Term | Definition |
Satellite state | independent nation under the control of more powerful nation. |
Cold War | World wide rivalry between U.S. & Soviet Union |
iron curtain | term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the soviet satellite states and western Europe |
containment | policy of keeping communisim contained within its existing borders |
Marshall Plan | foreign policy that offered economic aid to western european conutries after WW2 |
Berlin Aircraft | program in which U.S and British piolts flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | military alliance formed to counter soviet expansion |
Warsaw Pact | military alliance of the soviet union and its satellite states |
38th parallel | dividing line between North and South korea |
limited war | war fought to achieve only specific goals |
South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) | defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia. |
Arms race | contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons. |
mutually assured destruction | policy in which the U.S and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to detroy one another |
`massive retaliation | policy threatening to use massive force in response to aggression |
brinkmanship | belief that only by going to the brink of war could the U.S protect itself against communist aggression |
nationalize | to place a resource under the government control |
Suez crisis | attempt by France & Great Britain to seize control of the Suez Canal in 1956 |
Eisenhower Doctrine | Policy of Presdent Eisenhower that stated the the U.S. would use force to help any nation threatened by communism |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | U.S. intelligence-gathering organization. |
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) | Government agency that coorinates U.S. efforts |
Truman Doctrine | Set a new course for American foreign policy. |
Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy America way of . |
Smith Act | Law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the vilolent overthrow of us |
House Un-American Activites Committee (HUAC) | A congregational committee thst investagated possible subversive |
Hollywood Ten | group of movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questions about communism |
blacklist | list of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties. |
McCarthyism | negative catch word for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty. |