Soviet union - a powerful group of Communist republics including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and 11 others that existed in Europe and Asia from 1922 to 1991, Cold War - an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II., Communism - a type of government and philosophy., Reparations - a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries., Berlin Wall - built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, Self-determination - the process by which a group of people, usually possessing a certain degree of national consciousness, form their own state and choose their own government., Policy of Containment  - the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II., Domino Effect  - a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos., lron Curtain - a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989., Foreign Policy - The main policies during the Cold War were containment, deterrence, détente and arms control, and the use of military force, Truman Doctrine - the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces., Marshall Plan - proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe., NATO - a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe., Policy of Brinkmanship - the practice of forcing a confrontation in order to achieve a desired out-come, Warsaw Pact - a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe, Space Race  - a Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight., Peoples Republic of China - The Chinese Revolution of 1949. On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China, Korean War - the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953., McCarthyism  - the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence., Second Red Scare - The Second Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War II, was preoccupied with the perception that national or foreign communists were infiltrating or subverting American society and the federal government. The name refers to the red flag as a common symbol of communism., Cuban Missile Crisis - The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict., Bay of Pigs - The Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. Since 1959, officials at the U.S. State Department and the CIA had attempted to remove Castro, Sputnik - The fact that the Soviets were successful fed fears that the U.S. military had generally fallen behind in developing new technology. As a result, the launch of Sputnik served to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions., General secretary grobachev - The Secretary General (SG) supports the Presidency and the Governing Council (GC) in providing strategic leadership for the Community of Democracies (CD)., Counter cultural movement - A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores. A countercultural movement expresses the ethos and aspirations of a specific population during a well-defined era., Hostilities - intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, Castro - With Cuba's proximity to the United States, Castro and his regime became an important Cold War ally for the Soviets., House Un-American Activities Committee - HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties. Citizens suspected of having ties to the communist party would be tried in a court of law., Berlin Airlift - The Berlin airlift was a 1940s military operation that supplied West Berlin with food and other vital goods by air after the Soviet Union blockaded the city., 38th parallel - ​the line on the map that marks the border between North Korea and South Korea,

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