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Parmer chapter 19
Parmer Chapter 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| satellite nation | countries subject to Soviet domination on the western borders of the USSR that would serve as buffer zones against attacks |
| iron curtain | an area which was ruled by Communist domination and oppression |
| cold war | competition between the United States and the USSR for power and influence in the world |
| containment | US policy to keep the Soviets from forming Communist governments elsewhere in the world |
| truman doctrine | policy of the US to support people who were resisting being taken over by the USSR |
| USSR | another name for the Soviet Union |
| Marshall Plan | called for the nations of Europe to draw up a program for economic recovery from World War II |
| Berlin airlift | British and American military aircraft delivered food, fuel, and other supplies to West Berlin |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | a group of nations that agreed that "an armed attack against one or more of them..shall be considered an attack against them all." |
| collective security | a principle of mutual military assistance |
| Warsaw pact | a military formation of the Soviet Union with its satellite nations in Eastern Europe |
| House Un-American Activities Committee | a part of Congress that investigated disloyalty to the US trying to find out if any Americans were communists |
| Hollywood Ten | people who refused to answer the HUAC's questions and were cited for contempt |
| blacklist | a list circulated among employers to keep people from being hired |
| McCarran-Walter Act | reaffirmed the quota system of immigration, and discriminated against potential immigrants from Asia and some parts of Europe |
| 38th Parallel | dividing line of North and South Korea |
| Korean War | North Korea tried to take over South Korea by force |
| military-industrial complex | the military establishment tied together with corporate and scientific communities and employing lots of people |
| McCarthyism | baseless accusations and smear charges trying to prove that people are communists |
| arms race | competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms. |
| deterrence | Measures taken by a state or an alliance of states to prevent hostile action by another state. |
| brinkmanship | the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster |
| ICBM | a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another |
| Sputnik | Any of a series of Soviet satellites sent into Earth orbit, especially the first, launched October 4, 1957 |
| U-2 incident | the USSR shot down an American spy plan |
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