and supporting weaker nations. The U.S. created a new intelligence agency called the ____ to spy on the Soviets and perform secret operations in foreign countries. Truman's first test of Containment was when Greece and ____ needed economic and military aid. Under the ____, the U.S. promised economic and military aid to any country threatened by Communism. The ____ provided food and other economic aid to European countries to help them recover from the war. In 1948 Stalin decided to block all shipping into ____ hoping that would make the city fall to the communists. The U.S. and Britain stopped his plan by airlifting supplies, including ____, fuel, and clothing, into West Berlin. The ____ showed that communism could be contained. To continue to block Soviet expansion, the United States, Canada, and ten other European nations founded ____ in 1949 to create a common defense for Western Europe. Members agreed that an attack on one was an attack on all. The Soviets and its communist satellites formed an alliance called the ____.

Cold War Containment

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