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Chapter 16
The Cold War
| 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 Soviet Union |
| 3. iron curtain | term coined by Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe |
| 4. Truman Doctrine | promise to help nations struggling against communist movements |
| 5. containment | keeping communism contained within its existing borders |
| 6. Marshall Plan | offered economic aid to Western European countries after World War II |
| 7. Berlin airlift | United States and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade |
| 8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | military alliance formed to counter Soviet Union expansion |
| 9. Warsaw Pact | military alliance of the Soviet Union and its states |
| 10. 38th Parallel | dividing line between North and South Korea |
| 11. limited war | war fought to achieve only specific goals |
| 12. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) | defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia |
| 13. arms race | nations compete to build more powerful weapons |
| 14. mutually assured destruction | United States and Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building enough weapons to destroy one another |
| 15. massive retaliation | threats to use massive force in response to aggression |
| 16. brinkmanship | belief that the United States could only protect themselves from communist aggression by going to the brink of war |
| 17. nationalize | place a resource under government control |
| 18. Suez Crisis | France and great Britain attempted to seize control of the Suez Canal in 1956 |
| 19. Eisenhower Doctrine | states that the united States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism |
| 20. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | United States intelligence gathering organization |
| 21. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | government agency that coordinates united States efforts in space |
| 22. Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life |
| 23. Smith Act | aw that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government |
| 24. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) | congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States |
| 25. Hollywood Ten | movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questions about communist ties |
| 26. blacklist | people who weren't hired because of suspected communist ties |
| McCarthyism | negative catchword for extreme, wreck less charges of disloyalty |
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