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Marshall Plan a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe () Berlin Wall In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989. Containment Policy established by the Truman administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II. berlin airlift planes flew in food,fuel, and other supplies to 2 millioin berliners during the berlin blockade which cut off west berlin from the rest of the world Détente relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China domino_theory the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control Truman Doctrine Policy statement by President Harry S. Truman in 1947 that promised military and economic aid to nations threatened by armed minorities or outside groups. Specifically targeted at Greece and Turkey who were threatened by communist aggression. Satellite nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries glasnost a Soviet policy allowing more open discussion of political and social issues, as well as more widespread news and info Arms Race Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons Division of Germany 1947 Germany got divided into 4 zones controlled by the U.S., Great Britian, France and Russia Korean War the cold war conflict in which UN soliders fought to defend South Korea from takeover by Communist North Korea, ending a stalemate in 1953 Cuban missile crisis In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war when President Kennedy insisted that Nikita Khrushchev remove the 42 missiles he had secretly deployed in Cuba. The Soviets eventually did so, nuclear war was averted, and the crisisended. Warsaw Pact treaty signed in 1945 that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania Yalta Conference 1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war Perestorkia Restructing of the Soviet Governement and the economy in the 1980's Tiananmen Square Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The demonstration was crushed by Chinese military with great loss of life. Berlin Blockade The blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift.