| A | B |
| Cold War | A conflict of ideas that does not include actual military combat such as the conflict |
| Harry Truman | US President that developed the Truman Doctrine in hopes of keeping Greece and Turkey from becoming a communist nation. |
| Policy of Containment | Policy that stated the US would work to prevent the spread of communism. |
| Iron Curtain | A phrase used to describe the division between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe |
| Baby Boomers | People born in the United States between the dates of 1946 to 1964. |
| Communism | A political and economic system where all decisions are made by the government |
| Democracy | A government ruled by the people, the United States is a democracy. |
| Suburb | A town immediately outside of a city. |
| East Germany | The communist area of Germany |
| The democratic area of Germany | West Germany |