Cold war stuff

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Cold war

Conflict that was between the US and Soviet Union, nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years

Potsdam

July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin, and Churchill met in Germany to set up control zones and to inform Japanese that if they refused to surrender, they would face destruction

Satellite nation

A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation

Iron Curtain

A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WW 2, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

Yalta Conference

1945 - A meeting with FDR (Mr Prez), Winston Churchill (PM), and Soviet Stalin during WW 2 to plan for post-war

George Keenan

Us diplomat with knowledge of Soviet affairs, wrote “Foreign Affairs” in 1947, Strongly advocated the Containment Doctrine

Containment

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

Marshall Plan

United states program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948 - 1952)

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance made to defend one another of they were attacked by any other country. Countries involved - US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

Limited war

A war fought to achieve a limited objective, like containing communism

Truman doctrine (1947)

Stated that the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to resist communist movements and prevent them from falling into the soviet sphere

Berlin Airlift

Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed of land access to Berlin

Peoples Republic of China

Communist government of mainland China; Proclaimed in 1949 after the military success of Mao Zedong over forces of Chiang Kai Shek and the Guomindang

The Korean War

The conflict between communist North Korean and non-communist South Korea

Subversion

A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within

Loyalty review program

A policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty

Alger Hiss

A formor state epartment official who was accused of being a communist spy