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The Cold War
Grade 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Cold War | Struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that was fought with ideas, words, and money with no direct conflict between the two countries |
| Iron Curtain | boundary dividing Europe between Soviet controlled countries and non-Soviet ones. |
| communism | political & economic system in which the government owns all businesses and land |
| Berlin Airlift | program under which the U.S. helped West Berlin by flying in food and fuel when Soviet troops cut off the city from Western trade |
| Korean War | war between South Korea (supportedby the U.S. and the United Nations) and North Korea (supported by China.) |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | international organization that wanted to prevent the spread of communism and nations agreed to help each other if they were attacked |
| Joseph McCarthy | U.S. Senator who claimed that communists were working inside the U.S. government. |
| Nikita Khrushchev | leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War who instigated the Cuban Missle Crisis |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba |
| point of view | who is telling the story? 1st person (I, me, we) 2nd person (you, your) 3rd person (they, he, she) |
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mochateacher
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