Soviet Union - a powerful group of republics, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and 11 others that existed in Europe and Asia , 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 - political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism, Reparations - a process of repairing, healing and restoring a people injured because of their group identity and in violation of their fundamental human rights by governments, corporations, institutions and families, 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 - a nation a group of people with similar political ambitions can seek to create its own independent government or state., Policy of Containment - the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II, Domino Effect - 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, Iron Curtain - the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas, Foreign Policy - preserving the national security of the United States, Truman Doctrine - established that 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 security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe, Policy of Brinkmanship - the practice of forcing a confrontation in order to achieve a desired out-come, Warsaw Pact - a collective deference treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe, Space Race - cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight, Arms Race - occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another, Peoples Republic of China - a country in East Asia , Korean War - conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million, McCarthyism - the political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence, 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, Cuban Missile Crisis - a major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba, Bay of Pigs - a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power, Vietnam War - conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, Sputnik - earth's first artificial satellite, General Secretary Grobachev - Mikhail Gorbachev ruled the Soviet Union as General Secretary until 1990, Counter Cultural Movement - an era of change in identity, family unit, sexuality, dress, and the arts, Hostilities - an act expressing enmity or opposition, Castro - the 26th of July Movement's name originated from the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, an army facility in the city of Santiago de Cuba, on 26 July 1953, House Un-American Activities Committee - 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,

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