Transcript The Cold War - Moore Public Schools

The Cold War
Chapter 18 Vocab
Cold War
• An area of confrontation and competition
between the United States and the Soviet
Union that lasted from about 1946-1990.
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Containment
• Keeping communism within its present
territory through the use of diplomatic,
economic, and military actions.
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Satellite States
• Independent nation under the control of a
more powerful nation.
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Iron Curtain
• Term coined by Winston Churchill to
describe the border between the Soviet
satellite states and Western Europe.
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Truman Doctrine
• Program to fight communist aggression in
Greece and Turkey.
• Its goal was to aid “free peoples who are
resisting outside pressures.”
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Marshall Plan
• Program to relieve the problems in postwar Europe by giving those nations
American aid to rebuild their economies.
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Berlin Airlift
• A response to Stalin’s blockade of Britain,
American planes provided Berliners with
food, medicine, and coal, for 11 months.
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NATO
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• A mutual defense alliance between the
United States and Western Europe.
• Example of “collective security”
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Warsaw Pact
• A military alliance between the USSR and
Eastern Europe.
• This was a response to the formation of
NATO.
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Mao Zedong
• Leader of communist forces fighting to
overthrow the Nationalist government in
China.
• Becomes the first chairman of communist
China.
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38th Parallel
• Dividing line between Soviet-controlled
North Korea and American-controlled
South Korea.
• On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces
attacked across the line, beginning the
Korean War.
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Limited War
• War fought to achieve a limited objective,
such as to contain communism.
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Macarthur V. Truman
• After a disagreement over strategy in the
Korean war, Truman fired Macarthur for
insubordination.
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Arms Race
• Contest in which nations compete to build
more powerful weapons.
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Massive Retaliation
• Threatening to use nuclear weapons if a
Communist state tried to seize territory by
force.
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Brinkmanship
• The willingness to go to the brink of war to
force the other side to back down.
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Eisenhower Doctrine
• Stated that the United States would use
force to help any nation threatened by
communism.
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Red Scare
• Fears in the United States threat
Communists were trying to take over the
world.
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HUAC
• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Committee formed to investigate
Communist activities in the United States.
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Hollywood 10
• Group of movie writers, directors, and
producers who refused to answer HUAC
questioning about Communist ties.
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McCarthyism
• Negative catchword for extreme, reckless
charges of disloyalty.
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