The United States provided financial aid to noncommunist governments fighting communist rebels

The United States divided countries and cities recovering from the war into zones occupied by international forces.

The United States established satellite governments in countries that share borders with the Soviet Union.

The United States boycotted international events held in countries allied with the Soviet Union.

fighting the threat of terrorism

securing new trade relationships

prosecuting human rights violations

containing the spread of communism

colonies and colonial powers

Allied- and Axis-controlled territory

industrialized and nonindustrialized nations

US and Soviet spheres of influence

keep East Germany from becoming a communist satellite

protect Berlin from invasion by the Soviet Union

prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany

stop communist spies from infiltrating West Berlin