1. The Cold War Chapter 18 Vocab

2. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 2 Cold War An area of confrontation and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from about 1946-1990.

3. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 3 Containment Keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions.

4. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 4 Satellite States Independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation.

5. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 5 Iron Curtain Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe.

6. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 6 Truman Doctrine Program to fight communist aggression in Greece and Turkey. Its goal was to aid “free peoples who are resisting outside pressures.”

7. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 7 Marshall Plan Program to relieve the problems in post- war Europe by giving those nations American aid to rebuild their economies.

8. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 8 Berlin Airlift A response to Stalin’s blockade of Britain, American planes provided Berliners with food, medicine, and coal, for 11 months.

9. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 9 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization A mutual defense alliance between the United States and Western Europe. Example of “collective security”

10. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 10 Warsaw Pact A military alliance between the USSR and Eastern Europe. This was a response to the formation of NATO.

11. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 11 Mao Zedong Leader of communist forces fighting to overthrow the Nationalist government in China. Becomes the first chairman of communist China.

12. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 12 38 th 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.

13. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 13 Limited War War fought to achieve a limited objective, such as to contain communism.

14. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 14 Macarthur V. Truman After a disagreement over strategy in the Korean war, Truman fired Macarthur for insubordination.

15. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 15 Arms Race Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons.

16. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 16 Massive Retaliation Threatening to use nuclear weapons if a Communist state tried to seize territory by force.

17. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 17 Brinkmanship The willingness to go to the brink of war to force the other side to back down.

18. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 18 Eisenhower Doctrine Stated that the United States would use force to help any nation threatened by communism.

19. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 19 Red Scare Fears in the United States threat Communists were trying to take over the world.

20. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 20 HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee Committee formed to investigate Communist activities in the United States.

21. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 21 Hollywood 10 Group of movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questioning about Communist ties.

22. 2/28/2016copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. 22 McCarthyism Negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty.