Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe (1914–Present)

A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its satellite states, characterized by ideological conflict and wars but no direct military combat between the superpowers.

A term coined by Winston Churchill describing the division between Europe and _________ Europe, symbolizing the ideological and physical separation of the continent.

U.S. policy pledging support to peoples resisting _________ by outside pressures, marking a shift towards interventionism.

A massive U.S. program providing financial aid to Europe after WWII to help rebuild economies and prevent the spread of _________.

The U.S. foreign policy strategy during the Cold War aimed at preventing the of communism, rather than rolling it back where it already existed.