| A | B |
|---|
| Iron Curtain countries | Eastern European countries under the domination of the Soviet Union |
| Truman Doctrine | The promise that the U.S. would provide money to countries threatened by Communist expansion |
| Marshall Plan | AKA, European Recovery Program. Money provided by the U.S. to rebuild the prosperity and stability of war-torn Europe. |
| Policy of containment | George Kennan proposed this as a way to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent its spread |
| Berlin | Divided between the Communist Soviet Union and democratic West; always a source of conflict |
| Arms race | The Soviet Union and United States sought to build up their armies and weapons |
| Deterrence | The policy that held that huge arsenals of nuclear weapons on both sides prevented war |
| NATO | Established in 1947, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; members agree to provide mutual help if any one of them was attacked |
| Warsaw Pact | Established in 1955, a formal military alliance of the Soviet Union with its satellite countries in Eastern Europe |
| Nikita Khrushchev | The leader of the Soviet Union after 1955 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | In October 1962, the US and USSR almost went to war over the placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba |
| Domino Theory | The idea that if one country became Communist, its neighbors would fall (like dominos) to communism |
| De-Stalinization | Khrushchev condemned Stalin for his excessive violence and began eliminating the more ruthless policies of Stalin |
| Alexander Solzhenitsyn | Author of a book about life in the Soviet GULAG |
| Tito | The communist head of Yugoslavia; independent from Soviet control |
| Hungarian Revolt / Imre Nagy | In 1956, Hungary attempted to free itself from Soviet control; Nagy was the Prime Minister |
| Prague Spring / Alexander Dubcek | In 1968, Dubcek tried to reform the communist state |
| Charles de Gaulle | He drafted the constitution for the French Fifth Republic |
| French Fifth Republic | Enhanced the power of the president |
| Konrad Adenauer | The leader of West Germany |
| West German "economic miracle" | West German economic expansion in the postwar period |
| Austerity Britain | The creation of a modern welfare state, forcing Britain to reduce expenses abroad |
| European Economic Community | In 1957, France, West Germany, Benelux countries and Italy created this, also known as the Common Market |
| Post-War Prosperity in U.S. | The economic boom in the U.S. following WWII, providing extra income and more consumer goods |
| "Red Scare" and McCarthy | The climate of fear about Soviet spies, fanned by Senator McCarthy |
| Civil Rights Movement in U.S. | Move to guarantee equal rights to the African American population |
| Consumer society | A society preoccupied with buying goods, not producing them |
| "Women's Lib" | The move to allow women more equality in society |
