Vocabulary
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| 1.Satellite States | Independent Nations indwer the control of a more powerful nation.
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| 2 Cold War | worldwide rivalry between the Untied States and the Soviet Union.
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| 3. Iron Curtain | term coined by Winston Churchillto describe the border between the SOviet satellite states snd WEstern Europe.
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| 4.Truman Docterine | President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements.
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| 5. Containment | Policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders.
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| 6. Marshall Plan | foriegn policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries
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| 7. Berlin Airlift | Program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a soviet blockade.
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| 8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization | An association of European and north America countries, formed in 1949 for the defense of Europe and the north Atlantic.
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| 9. Warsaw Pact | A treaty of mutual defenseman military aid signed at Warsaw on may 14, 1955 by the communist states.
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| 10. 38th Parallel |
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| 11. Limited War | A war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way.
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| 12. Asia Treaty Organization | A defense alliance that existed between 1954 and 1977 for countries of southeast asia and part of the southwestern pacific, to further a us policy of containing communism.
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| 13. Arms Race | A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the us and the former soviet union during the cold war
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| 14. Matually Assured Destruction |
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| 15. Massive Retaliation |
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| 16. Brinkmanship | The art of practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to limits to safety before stopping, typically in politics
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| 17. Nationalized | Make distinctively national; give a national character.
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| 18. Suez Crisis | Short conflict following the nationalization of the suez canal by president Nasser of Egypt in 1956.
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| 19. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | A us federal agency responsible for coordinating government intelligence.
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| 20. National Aeronautics and Space Aministration (NASA) |
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| 21. Red Scare |
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| 22. Smith Act |
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| 23. House Un-American Activites Committee (HUAC) |
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| 24. Hollywood Ten |
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| 25. Blacklist |
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| 26. McCarthyism |
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