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Chapter XVI
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Satellite State | Independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation |
| 2. Cold War | Worldwide rivalry between the united states and the soviet republic |
| 3. Iron Curtain | Term coined by winston churchill to describe the border between the soviet satellite states and western europe |
| 4. Truman Doctrine | 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 | Foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after World War II |
| 7. Berlin Aircraft | Program in which U.S and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade |
| 8. NATO | Military alliance formed to counter soviet expansion |
| 9. Warsaw Pact | Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its Satellite states |
| 10. 38th Parallel | Parallel of latitude in which the dividing line was set to divide Korea into 2 independent countries |
| 11. Limited War | War fought to achieve only specific goals |
| 12. SEATO | Defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia |
| 13. Arms Race | Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons |
| 14. Mutually Assured Destruction | Policy in which the United States and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another |
| 15. Massive Retaliation | Policy of threatenig to use massive force in response to aggression |
| 16. Brinkmanship | Belief that only by going to the brink of war could the United States protect itself against communist aggression |
| 17. Nationalize | To place a resource under government control |
| 18. Suez Crisis | Attempt by France and Great Britain to seize control of the Suez Canal in 1956 |
| 19. Eisenhower Doctrine | Policy of president Eisenhower that stated that the United States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism |
| 20. CIA | U.S intelligence-gathering organization |
| 21. NASA | Government agency that coordinates U.S efforts in space |
| 22. Red Scare | Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life |
| 23. Smith Act | Law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government |
| 24. HUAC | Congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States |
| 25. Hollywood Ten | Group of movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questions about communist ties |
| 26. Blacklist | List of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties |
| 27. McCarthyism | Negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty |