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In February 1946 begins the policy to stop the spread of communism.

A U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War

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Truman sent food and supplies to West Berlin to prevent the spread of Communism.

327 days 2.3 million tons of supplies were dropped in W. Berlin. On May 29th, 1949 the Soviet Union lifted it's blockade.

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(In the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain tradition) the principle of nonviolence toward all living things.

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Divided Korea after WW2. North of the parallel was led by Kim II Sung and controlled by Communists. Syngman Rhee and controlled by democrats.

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Hollywood executives created a list of people whom they condemned for having a Communist background.

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The Gulf of Tonkin incident also known as the USS Maddox incident, drew the US more directly into the Vietnam war.

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The use of hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces operating in territory controlled by a hostile, regular force.

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A theory that says if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

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Freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance.

The U.S. economic system is largely capitalistic or free enterprise... Self-interest, profits, competition, and the right to own private property are the key factors in free enterprise and the free market system.

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The declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities.

Initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.

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A country which has the ability to influence events and it's own interests and project power on a worldwide scale to protect those interests.

Following WWII and the Suez Crisis in 1956, the UK's status as a superpower was greatly diminished, for the duration of the Cold War the U.S. and the Soviet Union came to be generally regarded as the two remaining superpowers, dominating world affairs.

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(Russian), the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.

The literal meaning of perestroika is "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.

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A country or region where dangerous or difficult political situations existing may erupt.

Especially where a war, revolution, or a belligerent attitude toward other countries exists or may develop.

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The threat of using nuclear weapons to stop an enemy from attacking.

During the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union each built a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Soviet policy rested on the conviction that a nuclear war could be fought and won. The United States adopted nuclear deterrence, the credible threat of retaliation to forestall enemy attack.

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A person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.

During WWII, European refugees fled to Syria. Many Europeans would find a haven in refugee camps in the Middle East.

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The national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel.

It emerged in the late 19th century in Central/Eastern Europe as a national revival movement, in reaction to anti-Semitic and exclusionary nationalist movements in Europe. Afterwards, most leaders of the movement associated the main goal with creating the desired state in Palestine, then an area controlled by the Ottoman Empire.

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Military alliance between the Soviet Union and nations of Eastern Europe, formed in 1955.

Formally known as NATO or the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac. A collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.

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On March 12, 1947 the U.S. gave $400 million to Greece and Turkey to prevent the spread of Communism.

President Harry S. Truman established that the U.S. would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

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In February of 1945, FDR, Churchill and Stalin met in the Soviet Union and agreed to divide up Germany and Stalin promised free elections in Soviet occupied Eastern European nations. Stalin also agreed to join the war against Japan and participate in the United Nations.

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In April 1945, organization intended to promote world peace.

Eleanor Roosevelt helps draft U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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35th President of United States. Established the Peace Corps, and was assassinated in Dallas.

There is a museum to recognize JFK Presidential Library which marks the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII with a special exhibit on JFK's military service in the US Navy in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.

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Russian political leader that led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War & Premier of the U.S.S.R.

He largely pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida.

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Soviet political leader, General Secretary of the Communist Party, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize.

Through his peaceful negotiations with President reagan, Gorbachev was also instrumental in ending the Cold War.

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Former British Prime Minister & British statesman and leader during WWII and received a Nobel prize for literature.

Churchill had previously cultivated a relationship with U.S. President FDR in the 1930s and by March of 1941, he was able to secure vital U.S. aid through the Lend Lease Act, which allowed Britain to order war goods from the U.S. on credit.

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A Cuban Revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister and then later became President.

He established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. He ended up ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raul.

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United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during WWII and accepted the surrender of Japan.

He was a field marshal of the Philippine Army and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during WWII.

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South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president.

During WW2, South Africa joined the allies in fighting against Germany. The war meant that Europe was no longer able to supply South Africa with manufactured goods, so the country had to make and process their own supplies. With many whites fighting overseas, large numbers of black workers moved from mining jobs to the new industries in the cities. Mandela was apart of this migration when he moved to Johannesburg in 1941.

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North Vietnamese political leader and President of North Vietnam.

He organized the Intercolonial Union, and was elected to the Committee of the Peasants' International Congress and he took charge of China's Indochinese Communist party.

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The 40th president of the United States, an actor turned politician, governor of California and defeated the incumbent (Jimmy Carter), in the 1980 presidential election.

He was in office during the end of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and he is also famous for his economic policy named "Reaganomics" and for being a Hollywood movie star who became president.

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Chinese Communist leader, Chairman of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.

He played a personal role in organizing the mass repressions and established a system of execution quotas, which were often exceeded. He also defended these killings as necessary for the securing of power.