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Cold War Era
Cold War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cold War | a military and political struggle between communism (USSR) and democracy (USA), which is characterized by tension but NO ACTUAL FIGHTING |
| communism | form of government in which the government controls all resources of a country and makes economic decisions for the people |
| democracy | form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions about resources for the country |
| "Iron Curtain" | invisible political barrier that divided communist Eastern Europe with democratic Western Europe; coined by Churchill |
| Marshall Plan | American idea to give massive aid to European countries so that that democracy would look more attractive than communism |
| Truman Doctrine | President Truman's plan to contain communism by giving aid and support to countries threatened by Communism |
| containment | a policy of trying to prevent the spread of communist influence |
| domino theory | the belief that if one country fell to communism, it wouldn't be long before another fell, then another, then another.... |
| Berlin Blockade | Soviet effort to gain control of West Berlin by starving the population |
| Berlin Airlift | U.S. response to the Berlin Blockade; flew planes over blockade to give food and supplies to the people of West Berlin |
| Berlin Wall | concrete wall put up by the USSR to separate the communist and democratic sides of Berlin |
| Joseph McCarthy | U.S. senator that spread panic that the US would be taken over by communists; many constitutional rights of Americans were violated because of this |
| Korean War | United Nations vs. North Korea and China; attempt to stop the spread of communism into South Korea |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; western European allies with the U.S. that were against communism |
| Warsaw Pact | eastern European allies with USSR that wanted to spread communism |
| Baby Boom | period of time after WWII when there was a massive growth in the birth rate (aka. a lot of babies were born!) |
| G.I. Bill | a bill passed by Harry Truman after WWII that gave veterans financial assistance for finding jobs, buying houses, and getting an education |
| Levittown | one example of new housing developments created after WWII |
| United Nations | replaced the League of Nations from WWI, aimed at promoting world peace |
| Red Scare | massive hunt for communists; Joseph McCarthy was responsible for leading the hunt |
| Joseph McCarthy | a U.S. senator who led a massive hunt for communist spies in America during the Cold War |
| Mao Zedong | set up a communist government in China |
| 38th Parallel | the line where Korea was split between communist (North) and democracy (South); result of the Korean War |
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