Hungary
Built in 1961 in order to stop defections from East Germany to the West.
Tried to become democratic in 1956 only to have Soviet tanks roll in and stop the revolution.
Berlin Blockade
Aid provided to nations resisting communism. First to receive aid were Turkey and Greece.
Berlin Airlift
Aid to help rebuild European economies in order to ward off communism. Money had to be spent on American goods.
Berlin Wall
American response to the Berlin Blockade.
An attempt to get the Americans to give up their influence over West Berlin by not allowing goods into the city.
Truman Doctrine
Informal declaration of the Cold War identifying that there was a conflict between the Communist East and Democratic West
Marshall Plan
Military Alliance of the Western Powers in the Cold War
Eastern European military alliance.
Molotov Plan
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Iron Curtain Speech
Soviet plan to help rebuild the economies of Eastern Europe. Response to the Marshall Plan in the West.
