| Term | Definition |
| Cold War (1946-1992) | An intense rivaly between US and Soviet Union over communism |
| NATO | Countries for Democracies |
| Warsaw Pact | Countries for communism |
| Germany was divided up into 4 zones | U.S, Britian, and France unified into W Germany. Soviet Union E Germany |
| Berlin Wall | Built in 1961 to prevent people from E Germany to go to W Germany. No contact between two sides |
| Bay of pigs invasion | Us plan to overthrow Castro in Cuba. 1200 Cuban exiles went into Cuba. Reverse side effect, Cuba became communist in 1959 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. U.s. blockades Cuba. Missles are remove, and Us does not invase |