Be sure to know these terms, events, and people!!! Cold War Terms Be sure to know these terms, events, and people!!!

ARAB- ISRAELI CONFLICT The tensions between the Israelis (Jews) and the Palestinians (Arabs) increased after WW2 The UN created the nation of Israel, giving the Jews Palestinian controlled land.

Domino theory If one nation falls to communism, then all of the surrounding nations will fall… gotta keep that one from falling! Refers to Europe after World War 2 and refers to Asia after China becomes communist

Brinkmanship On the verge of war with USSR but not quite there… on the “brink” of war Almost like “teasing” each other

Iron Curtain Figurative name given to the divide in Europe between the communist nations and non-communist nations

Containment Truman’s policy of stopping the spread of communism Tied to the Truman Doctrine

Arms Race Struggle to gain weapons superiority…especially in the nuclear age Think of the Hi and Lois snowballs!

Atomic Energy Act Created a committee to oversee all nuclear weapons and peacetime use of nuclear power

Fall out shelters Built to protect users from nuclear fall out should the US be attacked Nuclear bombing drills in schools

Truman Doctrine Think Containment!!! The US vows to give money to any country trying to stop communism The goal was to keep communism from spreading after WW2

Marshall plan Money to help rebuild Europe after WW2 Remember, a bad economy breeds dictators…dictators lead to war…NO MORE WAR!!! Hopes that the money will stimulate the economy and encourage democracy

Berlin blockade/Airlift and berlin wall USSR builds a wall through Berlin and separates its section from the remainder (Berlin Wall) Shuts down most rail and road traffic into the Western (Good people) side of Berlin…they can’t get supplies (Blockade) So, we drop supplied into West Berlin and help them out USSR soon lifts the blockade because it didn’t work, but the wall remains… Think…Uncle Wiggle Wings

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (BLUE) Members are nations who have vowed to combat communism

Warsaw pact Communist nations who promised to back each other up (ORANGE)

U2 Spy plane incident Oops… even though the US and USSR were KIND’a getting along better…we sent a spy plane to take pictures of Russia They shot it down We claimed it was a weather research plane “my bad” Increased tensions again

HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee Created to investigate disloyal activities (aka, commis) Ties to McCarthyism…like a “witch-hunt”

BLACKLISTED Hollywood 10 Hollywood “big wigs” who were requested to testify before the HUAC but refused Were placed in jail for not testifying BLACKLISTED

The Rosenbergs Ethel and Julius, a married couple Both were tried and convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets They were both executed

Alger Hiss He worked for the US State Department Accused of passing secrets to the USSR Convicted of PERJURY and sentenced to 5 years

McCarthyism A “witch-hunt” for communists Led by Senator McCarthy Orchestrated through the HUAC Many had patriotism questioned Blacklisted many associated with being “unpatriotic”

Sputnik Russian satellite that was first in orbit This event jump-started the “Space Race”

NASA Started by Eisenhower in the 1950’s order to “beat” Russia in the Space Race Eventually, the main goal … 1st to the moon!!!

Internal Security act Communists had to register with the government Limited immigration from communist nations Many Americans opposed it because they saw it as limited individual freedoms

National Security Council Advises the president on strategic matters

CIA Gather information and intelligences from overseas