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chapter 16 vocab

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1. satellite state A satellite state is a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country. ...
2. Cold War A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular
3. iron curtain The notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989 term coined by Churchill
4. Truman Doctrine the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection.
5. George F. Kennan George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment
6. containment policy of keeping communism contained within its existing border
7. Marshall Plan A program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after World War II.
8. Berlin airlift to see how far the US would protect non-communist country
9. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization: an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security, provided an army alliance to countries
10. Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Treaty (1955–91) is the informal name for the Treaty of Friendship. The treaty was a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe.
11. Jiang Jieshi Chiang Kai-shek (; but see names below) (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a political and military leader of 20th century China.
12. Mao Zedong Chinese statesman; chairman of the Communist Party of the Chinese People's Republic 1949–76; head of state 1949–59. A cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 and its effective leader from the time of the Long March (1934–35
13. 38th parallel The 38th degree of north latitude as it bisects the Korean Peninsula became the arbitrary demarcation line between North and Republic of Korea from 1945 to 1948
14. Douglas MacArthur MacArthur: United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)
15. limited war A war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way, in particular one in which the use of nuclear weapons is avoided
16. SEATO The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an alliance organized pursuant to the Southeast Asia Defense Treaty to oppose the growing communist .
17. arms race contest in which nation complete to build more powerful weapons
18. mutually assured destruction is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender.
19. John Foster Dulles Dulles: United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)
20. massive retaliation Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.
21. brinkmanship The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics
22. Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev: Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971)
23. nationalize the Suez Canal, placing it under government control.
24. Suez crisis as an excuse to seize control of the Suez Canal
25. Eisnhower Doctrine policy of president Eisenhower that stared the US ti use force to help any nation threatened bu communism
26. CIA in its struggle against communism
27. NASA to coordinate the space-related efforts of american scientist and the army
28. Red Scare the fear that communists both outside and inside America were working to destroy American life created a reaction
29. Smith Act A federal law adopted in 1940 that makes it illegal to advocate the violent overthrow of the government.
30. HUAC The House Committee on Un-American Activities or House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 1938–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969,
31. Hollywood Ten The Hollywood blacklist—as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known—was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S.
32. blacklist list of people who were not hired because of suspected communist ties
33. Alger Hiss Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American lawyer, civil servant, businessman, author, and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations
34. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage
35. Joseph R. McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957.
36. McCarthyism negative catchword for extreme reckless charges of disloyalty
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