Cold War Vocab Review

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

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

an economic system where the government owns the means of production

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The following country was NOT a satellite state

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

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

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

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

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

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

international peacekeeping organization developed after World War II

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

to stop communism from spreading