Cold War Vocab

 State of hostility without direct military conflict occurring between US and USSR after WW 2.

Policy in which an attack on one is an attack on all.

A military alliance formed in 1955 by the USSR and the Eastern European satellites.

The US policy to block the spread of Soviet/communist influence.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization- alliance between western democracies to protect from USSR.

Economic and political control of 1 nation over another nation.

Line separating Eastern Communist Europe and Western Democratic Europe.

These were executed being Communists and were found guilty later.

 Policy stating us would provide economic and military aid to nations threatened by communism.

 A concrete wall separating East/West Berlin to prevent people from escaping East Berlin.