Soviet Union - A transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991, Cold War - A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats propaganda and other measures short of open warfare, Communism - A political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs, Reparations - The makin g of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged, Berlin Wall - Came to symbolize the odd wars division of East from West Germany and of eastern from western Europe, Self Determination - The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government, Policy of Containment - Taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries, Domino Effect - When one event sets off a chain of similar events, Iron Curtain - A national barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism , Truman Doctrine - An American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against threats", Marshall Plan - An american initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to western europe, NATO - an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, Policy of Brinkmanship - the practice of forcing a confrontation in order to achieve a desired out-come, Warsaw Pact - A collective treaty between the Soviet Union and seven other eastern bloc socialist republics, Space Race - 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the US and the Soviet Union, Arms Race - A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, People's Republic of China - Country in East Asia, Korean War - War fought between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953, McCarthyism - The practice of making false or unfounded accusations of subversion and treason, Second Red Scare - The fear of communism that permeated American politics, culture, and society from the late 1940s through the 1950s., Cuban Missile Crisis - A 35-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, Bay of Pigs - A failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of cuba, Vietnam War - A conflict in Vietnam, laos, and Cambodia from Nov 1955 to April 1975, Sputnik - The first artificial Earth satellite, General Secretary Grobachev - Mikhail Sergeyevich Grobachev - A soviet and russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union., Counter Cultural Movement - An Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed throughout much of the western world in the 1960s, Castro - Fidel Castro - Former president of Cuba, House Un-American Activities Committee(HUAC) - An investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives created in 1938, Berlin Airlift - One of the first major international crises of the Cold War, 38th Parallel - A circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane,

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