The United States and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world