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Truman Doctrine: the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - was a treaty that the capitalism based countries will defend each other whenever someone is attacked.

McCarthyism: The intense opposition, countering, fear and/or suspicion of Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.

Berlin Wall: A wall constructed by the Soviet Union to keep East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin.

Domino Theory: A theory that states: communism based countries will turn into capitalism if countries around them are capitalism based country.

Brinkmanship: Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.

Iron Curtain: On the east side of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union. On either side of the Iron Curtain, states developed their own international economic and military alliances:

Containment: a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War

Superpower: a sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the Soviet Union or United States, the two nations were trying to prove who is the superpower.

Soviet Union: The name for a constitutionally socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991, now named Russia, it is the leader of the communist groups during the Cold War

Partition: To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status

Cold War: The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, 1945–91.

Communism: a political theory derived from Karl Marx, 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. Everyone are equal and cannot own a private property

dictator: A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government

Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Blockade: The isolation of something, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.

Counter Culture: a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm, like opposing other nations culture

Escalation: an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy; a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict

Nuclear Weapon: A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion (thermonuclear weapon). Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relativel

Space Race: The informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to launch unmanned satellites, send people into space and land them on the Moon

Arms Race: A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology.