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US History Vocab 16
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| satellite state | states controlled by Soviet Union |
| Cold War | US and Soviet Union never faced each other directly in "hot" military conflict |
| iron curtain | border line seperating east and west Europe as well as capitalism and communism |
| Truman Doctrine | set a new course for American foreign policy |
| containment | goal was to keep communism contained within its existing borders |
| Marshall Plan | US gave 13 million in grants and loans to nations in Western Europe to boost their economy |
| Berlin airlift | protecting non communist parts of Europe and containing communism |
| NATO | (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) provided military alliance to counter Soviet expansion |
| Warsaw Pact | All communist states of Easter Europe except Yugoslavia formed a counter military alliance |
| 38th parallel | Korea divided into two independent countries at the 38th parallel of latitude |
| limited war | fought to achieve specific goals |
| SEATO | (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) defensive alliance aimed at preventing the spread of communsim |
| arms race | US and SU racing to create more powerful weapons |
| mutually assured destruction | prevent either country from actually using a nuclear device against the other |
| massive retaliation | the US would respond to communist threats to its allies by threatening to use crushing, overwhelming force, perhaps nuclear weapons |
| brinkmanship | Dulles approach to prevent war and discourage communist aggression |
| nationalize | placing it under government control |
| Suez crisis | Britain and France claiming Suez Canal while there was crisis at hand |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | announced that the US would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communsim |
| CIA | (Central Intelligence Agency) intelligence gathering organization |
| NASA | (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) created to coordinate the space-related efforts of American scientists and the military |
| Red Scare | fear of communists destroying American life |
| Smith Act | used to cripple Communist Party in the US |
| HUAC | (House Un-American Activities Committee) used to investigate possible subversive activities by fascists, Nazis, or communists |
| Hollywood Ten | people who were or had been communists during the 1930s and 40s, they refused to answer questions |
| blacklist | entertainment figures who should not be hired because of their suspected communist ties |
| McCarthyism | a catchword for extreme, reckless charges |
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