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The Cold War
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain: satellite nation | A satellite nation is a country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation. |
| Explain: containment | 'Containment' refers to the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence-- in this case, the efforts of the United States to block the spread of Soviet influence during the late 1940s and and early 1950s. |
| Explain: Cold War | The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII. |
| Explain: Truman Doctrine | A US policy, announced by President Harry S. Truman in 1947, of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents. |
| Explain: Marshall Plan | The program, proposed by Secretary of State, George Marshall in 1947, under which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII. |
| Explain: Berlin airlift | A 327-day operation in which the US and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the soviets blockaded the city in 1948. |
| Explain: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | A defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the US, and Canada. |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China, who led fighting in the north. |
| Chiang Kai-shek | China's president who led the Nationalists in the south. |
| 38th parallel | The 38th parallel is an imaginary line that bisects Korea at 38 degrees north latitude and if officially divided the country's resources, industry in the north and agriculture in the south, making it difficult for either to prosper. |
| Korean War | Conflict between North Korea and South Korea, from 195-1953, in which the Untied States , along with other UN countries fought on the side of Southern Koreans and China fought on the side of North Koreans. |
| HUAC | The House Committee on Un-American activities-a congressional committee that investigated communist influences inside and outside the US government in the years following WWII. |
| Hollywood Ten | Ten witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with the HUAC's investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood. |
| Blacklist | A list of about 500 actors, writers, producers, and directors who wee not allowed to work on Hollywood films because or their alleged Communist connections. |
| Alger Hiss | He was accused of spying for the Soviet Union and was found guilty of purger for lying about passing documents and sent to jail. |
| Ethel and Julius Rosenberg | Minor activists in the American Communist party, believed to have been involved with passing atomic bomb info to soviet scientists, for which they were executed. |
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