Introduction

Teacher Resources

Timeline

About Cuba

Activities

Glossary

Yalta

Citizen Kurchatov

Berlin Crisis

Terms

communism — a theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members of society

Communism — A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy, and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are shared equally by the people

democracy — government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives

dependent economy — a national economy unable to function satisfactorily without the aid or investment of another outside economy

dictatorship — government by a ruler having absolute governmental authority, especially one considered tyrannical or oppressive

Monroe Doctrine — Professed in 1823 by President James Monroe, declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas

nationalization — conversion from private to governmental ownership and control

Roosevelt Corollary — extension of Monroe Doctrine by President Theodore Roosevelt declaring that the U.S. also assumed policing power throughout Latin America

SAC — Strategic Air Command

socialism — a system or theory of social organization in which the producers possess both political power and the means of production and distribution

sovereignty — supremacy of authority or rule, complete independence and self-government

totalitarianism — a state system based on monolithic unity and authoritarianism