Term | Definition |
1. Satellite State | independent nation under the control of a ore powerful nation |
2. Cold War | worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union |
3. Iron Curtain | term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe |
4. Truman Doctrine | President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements |
5. Containment | policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders |
6. Marshall Plan | foreign policy that offered economic aid to western European countries after world war II |
7. Berlin Aircraft | program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade |
8. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) | military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion |
9. Warsaw Pact | military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states |
10. 38th Parallel | dividing line between north and south korea |
11. Limited War | war fought to achieve only specific goals |
12. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) | defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia |
13. Arms Race | contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons |
14. Mutually Assured Destruction | policy in which the United States and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another |
15. Massive Retaliation | policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression |
16. Brinksmanship | belief that only by going the brink of war could the United States protect itself against communist aggression |
17. Nationalize | to place a resource under government control |
18. Suez Crisis | attempt by France and Great Britain to seize control of the Suez canal in 1956 |
19. Eisenhower Doctrine | policy of President Eisenhower that stated that the United States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism |
20. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) | U.S. intelligence-gathering organization |
21. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | government agency that coordinates U.S. efforts in space |
22. Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life |
23. Smith Act | law that made it unlawful to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the United States government |
24. HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) | congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States |
25. Hollywood Ten | group of movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questions about communist ties |
26. Blacklist | list of persons who where not hired because of suspected communist ties |
27. McCarthyism | negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty |