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Chapter 13 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charter | a constitution |
| Satellite Nations | nations politically and economically controlled by a more powerful nation |
| Iron Curtain | the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after WWII |
| Containment | policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power |
| Limited War | a war fought with limited commitment of resources to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism |
| Subversion | a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within |
| Loyalty Review Program | policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to the U.S. Government |
| Perjury | lying when one has sworn under oath to tell the truth |
| Censure | to express a formal disapproval of an action |
| radioactive particles dispersed by a nuclear explosion | |
| Massive Retaliation | a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a communist state trying to seize a peaceful state by force |
| Brinkmanship | the practice of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit to force an opponent to back down |
| Covert | doing something in secret |
| Developing Nations | a nation whose economy is primarily agricultural |
| Military-Industriual Complex | an informal relationship that some people believe exists between the military and the defense industry to promote greater military spending and influence government policy |
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