Cold War Vocab Review

to stop communism from spreading

a country with enough military, politics, and economic power to influence other countries

citizens can own their own businesses with the hope of making a profit

a military alliance of eastern European nations formed by the Soviet Union in 1955

agreement between North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the US to end the Vietnam War

a group of communist guerillas (fighters) that supported the North but lived in the South

US military alliance with friendly nations, mostly in Western Europe, NATO is the acronym

The following country was NOT a satellite state

nations controlled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War as a buffer to a united Germany

SALT treaty-limited the # of nuclear warheads and missiles the US and Soviet Union built

period in the 1970s of reduced hostility between the US and the Soviet Union

the US would take all measures necessary to stop Soviet aggression in North Vietnam

Stalin closed all roads, railways & river routes from West Germany to West Berlin

the development of weapons that could shoot down Soviet missiles from space

international peacekeeping organization developed after World War II

Pres. Eisenhower's belief that once 1 country falls to communism, surrounding nations would too

$400 million in military aid given to Turkey & Greece to protect them from Communist rebels

required the President to get approval from Congress before sending troops to war

a state of tension between the US & Soviet Union without actual fighting 1945-1990

$12 billion given to West European countries to rebuild after World War II

an economic system where the government owns the means of production