Cold War - After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, superpowers - Powerful nations stronger than other nations, Satellite Nations - A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation., Iron Curtain - an imaginary "curtain" split between the democratic nations and communist nations of Europe, Communism - an economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state (government), containment - the policy of trying to prevent the spread of Soviet influence and communism beyond where it already existed, Truman Doctrine - President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansio, Marshall Plan - American plan to help European nations rebuild their economies after World War II, IBerlin Airlift - an American and British relief effort to airlift supplies to West Berliners from 1948 to 1949, Berlin Wall - the wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - an alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and Western Europeans to fight Soviet aggression, Warsaw Pact - a military alliance, established in 1955, of the Soviet Union and other communist states in Europe, United Nations - (UN) a world organization established in 1945 to provide peaceful resolutions to international conflicts,

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