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Chapter 26
Chapter 26
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History
11th Grade
06/01/2008

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NATO
Definition
Came up with collective security made up of Canada, US, France, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Portugal
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Arms Race
Definition
The struggle to gain weapons superiority
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Brinkmanship
Definition
The art to get on the edge of war without actually entering the war
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Berlin airlift
Definition
Moving supplies into West Berlin after East Berlin cut supplies and electricity
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
Established a major policy that would guide American actions in the Cold War
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Cold War
Definition
The competition the developed after WWII between the US and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world
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Satellite Nations
Definition
Countries subject to Soviet domination, served as a buffer zone against attacks
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Program of American economic assistance to Western Europe, announced in 1947
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Iron Curtain
Definition
The term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between Communist and Non-Communist life
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Blacklist
Definition
List the circulated among employers beginning in 1947 containing the names of persons who should not be hired
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Containment
Definition
Recognized the possibility that Eastern Europe was already lost to Communists
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HUAC
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Was established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty on the eve of WWII
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