Military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations in response to NATO:

The continuing competitive attempt by two or more countries to develop and possess more and more powerful weapons:

The longest and bloodiest Cold War conflict. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was democratic. A group called the Viet Cong wanted the country to unite under a communist government. The U.S. sent troops to stop this from happening:

Built in the 1960s to make it harder for East Germans to flee west. This was a symbol of Communist oppression:

International peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong; founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and economic development:

An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving:

A military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the U.S., and Canada to prevent the spread of Communism:

An economic system based on the private (individual) ownership of goods and resources which can be sold for a profit:

Financial aid to help rebuild war-torn Europe. This program was designed to help prevent the spread of Communism:

State of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps:

North Korea-Communist South Korea-Democratic; North Korea invaded South Korea, and the U.S., via the United Nations, got involved to stop the spread of Communism:

A type of government where the government (usually a dictator) controls the economy- resources, goods, services, etc.:

The wall and other security measures taken by the Soviet Union to prevent the interaction of people and governments of the NATO nations and the Warsaw Pact nations. This term was coined by Winston Churchill:

To stop something from spreading: especially the efforts of the U.S. to block the spread of Communism during the late 1940s to early 1950s:

To expand markets (selling and buying stuff) worldwide:

In 1962 the Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba. Fidel Castro had asked for the Soviet support because he feared the U.S. invasion. The crisis ended with the Soviets removing their nuclear weapons:

Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944). This bill was put in place to help the soldiers returning home from war. It offered things like money for college, loans for houses or businesses, etc.:

A type of government where the people rule and often elect leaders by voting:

Wife of former president, FDR. She played an important role in promoting women's rights:

The theory that Communism would spread one country at a time if it was not stopped:

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