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cold war chapter 18
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| IRON CURTAIN | A PHRASE USED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL IN 1946 TO DESCRIBE AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT SEPARATED COMMUNIST COUNTRIES IN THE SOVIET BLOC OF EASTERN EUROPE FROM COUNTRIES IN WESTERN EUROPE |
| COLD WAR | THE STATE OF HOSTILITY, WITHOUT DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT, THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION AFTER WW II |
| TRUMAN DOCTRINE | A U.S. POLICY, ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN 1947, OF PROVIDING ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID TO FREE NATIONS THREATENED BY INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL OPPONENTS |
| BERLIN AIRLIFT | A 327 DAY OPERATION IN WHICH U.S. AND BRITISH PLANES FLEW FOOD AND SUPPLIES INTO WEST BERLIN AFTER THE SOVIETS BLOCKADED THE CITY IN 1948 |
| TAIWAN | AN ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF CHINA. |
| KOREAN WAR | A CONFLICT BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA, LASTING FROM 1950 - 1953. THE UNITED STATES ALONG WITH OTHER U.N. COUNTRIES, FOUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE SOUTH KOREANS AND CHINA FOUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE NORTH KOREANS |
| BLACKLIST | A LIST OF ABOUT 500 ACTORS, WRITERS, PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS WHO WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON HOLLYWOOD FILMS BECAUSE OF THEIR ALLEGED (THOUGHT) COMMUNIST (SUPPORTER OF THE SOVIET UNION) CONNECTIONS |
| MCCARTHYISM | THE ATTACKS, OFTEN NOT TRUE, BY SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND OTHERS ON PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING COMMUNISTS (SUPPORTERS OF THE SOVIET UNION). IN THE EARLY 1950'S |
| H-BOMB | THE HYDROGEN BOMB - A THERMONUCLEAR WEAPON MUCH MORE POWERFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE THAN THE ATOMIC BOMB |
| DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER | PRESIDENT OF THE US AT THE TIME THE H-BOMB WAS MADE. DEBATED USING THE H-BOMB TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM |
| JOHN FOSTER DULLES | SECRETARY OF STATE WHEN THE US THREATENED TO USE THE H-BOMB TO STOP COMMUNISM |
| CIA CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | A U.S. AGENCY CREATED TO GATHER SECRET INFORMATION ABOUT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS |
| EISENHOWER DOCTRINE | A U.S. COMMITMENT TO DEFEND THE MIDDLE EAST AGAINST ATTACK BY ANY COMMUNIST COUNTRY, ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER |
| NIKITA KHRUSHCHEN | AFTER STALIN'S DEATH, THIS MAN (NIKITA KHRUSHCHEN) BECAME THE SOVIET UNIONS LEADER AND BELIEVED JUST LIKE STALIN THAT COMMUNISM WOULD TAKE OVER THE WORLD. BUT PEACEFULLY - HE BELIEVED IN A POLICY OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE |
| U-2 INCIDENT | THE DOWNING OF A U.S. SPY PLANE AND CAPTURE OF ITS PILOT BY THE SOVIET UNION IN 1960 |
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