Chapter 29: The Cold War and Postwar Economic Recovery: 1945-1970

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U.S.

________ made military alliances around the world to contain communism.

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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

________ (SEATO) was created in 1954.

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Decolonization

________ in Africa occurred in the late 1950s and 1960s.

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Warsaw Pact

________ was formed in 1955.

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Iron Curtain

An "________ "divided Europe between a free and democratic state and a totalitarian regime.

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Soviet Union

________ was a communist, totalitarian country.

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Marshall Plan

________: U.S. economic aid program for European countries, meant to establish U.S. economic influence in European markets.

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Nuclear arms race

________ began during World War II.

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India

________ gained independence from Britain in 1947, under the leadership of Indian nationalist, Mohandas Gandhi.

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U.S.

________ was the first to develop and implement the atomic bomb.

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