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Cold War - Coggle Diagram
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a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propanganda, and other measures short of open warfare.
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Iron Curtain
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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.
Containment
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Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
Truman Doctrine
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President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
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NATO
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was formed in 1949 to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union. NATO Facts Graphic.
Warsaw Pact
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The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.
Arms Race
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An 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.