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| The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War 2 until the end of the Cold War. |
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| US foreign policy that aimed at stopping the spread of communism and "containing" it in isolated borders otherwise the domino effect would occur. |
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| Said the in order to stop communism the US would help any nations by supplying them with weapons and food that are fighting against communism. |
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| US plan to rehabillitate the economies of 17 European nations that were in shambles after World War 2 in order for them to favor the US and not the Soviet Union. |
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| The Soviet Union blocked the western allies from entering Berlin by disabling railroads so the US sent airplanes with a huge amount of supplies to Berlin for many days. |
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| The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." |
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| A barrier that divided eastern and western Berlin from 1961-1989. |
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Bay Of Pigs Invasion
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| An invasion during the JFK administration where the US trained Cuban refugee's and then sent them to Cuba to overthrow Castro, however this failed and Kennedy was seen as pretty bad. |
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| NATO was an alliance between the US and other western European countries and then the Soviet Union couldnt let them have their own so they made the Warsaw Pact which was an alliance between the Soviet Union and other eastern european countries. |
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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| The foreign-policy pronouncement by President Dwight D. Eisenhower promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression. |
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Military Industrial Complex
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| A relationship between politicians and industries that make war supplies such as weapons, vehicles, etc. in which those companies will wholeheartedly support those politicians if those politicians are willing to go to war more often than others. |
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