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chapter 16 vocab :]
chapter 16 vocab. :]
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. satellite state: | independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation. |
| 2.cold war: | a 46 year struggle because the the two superpowers never faced each other directly in a "hot" military conflict. |
| 3.iron curtain: | term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the boarder between the soviet satellite states and western Europe. |
| 4.Truman Doctrine: | his promise to aid nations struggling against communists movements. |
| 5.George f.Kennan: | an American diplomat and a leading authority of the soviet union. |
| 6.Containment: | a blueprint of the American policy . |
| 7.Marshall plan: | foreign policy that offered economic aid to western Europe countries after WWII. |
| 8. Berlin air-lift: | program in which U.S. and british pilots flew supplies to west Berlin during a soviet blockade. |
| 9.NATO: | provided the military alliance to counter soviet expansion. |
| 10.Warsaw pact: | rival military alliance. |
| 11.Jiang Jieshi: | China's nationalist leader. |
| 12. Mao Zedong: | a communist who was fighting in a civil war against Jiang Jeishi. |
| 13.38th parallel: | the dividing line of latitude. |
| 14.Douglas MacArthur: | general ; and WWII hero. |
| 15.limited war: | war fought to only achieve certain goals |
| 16.SEATO: | a defensive alliance aimed at preventing the spread of communism. |
| 17.arms race: | contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons. |
| 18.mutually assured destruction: | policy in which the untied states and the soviet union hoped to deter nuclear war . |
| 19.John Foster Dulles: | an expierenced diplomat who helped organize the U.S. nations after WWII. |
| 20.massive retaliation: | policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression. |
| 21.brinkmanship: | belief that only by going to the brink of war could the U.S. protect itself against communist aggression. |
| 22.Nikita Khrushchev: | soon emerged as the new head of the soviet union. |
| 23.nationalized: | placing it under government control. |
| 24.Suez crisis: | an excuse to seize control over Suez Canal. |
| 25. Eisenhower Doctrine: | announcement that the U.S. would use force to help any middle eastern nation threatened by communism. |
| 26.CIA: | intelligence gathering organization. |
| 27.NASA: | to coordinate the spaced related efforts of american scientists and the military. |
| 28.red scare: | fear that communist were working to destroy the american way of life . |
| 29.Smith act: | to cripple the communist party in the U.S. |
| 30.HUAC: | to investigate possible subversive activities by fascists,nazis, or communists. |
| 31.Hollywood Ten: | a group of left wing writers, directors, and producers; refused to answer questions , asserting their fifth amendment rights against self- incrimination. |
| 32.blacklist: | list of entertainment figures who should not be hired because of their suspected communist ties. |
| 33.Alger HIss: | had been educated at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Law. |
| 34.Julius and Ethel Rosenburg: | from poor lower east side of Manhattan. |
| 35.McCarthyism: | a catch word for extreme,reckless charges. |
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