US History Chap. 13 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
1. charter | a constitution |
2. satellite nations | nations politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country |
3. Iron Curtain | the political and military barrier that isolated soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after WWII |
4. containment | the policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power |
5. limited war | a war fought with limited commitment of resources to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism |
6. subversion | a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within |
7. loyalty review program | a policy established by president Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to the U.S. government |
8. perjury | lying when one has sworn under oath to tell the truth |
9. censure | to express a formal disapproval of an action |
10. fallout | radioactive particles dispersed by a nuclear explosion |
11. massive retaliation | a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a communist state trying to seize a peaceful state by force |
12. brinkmanship | the practice of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit to force an opponent to back down |
13. covert | not openly shown or engaged in; secret |
14. developing nation | a nation whose economy is primarily agricultural |
15. military-industrial complex | an informal relationship that some people believe exists between the military and the defense industry to promote greater military spending and influence government policy |
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