1. Vocabulary
DUE MARCH 4, 2016

2. Containment
the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.

3. Iron Curtain
an impenetrable barrier to communication orinformation, especially as imposed by rigidcensorship and secrecy.

4. Diplomacy
the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way.

5. detente
the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States which began in 1969, as a foreign policy of U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford called détente; a "thawing out" or "un-freezing" 

6. proliferation
rapid increase in numbers.

7. Timeline Gilded Age – 1870 - 1900 Progressive Era – 1890 - 1920
Imperialism –
WWI –
Roaring Twenties –
Great Depression –
WWII –
Cold War –