Important Vocabulary:

• Communism - a political theory that supports class war and results a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

• Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

• Cold War - a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare.

• Containment -  a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.