AP EURO UNIT 18: 1945-1965 COLD WAR

Truman Doctrine

US plan to provide economic aid to communist-threatened countries

Marshall Plan

US initiative to aid in rebuilding Germany and Japan post-WW2

Containment

Policy to prevent the spread of communism to other countries

Denazification

Removal of Nazi ideology from Europe post-WW2

Mutual Deterrence

Maintaining peace through the threat of total destruction with atomic bombs

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance to stop communist spread

Warsaw Pact

Military alliance of Eastern European countries led by the USSR

Rapprochement

Hope for peace between East and West Europe during the Cold War

Decolonization

Process of gaining independence from colonial rule

Apartheid

Racial segregation system in South Africa

De-Stalinization

Process of removing Stalinist practices after Nikita Khrushchev

Nationalization

Government ownership of industries for wartime efforts

Guest Workers

Foreign workers imported to West Germany to aid the economy

Welfare State

Government responsibility for citizen welfare, including social security

Social Security

State-guaranteed benefits like retirement pensions and medical insurance

Socialized Medicine

Healthcare system where the state employs healthcare workers

Consumer Society

Economic concept where increased demand boosts the economy

Family Allowances

Government payments to support low-income mothers and families

Suffrage

Universal right to vote in a democracy

Abstract Expressionism

Post-WW2 art style focusing on abstract imagery to convey emotion

Pop Art

1950s-70s art style inspired by popular culture and consumerism

Existentialism

Post-WW2 philosophy exploring the lack of meaning in life