Soviet Union - a former federal republic in E Europe and central and N 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 - Communism is a political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism,, Reparations - the act or process of making amends for a wrong., 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., Iron Curtain - Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II, Foreign Policy - the United States actively maintained a stance of neutrality,, 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 - aggressive risk-taking policy choices that court potential disaster., 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., 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 communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world., Korean War - conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea, McCarthyism - He is known for alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere., 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 - 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 - a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States., Sputnik - any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites,, General Secretary Grobachev - He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988, Counter Cultural Movement - a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society., Hostilities - overt acts of warfare, Castro - a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin castrum, a pre-Roman military camp or fortification, House Un-American Activities Committee - created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.,

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