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Potsdam Conference
1945 meeting between leaders of the USSR
Satellite Nations
Semi-sovereign nations who are under the control of a more powerful nation; term used to describe nations under the control of the Soviet Union in mid 1900s.
United Nations
International organization founded in 1945 to foster and promote global peace.
Containment
Cold War policy of trying to keep communism from spreading around the world.
Iron Curtain
Term used to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe.
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements.
Brinkmanship
Eisenhower policy of pressuring enemy states to back down by escalating the threat of violence.
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) A government agency created to gather intelligence for the government.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Foreign policy in the 1950s in which the United States would use force to assist any nation threatened by communism.
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
N.A.T.O.
alliance formed in 1949 to counter Soviet expansion.
Marshall Plan
Plan to rebuild Europe after WWII authored by George Marshall.
H.U.A.C.
Congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States specifically trying to expose communists.
Nuclear Proliferation
the spread of nuclear weapons production technology and knowledge to nations without that capability
