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Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist leader; established the People's Republic of China.
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38th Parallel
Dividing line between North and South Korea.
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Korean War
Conflict (1950-1953) between North Korea (communist) and South Korea (democratic).
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United Nations
International organization formed to maintain peace.
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Satellite Nation
Countries under Soviet influence/control during the Cold War.
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Containment
U.S. strategy to prevent the spread of communism.
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Iron Curtain
Symbolic division between Eastern (communist) and Western (democratic) Europe.
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Cold War
Tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union post-WWII.
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy to support countries resisting communism.
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Marshall Plan
U.S. aid to Western Europe to rebuild after WWII.
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Berlin Airlift
U.S. operation to supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade (1948-1949).
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NATO
Military alliance of Western countries formed in 1949 to counter Soviet threat.
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HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee; investigated suspected communists in U.S.
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Hollywood Ten
Group of filmmakers blacklisted for refusing to testify about communist ties.
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Blacklist
List of people who were suspected of communist ties and denied work.
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Alger Hiss
U.S. government official accused of espionage for the Soviet Union.
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
U.S. couple executed for espionage, accused of passing nuclear secrets to USSR.
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Joseph McCarthy
Senator who led anti-communist crusade (McCarthyism).
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McCarthyism
Fear and persecution of suspected communists during the 1950s.
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H-bomb
Hydrogen bomb, more powerful than atomic bomb, developed by the U.S. and USSR.
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Brinkmanship
Policy of threatening nuclear war to stop communist aggression.
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CIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency; responsible for espionage and covert operations.
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Warsaw Pact
Soviet-led military alliance of Eastern Bloc countries.
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Francis Gary Powers
U.S. pilot shot down in the U-2 spy plane incident (1960).
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U-2 Incident
1960 event where U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union, increasing Cold War tensions.