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Review: 1950s

Chapters 26 & 27 Cold War

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Cold war Very dangerous rivalry between the U.S. & U.S.S.R for the influence around the world from 1945-1990
Containment The U.S. spent 50 years trying to keep communism from spreading anyway that it could
Truman Doctrine President Truman tried to keep communism from spreading as long as he was president
Eisenhower Doctrine President Eisenhower tried to keep communism from spreading to the middle East
Iron Curtain That is what the west called communism in Eastern Europe
Satellite nation A nation in Eastern Europe or even central Asia that was taken over by Russia to become part of the U.S.S.R
Marshall Plan America sent 12-13 billion dollars to Western Europe to help them after WW2 & keep communism away
Berlin Airlift Stalin tried to starve west Berlin into surrender; but it failed, America & Britain flew in supplies
NATO Created to protect western Europe from Russia
Collective security If you attack one NATO nation, every NATO nation will attack you back
Warsaw Pact Russia version of NATO is an attack on 1 is an attack on ALL
HUAC A committee in the house of Reps that severely abused people's right while hunting for communist in hollywood
Hollywood Ten 10 people who worked in hollywood who refused to answer questions & snitch on other people
Blacklist Put on a blacklist if you refused to answer the governments questions
Korean War, 1950-1953: (Police Action) Ended in a tie, north started the war, the U.S. job was to save south Korea
38th Parallel Line that divides North Korea & South Korea
McCarthyism Named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, accusing people & ruining people's lives without proof or evidence
Arms race / Sputnik, 1957 The Soviets were the first nation to put animals, satellites, and people into space
ICBMs Missiles that can carry nuclear warheads across different continents
U-2 Incident Russia shot down an American U2 spy plane
Fidel Castro Castro brought communism to Cuba
Lavender Scare American government declare war on LGBTQ people
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