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Ch 26
The Cold War
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11th Grade
02/13/2012

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Satellite Nation
Definition
a country controlled politically and economically by another nation; especially by the Soviet Union in the Cold War
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Iron Curtain
Definition
Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between Communist and non-Communist life
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Cold War
Definition
The competition that began after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world, lasting until the collapse of the Soviet Union
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Containment
Definition
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
Harry Truman's speech in 1947 before Congress, calling for the United States to take a leadership role in the world, and declaring that the United States would support nations threatened by communism
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Program of American economic aassistance to Western Europe, announced in 1947
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Berlin Airlift
Definition
Moving supplies into West Berlin by American and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948-49
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Definition
A 1949 alliance of nations that agreed to band together in the event of war and to support and protect each nation involved
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Collective Security
Definition
The principal of mutual military assistance among nations
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Warsaw Pact
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 A military treaty, which bound European countries influenced by the Soviet Union  to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression; in response to NATO
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House Un-American Activities Committee

(HUAC)

Definition
Established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty in the United States 
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Blacklist
Definition
A list that circulated among employers, beginning in 1947, containing the names of persons who should not be hired
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McCarren-Walter Act
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Passed by Congress in 1952, this law reaffirmed the quota system that been established for each country in 1924
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Hollywood Ten
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A group of people in the film industry who were jailed for refusing to answer congressional questions regarding Communist influence in Hollywood
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38th Parallel
Definition
Latitudinal line that divided North and South Korea at approximately the midpoint of the peninsula
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Korean War
Definition
Conflict over the future of the Korean peninsula, fought between 1950 and 1953 and ending in a stalemate
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Military-Industrial Complex
Definition
The military establishment as it developed links to the corporate and scientific communities, employing 3.5 million Americans by 1960
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McCarthyism
Definition
Term used to describe McCarthy's anti-Communist smear tactics
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Arms Race
Definition
The struggle to gain weapons' superiority
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Deterance
Definition
The policy of making the military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would attack for fear of retaliation
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Brinksmanship
Definition
A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests
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ICBM
Definition
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
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Sputnik
Definition
The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957
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U-2 Incident
Definition
A 1960 incident in which the Soviet military used a missile to shoot down an American U-2 spy plane over Soviet territory
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