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Chapter 25: the cold war
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12/08/2010

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Satellite State
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An independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation
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Cold War
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Worldwide rivalry b/w the US and the Soviet Union
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Iron Curtain
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Term used to describe the border b/w the Soviet Barrier and the US barrier
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Truman Doctrine
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President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communism
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Containment
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policy of keeping Communism contained within it's borders
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Marshall Plan
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Foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after WWII
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Berlin Airlift
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US and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet Blockade
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance made to counter Soviet Expansion
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Warsaw Pact
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military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states
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38th Parallel
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Dividing line b/w North and South Korea
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Douglas MacArthur
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WWII hero and future US president
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limited war
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War fought to achieve only specific goals
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SEATO
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Southeast Asia Treaty Org; defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia
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Red Scare
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Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life
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Alger Hiss
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Accused of being a communist
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J&E Rosenberg
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Accused of being communist
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Joseph R McCarthy
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accused of being a communist
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McCarthyism
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negative catch word for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty.
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