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Chapter 16**
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1.Satellite States | Independent Nations indwer the control of a more powerful nation. |
2 Cold War | worldwide rivalry between the Untied States and the Soviet Union. |
3. Iron Curtain | term coined by Winston Churchillto describe the border between the SOviet satellite states snd WEstern Europe. |
4.Truman Docterine | President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements. |
5. Containment | Policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders. |
6. Marshall Plan | foriegn policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries |
7. Berlin Airlift | Program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a soviet blockade. |
8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization | An association of European and north America countries, formed in 1949 for the defense of Europe and the north Atlantic. |
9. Warsaw Pact | A treaty of mutual defenseman military aid signed at Warsaw on may 14, 1955 by the communist states. |
10. 38th Parallel | |
11. Limited War | A war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way. |
12. Asia Treaty Organization | A defense alliance that existed between 1954 and 1977 for countries of southeast asia and part of the southwestern pacific, to further a us policy of containing communism. |
13. Arms Race | A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the us and the former soviet union during the cold war |
14. Matually Assured Destruction | |
15. Massive Retaliation | |
16. Brinkmanship | The art of practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to limits to safety before stopping, typically in politics |
17. Nationalized | Make distinctively national; give a national character. |
18. Suez Crisis | Short conflict following the nationalization of the suez canal by president Nasser of Egypt in 1956. |
19. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | A us federal agency responsible for coordinating government intelligence. |
20. National Aeronautics and Space Aministration (NASA) | |
21. Red Scare | |
22. Smith Act | |
23. House Un-American Activites Committee (HUAC) | |
24. Hollywood Ten | |
25. Blacklist | |
26. McCarthyism |