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A policy made from George Kennan that stopped the expansion of the Soviet Union's way of communism. The US made this to contain communism because if one countries falls, more fall (Domino Effect). if countries do not become communist, the Soviets will be weaker and will soon decline.

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The Iron Curtain is an invisible line where it splits European between each countries' ideas. This was made by Winston Churchill during a speech about the Cold War tensions. This shows the tension that many people are against the Soviet Union's ideologies, making them weak.

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The doctrine is considered containment and it gave approximately $400 million to Greece and Turkey. This money was used for aid towards the two countries and they won't fall into communism. If Soviets can't spread communism, they become more weak.

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This was a policy that America created to help aid the post-war in Europe to those who will stay non-communist. The U.S. gave $5.3 billion to the people in Europe to persuade them to not fall under the Soviets.

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President Truman wanted to get US troops out of Berlin, but also had to provide supplies to the people in Berlin and some troops. The airlift was when the US started sending in supplies to the troops and the people of West Berlin because since they were cut off from East Berlin, their supplies were limited.

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NATO was a military alliance of West Europe, the US, and Canada to defend against the Soviet Union. This led towards the end of the Cold War because these countries basically united against the Soviet Union.

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This was a policy that America would create multiple nuclear weapons to scare the Soviet Union. This allowed America to have a strong military and keep the Soviets under control. This led to the decline of the Soviets because they didn't want to risk being bombed.

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These two terms mean openness and reconstruction of the Soviet Union, which was established by Premier Gorbachev. The policies were too liberal to benefit communism, therefore causing the decline of Communist governments in Eastern Europe.

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The new successor Khrushchev criticized Stalin and showed how many bad things Stalin did for the Soviet Union. The Soviets started to reform everything that Stalin had established, therefore the Soviets started to decline.

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The Berlin Wall was created to separate the East and West of Germany because the East was communist and people were trying to escape to the west. The wall was intended to keep the East Germans in. The wall affected the Cold War by getting the USA involved by bringing in supplies to the west because they didn't have enough supplies. When the US got involved, people started protesting against the Wall and it finally fell weakening the USSR's power.